B'Tselem: 42 Palestinians held in administrative detention for over 2 years

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Of 548 Palestinians Israel is detaining without trial, 42 have been held for over two years, Human Rights Group B'Tselem said Thursday in its annual report. Twenty-three have been administratively detained for over two and a half years, including three who have been detained between three and four and a half years, and two over four and a half consecutive years. In a statement, B'Tselem said it "demands that Israel immediately release all administrative detainees, or try them for the offences they are alleged to have committed."