Israel: Drop Detention Policy in Disguise

Email Israeli authorities are effectively detaining hundreds of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers despite an Israeli High Court order for their release, Human Rights Watch said. More than 150 of the migrants ignored the rules restricting their mobility and walked out of what they called an “open prison” in the Negev desert to march toward Jerusalem in protest. On December 17, 2013, they gathered outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, where police apprehended them. (Tel Aviv) – Israeli authorities are effectively detaining hundreds of Eritrean and Sudanese…

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