26 The Public Prosecution reported that it put on record 15 investigation files into cases of torture and violation of citizens’ rights. These citizens were abused while they were being arrested or their statements being taken. Complaints on these files were brought forward by district Public Prosecution offices. The ICHR lacks information on any compensations paid by Palestinian authorities to victims of arbitrary and illegal arrests and detentions. Additionally, victims claiming such compensations face obstacles, mainly prescribed by the aforesaid Law on State Cases. To this avail, the ICHR recommends that all persons detained on orders by governors be immediately released. Security officers tasked with judicial duties and prosecutors need to respect the law during arrests and detentions, making sure that no persons are deprived of their liberty except under a judicial order and in pursuance of the law. Judges and prosecutors need to be very cautious when dealing with requests for the extension of detention. In addition to a careful review of investigation files, judges and prosecutors will make sure that pretrial detention fulfils the requirements of necessity and proportionality. The Public Prosecution needs to ensure that court release orders are duly executed. In this vein, persons refraining from implementing court decisions will be prosecuted and brought to justice in accordance with the law and regardless of the level of their position. 2.1.4 Right to freedom of opinion and expression The ICHR received 58 complaints, including 76 claims of abuses of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. These comprised 40 complaints in the West Bank and 18 in the Gaza Strip. Complaints received in the West Bank comprised (68.9%) and in the Gaza Strip (31.1%) of all complaints filed to the ICHR in both areas. In the West Bank, the MoI spearheaded complaints against violations of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The ICHR received 14 complaints on summons service, threats, restriction of the freedom media professionals, constraints on the freedom of access to information, and biased use of the State media. The MoI was followed by the Preventive Security, against whom nine complaints were filed. These addressed summons service, harassment against the backdrop of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and access to social media sites. The ICHR also received nine complaints against the General Intelligence, including on summons service, harassment against the background of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, access to social media sites, freedom of the press, and restriction of the freedom of media representatives. In the Gaza Strip, the Internal Security agency accounted for the most complaints made against abuses of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. These involved summons service, harassment against the background of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, restriction of the freedom of media The Status of Human Rights in Palestine