The human rights situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories continues to deteriorate. Thousands have been killed and some of the most basic of human rights have been denied through settlements, construction of the wall, demolition of homes and administrative detention.
Two thousand Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a month-long hunger strike after Israel agreed several measures to improve prison conditions – a move seen by Amnesty International as a step toward compliance with Israel's human rights obligations.
On 12 March 2002, six Palestinian men 'disappeared' while in custody in a Palestinian Authority (PA) detention centre in the West Bank. They have not been seen or heard from since.