Al-Wadi Al-Jadid: When a Prison Becomes a Graveyard for the Living!

🔴 New Valley.. When Prison Becomes a Grave for the Living!

The Al-Shehab Human Rights Center documents horrifying testimonies about the systematic violations faced by political detainees during their transfer to New Valley Prison – nicknamed "the grave" among the inmates.

⚫ Upon arrival, the journey of torment begins:

Handcuffing from behind and blindfolding every detainee.

A "welcome" of brutal beatings all over the body without mercy.

Zero haircut for the head and beard, and complete stripping of clothes (except for boxers).

Collective humiliation: having to relieve themselves in front of each other and in front of the guards, then being transported naked for X-rays.

📍 The Armored Room:

A room that can barely fit twenty, crammed with 60 to 70 people, without ventilation, no lighting, no drinking water, and hardly any food, surrounded by insects, rats, and diseases.

Detainees are forced daily to strip and relieve themselves in front of each other, with only one bottle for drinking and cleaning.

They are imprisoned there for long months, then transferred to "the causes," which are no better except for having an internal bathroom.

📍 Death Wings:

Wing 4 (Quarter of Death): designated for political detainees only, where they are denied the simplest of their rights; exercise, clothing, cafeteria, hygiene tools, even the Quran is confiscated!

Any detainee who thinks of going on hunger strike or demanding their rights is dragged, beaten, and thrown into "discipline," where they are left to die as happened with (Tariq Abu Al-Azm).

📍 Wing 8:

Its conditions are no less harsh, despite allowing one hour of exercise daily, it is during the peak of heat and under the scorching sun, without cover or protection.

Any voice demanding rights is brutally suppressed and dragged to the armored room for months and years until their body deteriorates.

📍 Discipline = The Road to Death:

Nothing is allowed except "boxers" in winter and summer.

Standing for hours daily, facing the wall.

Food is thrown on the ground (rice and spoiled fava beans).

Dozens have attempted suicide inside discipline, with no concern whatsoever.

⚠️ Monthly inspections are conducted using special forces, violating the privacy of prisoners, stripping them of anything they have acquired, even from the cafeteria, and denying them any means for a humane life; no cold water in the heat, no cover in the cold, no hope.

📢 "They told State Security: Give us a bullet to die with, it's better than New Valley!"

They were forced to leave, seeking safety, but the response was:

"The interest is determined for you to go!"

🚨 In recent days, the pace of violations inside the prison has escalated unprecedentedly, prompting a number of detainees to enter an open-ended hunger strike in protest against the daily torture and oppression they face.

📣 The cries for help from the families of detainees from various governorates continue, urging the relevant authorities to save their loved ones from "slow death," demanding an end to the starvation, abuse, and deprivation of basic rights.

📌 The Al-Shehab Human Rights Center calls for an end to the transfer of detainees to this hellish prison, their relocation to humane places close to their families, the provision of the most basic necessities of life, and an immediate halt to the systematic torture and abuse.