nBefore f go into this, I should like to exptain ny personal situation.After 1977 on a1] ex-prisonersr identity cards there r"i i "p..iir-"ear. There rras a circle and in the niadle of tial tir"r" waa a croas, and rhatindicated that the person in question had a special status. rhei.-r.re tens of thousands with s;ch identity cards with tti"-"".f-ir-;;; ;;;;";territories. The sear neana that we are not allowed to rork in lovernrnental institutions or in any institution il;; ;; rsraeri covernmentrs contror. rn other words, we are also prevented fron travelling or leaving ttre occupiea territories in any way, and rre are not alrowed to obtarn a driverrs licence.There_ne!e nany restrictions irnposed on us. Furthertnore, t was iegularty called in, every rnonth or every t o ,""f,", to the nilitary governor rs officein Nablus - since that was nhere I was studyr.ng - anal that centre is dividedinto three sections: the nilitary gou"rn..it, the police and the intelligenceservice. Like others of ny colleagues, I rras called sonetimeg to the tDilitary governor, sometines to the intellitence office and sornetines to the police. Iwas called in in the rnorning and I was allowed to return in tne evening. Insone cases I was told, "Cone back tomorror, even though I rrould only beneeting wi.th the authorities for about an hour. Theei neetings wouid last just for an hour. nThe Chird point I should like to bring Eo your attention concernssystenatic imorisonnent for lg days .rr.ry ytar. For exanple, in I9?g in April r was imprisoied for 14 daysr ir r.lir.t -i'gei ana in June 1983 the sane rhi.nghappened, r was imprisoned for rg days. During these periods, rry morale rdas far from satisfactiry' These condition" *"r" not at all hunane because one:9!sHn!ry expected the soldiers and police to come and arrest one arbitrariry tor 18 days. rn fact, the intelrigenle services haat the power to detainanyone-for 18 days, and a lawyer has no right to enguire lhe whereabouts or the well-being of rhat person during ti,.i ii_a"V period.