A/HRC/34/36 reporting period for offences including murder and collaboration with hostile parties. Ten of the sentences were handed down by military courts, in contravention of international law, which prohibits the trial of civilians by military courts. OHCHR has serious doubts as to whether civil and military trials in Gaza meet international standards on the right to a fair trial. 68. In one such case, on 5 October 2016, a court in Khan Younis sentenced a woman to death for murdering her husband. OHCHR monitoring of the case indicated that the woman had been given only limited access to legal counsel during her trial and the court had not considered mitigating factors, notably the woman’s claim that she had been subjected to regular physical and verbal abuse by her husband. 69. On 17 February 2016, a 39-year-old Palestinian man from Al Zawaida died in Deir El Balah police station shortly after he had appeared for questioning. The police claimed that he had died owing to pre-existing health conditions, which his family denied. OHCHR is not aware of any investigation into the incident initiated by the authorities in Gaza. Arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment 70. Security forces in Gaza continued to arbitrarily arrest and detain people, including without charge. OHCHR monitored the case of a 31-year-old man from Jabalia who was arrested by the police on 24 January 2016 for “misusing technology”. After being detained for two days at the Arafat police compound, he was transferred to the correction and rehabilitation centre, where he remained for at least six months without being formally charged or presented to a court. 71. OHCHR also received reports of individuals held in incommunicado detention and instances of ill-treatment, including prolonged solitary confinement and verbal or physical abuse. In many cases, detainees are moved between detention facilities making them more susceptible to ill-treatment and arbitrary detention. 72. On 25 September 2016, the Internal Security Agency in Rafah arrested a General Intelligence Service officer and Fatah member for collaborating with the authorities in Ramallah. At the time of reporting, he remained in solitary confinement in the Internal Security Agency detention facility in Gaza. OHCHR was informed that the military prosecutor had ordered his detention for an additional 60 days and is concerned about reports that he had been beaten and subjected to shabeh (e.g. stress positions) during interrogation, in violation of the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment. 73. Arbitrary detention and ill-treatment are also carried out by armed groups that are connected to but not a part of the authorities in Gaza. OHCHR monitored the case of a 29year-old man from Dier El Balah who had been arrested by the Al-Qassam Brigades on 18 June 2016 for the unlawful possession of a weapon. He was held in incommunicado detention at their camp for nearly two weeks and subjected to prolonged shabeh and beatings. He was subsequently transferred to the Internal Security Agency detention facility, where his detention was extended by the military prosecutor. 74. According to figures provided by the authorities in Gaza, as at 5 August 2016, some 2,000 prisoners and detainees were being held at the main correction and rehabilitation centre in Gaza city and at 18 temporary detention facilities (called nazaraat) run by the civil Police across the Gaza Strip. The limited capacity of the judiciary has led to lengthy periods of pretrial detention and overcrowding in the nazaraat, which also raises concerns about conditions of detention in these supposedly temporary detention facilities. 15