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The Jerusalem activist Mohammad Abu al-Hummus was released from Israeli custody Friday evening after having been arrested earlier Friday near Bab al-Amoud area (Damascus Gate) in occupied Jerusalem. According to…
On Tuesday, during an invasion of the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, Israeli forces abducted an Italian woman, a Palestine solidarity activist, beating and kicking her before taking her into…
TEL AVIV, Sunday, January 8, 2023 (WAFA) – Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced today that he is planning to cancel regulations that allow any lawmaker to meet…
‘ARA, Thursday, January 5, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities Thursday released the longest-serving Palestinian freedom fighter Karim Younis after spending 40 years behind Israeli bars. Younis, 66, from the Arab…
Just two days after her release from an Israeli prison and being denied medical treatment while imprisoned, a Palestinian female detainee with Hydrocephalus suffered a stroke and was rushed to…
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli “Defense” Minister Benny Gantz Wednesday morning decided not to return the body of a veteran prisoner who died in Israeli custody to his…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee confirmed Tuesday that the cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid, imprisoned by Israel and serving several life terms, has died at an Israeli medical center. The…
JERUSALEM, Sunday, December 18, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities have expelled French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hammouri to France after he had been detained without charges or trial since March, said…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, December 11, 2022 (WAFA) – Nasser Abu Hmeid, 49, a critically ill Palestinian freedom fighter and cancer patient serving a life sentence in Israeli jails, was rushed to…
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, December 6, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli court decided today to continue retaining Palestinian-French human rights defender and administrative detainee, Salah Hammouri, 37, in Israeli jails until January…
On Wednesday, the Israeli Prison Authority informed imprisoned Palestinian-French lawyer, held under Administrative Detention without charges or trial, that it revoked his Jerusalem ID card and stripped him of all…
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian political prisoner held at the Negev Detention Camp, the uncle of two siblings killed by the army Tuesday, and forced him into solitary…
RAMALLAH, Monday, November 28, 2022 (WAFA) – Mohammad Masarwa, 25, from Tulkarem, lost sight in his right eye after the Israeli occupation soldiers assaulted him during his arrest at his…
On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted a teenage girl while visiting her brother, imprisoned at the Eshil prison in Be’er As-Sabe’ (Beersheba). The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) identified the girl as…
RAMALLAH, Friday, November 25, 2022 (WAFA) – A Palestinian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 27 days to protest being placed in solitary confinement on Friday suspended…
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, November 22, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestinian journalist Lama Ghosheh, 30, from Jerusalem, was hoping an Israeli court hearing in her case scheduled for today would end her house…
RAMALLAH, Monday, November 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Israel is keeping a cancer-stricken Palestinian man in administrative detention despite his urgent need for medical attention, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) stated.…
On Monday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee said that political prisoner Samer Al-Isawi started a hunger strike fifteen days ago and was moved to solitary confinement in the Ramon Israeli prison.…
On Thursday evening, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the Israeli occupation authorities moved a detained Palestinian woman to a hospital due to her need for professional medical attention. The…
A Palestinian political prisoner from the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus is ongoing with a hunger strike for the tenth day, protesting being held…
On Wednesday, the Palestinian Detainees And Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said that prisoner a political prisoner held by Israel started a hunger strike 17 days earlier, protesting harsh sanctions imposed on…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 (WAFA) – The Prisoners’ Affairs Commission today called for ICRC to intervene immediately to end the ban on family visits for prisoners in Israeli jails.…
By Kathryn Shihadah: Over 1 million Palestinians have been held in Israeli prisons over the years. Thousands have been held in “administrative detention,” which means imprisonment without a trial or…
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Detainee’s Committee confirmed that fifty Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps are continuing the hunger strike despite the health deterioration of a few…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has confirmed that fifty political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention camps are continuing the hunger strike after twenty detainees joined the strike Sunday, protesting their…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said thirty Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing with a hunger strike their started six…
On Sunday, 30 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, started a hunger strike. A few days earlier, the detainees stated that they…
On Tuesday evening, Israel released the imprisoned Palestinian journalist, Lama Ghosha, after imposing restrictions on her, including house arrest and barring her from Social Media outlets. Ghosha will still have…
The Palestinians Detainees’ Committee has reported that two siblings imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing with the hunger strike they started 31…
On Saturday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two siblings imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial continue a hunger strike they started 27 days…
On Saturday, Palestinian sources confirmed that a Palestinian political prisoner held by Israel has died at an Israeli medical center. The sources said Mousa Haroun Abu Mahameed, 40, died at…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails, Khalil Awawda, suspended tonight his 172-day hunger strike after reaching an agreement with Israel to set a ceiling…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society reported on Wednesday that special forces of the Israeli Prisons Administration stormed several sections of the Negev prison in southern Israel. The raid targeted Palestinian prisoners…
Despite his deteriorating health condition and the escalating risks to his life, administrative detainee Khalil Awawda said he is ongoing the hunger strike for the 161 day, demanding canceling the Administrative…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (WAFA) – Four Palestinian detainees in Israel are currently on hunger strike in protest against their prolonged detention without charge or trial, including one who…
In the early morning hours on Wednesday, Israeli forces conducted their daily raids of West Bank towns and villages, aimed in part at keeping the Palestinians living under the Israeli…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 14, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on hunger strike for 154 days in protest of his prolonged detention without charge or trial…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, August 13, 2022 (WAFA) – Despite his critical health condition, Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh, 40, has been on hunger strike for 153 days in protest of his prolonged…
On Thursday, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession and ceremony of a Palestinian woman who died in Israeli prisons 41 days earlier due to medical neglect and mistreatment…
On Thursday evening, the Palestinian Detainees Committee confirmed that the Israeli occupation authorities slapped a female Administrative Detainee with another four-month detention order without charges or trial. The Committee said…
On Friday, Palestinian political prisoner Raed Rayyan ended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement limiting his Administrative Detention orders before releasing him. The Palestinian…
On Thursday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the cancer-stricken detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid, 49, is in a serious health condition, adding that his health is gradually declining, an…
In an act of collective punishment directed toward the families of two Palestinian men imprisoned for the murder of an Israeli colonial settler, Israeli forces invaded the town of Salfit…
RAMALLAH, Monday, July 25, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today condemned the inhuman treatment of and abuse by the Israeli occupation authorities and the Israel…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 24, 2022 (WAFA) – Some 75 Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started today an open hunger strike in solidary with the two striking administrative detainees Khalil Awawda…
At least seventy-five Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel have decided to launch an open-ended hunger strike in solitary with two hunger-striking Administrative Detainees imprisoned by Israel without charges or…
In a meeting with a lawyer of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, hunger-striking detainee Raed Rayyan, held at the Ramla prison clinic, said he is facing several serious complications after 103…
On Saturday morning, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two detainees held by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing their hunger strike. It said…
GENEVA, July 14, 2022 (WAFA) – UN human rights experts today urged the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian detained in Israeli prisons since he…
Two Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders continue the hunger strikes, protesting their continued detention without charges or trial. Ra’ed Rayyan, 28, from Beit Duqqu town,…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two detainees held by Israel under the illegal, arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing their hunger strikes. The Committee…
Palestinian political prisoner Raed Rayyan, 27, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, is continuing the hunger strike for the 95th day, while detainee Khalil Awawda, 40,…
On Saturday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that the Palestinian woman, the oldest female detainee imprisoned by Israel, died in an Israeli prison less than seven months after Israeli…
Palestinian political prisoner, Raed Rayyan, held by Israeli under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, is continuing the hunger strike for the 86th day, protesting his continued…
Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs spokesperson, said that Administrative Detainee Raed Rayyan, 47, held by Israel without charges or trial, is continuing the hunger strike for…
Just two days after suspending his hunger strike that lasted for 111 days, Israeli reneged on an agreement to release a Palestinian Administrative Detainee, held without charges or trial, and…
Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Detainees Committee, stated that two detainees are continuing the hunger strike, including one who began the strike 77 days earlier, protesting their continued…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the health condition of prisoner Ahmad Manarsa (21), who has been arrested in “Eshel Prison” in Beersheba and…
On Thursday, the family of Jamal Zaid, 64, said that he has decided to refrain from undergoing dialysis in Israeli prisons to protest his continued arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges…
On Monday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, continue the hunger strike despite their deteriorating…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Khalil Awawda, 40, and Raed Rayyan, 27, are continuing the hunger strikes they started 94 and 59 days ago, protesting their continued…
On Thursday, The Palestinian Detainees Committee reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 530 Palestinians in May of this year in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Committee said most…
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 (WAFA) – Khalil Awawda, 40, from the Ethna town west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, has been on hunger strike for three…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two political prisoners held by Israel are continuing the hunger strikes for the 81st and 46th days, protesting their continued Administrative Detention without…
On Wednesday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that a wounded and detained Palestinian is critical at an Israeli hospital. The Committee said Mohammad Odah, 18, from Ramallah in the central…
NABLUS, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (WAFA) – A Palestinian cancer-stricken former prisoner Monday evening died due to complications from Israeli medical negligence at the time of his detention, according to…
On Monday, Israeli soldiers attacked many Palestinian detainees in Section 6 of the Ramon Israeli prison and conducted violent searches. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the media spokesperson of the Detainees’ Committee, said…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the Israeli authorities transferred a hunger-striking detainee from a hospital to the infamous Ramla prison clinic despite his deteriorating health. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has confirmed that a hunger-striking detainee was moved from the Ramla prison to the Assaf Harofeh Israeli Medical Center after suffering a serious health setback.…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 30, 2022 (WAFA) – Two Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons currently remain on hunger strike for 58 and 24 days in a row in protest of…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a cancer-ridden Palestinian detainee imprisoned by Israel was transferred from the Ramla prison clinic to Tal HaShomer Israeli medical center due to…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the health condition of a Palestinian who was shot in the spine, causing paralysis, before the soldiers abducted him is profoundly serious. After…
Two Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israeli under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, continue with hunger strikes, demanding to be released. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has…
Two Palestinian detainees, held by Israeli under the arbitrary Administrative Detention order without charges or trial, are continuing the hunger strikes protesting their imprisonment. On Friday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society…
The Palestinian Centre For Human Rights (PCHR): Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: PCHR Demands International Community Take Immediate Action to Pressure Israel towards Improving Prisoners’ Living Conditions, Ending Its Violations, and Releasing…
April 17th marks Palestinian Prisoner’s Day – and a coalition of Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups issued a report about the current status of Palestinian political prisoners. Israeli authorities currently have…
On Friday, hundreds of Palestinians held a nonviolent procession near Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, in solidarity with a political prisoner who began a hunger…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that cancer-stricken detainee Abdul-Basset Ma’tan is facing serious health complications in Israeli prisons and is not receiving the needed specialized care. The PPS…
Palestinian political prisoner, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, continues the hunger strike he started 33 days ago, despite his deteriorating condition. The detainee, Khalil Awawda,…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that a political prisoner held by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial is ongoing with the hunger strike he…
RAMALLAH, Monday, March 28, 2022 (WAFA) – In a joint urgent appeal to UN special procedures, rights groups called for addressing Israel’s arbitrary arrest and detention of Palestinian-French human rights…
Israeli forces abducted, on Friday, three Palestinian civilians, including one woman from occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. Witnesses stated that Israeli police abducted a young…
RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 24, 2022(WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons announced today cancelling a major open-ended hunger strike that was scheduled to begin tomorrow, Friday, in protest…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Weekly Update Violation of right to life and bodily integrity:
In a report released Sunday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said that, while various parts of the world, including Palestine, are preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day (March 21), Israel is…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers in Megiddo prison assaulted an ailing Palestinian political prisoner, causing various lacerations and severe bruises. The PPS said the detainee, Khalil…
RAMALLAH, Thursday, March 17, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli prison guards today brutally assaulted and beat up Khalil Musa Musbah, a Palestinian prisoner with chronic disease incarcerated in the Israeli prison…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Update Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Two Palestinian Civilians killed, including a child, and 13 others wounded, including a journalist,…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 (WAFA) – The Palestinian prisoners’ movement announced today that prisoners in Israeli jails will embark on an open-ended hunger strike starting March 25 in protest…
Updated: Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, at least 22 Palestinians from various areas in the occupied West Bank, and one in Gaza, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported.…
On Sunday, the Commission Of Detainees Affairs has reported that a Palestinian political prisoner, held by Israeli under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, is ongoing with…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, March 13, 2022 (WAFA) – More than 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 72 days in protest of their…
Israeli forces detonated, on Tuesday, the homes of three Palestinian prisoners currently incarcerated for the alleged killing of Israeli settler in December of 2021, the Palestinian news & Information Agency…
On March 8, 2022, the world will observe International Women’s Day to commemorate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Meanwhile, according to the Prisoner Support and Human…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, March 06, 2022 (WAFA) – Nearly 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 65 days in protest of their unfair…
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Weekly Update (February 24 – March 02, 2022). Violation of right to life and bodily integrity:…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 27, 2022 (WAFA) – Nearly 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings for 58 days in protest of their unfair…
The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority announced, on Tuesday, that the Palestinian detainee Abdul-Basest Ma’tan, 49, who suffers from colon cancer, is being denied the necessary medical care. Ma’tan, from…
On Monday at dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least forty-four Palestinians, including siblings and children, and a visually impaired man, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes in…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 20, 2022 (WAFA) – At least 450 Palestinian detainees have been refusing to show up for their military court hearings since the beginning of the year, in…