192 narcotics by (15) complaints, public administration of the reform and rehabilitation centers by (142) complaints. The majority of the complaints received by ICHR against the civil police focused on: 1) holding detainees in jails for longer periods than permitted by law; 2) demanding the transfer of military prisoners to prisons of their own; 3) taking the necessary measures in regard to arresting attackers; 4) bringing detainees before the competent judicial authorities; 5) exposure to torture and ill‐treatment in jail; 6) searching homes without due process of law; 7) demanding improvement of detention conditions; and 8) providing necessary medical treatment for detainees. Complaints submitted to ICHR against the different police branches included the following violations: 1) the right to fair legal procedures; 2) the right to separate prisoners; 3) the right to appoint an attorney; 4) the right to family and lawyer visits; 5) the right to medical care inside prisons; 6) the right of citizens to a competent, open and fair court; 7) and the rights of children and adolescents and their protection from social and economic exploitation. Gaza Strip: ICHR received (267) complaints in 2010 against the civil police, compared with (227) complaints in 2009. Complaints received during 2010 included various departments of the police, including civil police (160), the General Investigation Service (52), anti‐narcotics (24), public administration of the reform and rehabilitation centers “Gaza Central Prison”. The majority of the complaints focused on the following violations: 1) the right to fair legal procedures; 2) the arrest of citizens, and home searches without a warrant issued by the competent authority; 3) detention of citizens in jails in the police stations for periods beyond those identified by the law, including continued detentions for periods as long as several months, and occasionally continued detention in jails after the court rules against the charges; 4) the practice of torture by the police, especially members of the General Investigation and members of anti‐narcotics; 5) cruel and degrading treatment while in detention; and 6) the living and health conditions of detention in non‐alignment with the law. The complaints received against the public administration of the reform and rehabilitation centers focused on three areas, being the lack of services related to living and health conditions inside Gaza Center for Reform and Rehabilitation “Central Prison”, the exposure of a number of inmates to physical assault and “beatings” inside the center as a punishment and without

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