Category: Prisoners

The Israeli army arrested Hebron city council member Faruk A’shur on October 8th, later placing him in administrative detention for three months. He is a major proponent of Boycott, Divestment…

The Palestinian Committee of Detainee has reported that Israeli soldiers have escalated their attacks against Palestinian political prisoner, held at the Negev Detention camp, under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without…

Israeli authorities have kidnapped 88 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of October, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club. Additionally, the administrative detention orders of six Palestinian MPs have been renewed.According…

Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, a Palestinian researcher specialized in Detainees’ Affairs, stated that Israel is deliberately inflicting physiological harm on Palestinian political prisoners, amidst ongoing harassment, assaults and bad living conditions.The former…

On the 30th of September, six young men from the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, south of Nablus, were arrested by the Israeli military.4th October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement…

Israeli teens Uriel Ferera and Udi Segal were sentenced to ten days in military prison for refusing to serve in the army. This is their eight and fourth prison terms…

The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 165 Palestinians, including 40 children and 25 patients, in the southern West Bank district…

Several students, on Sunday, suffocated from tear gas canisters fired at them by Israeli soldiers in the village of al-Khader, to the west of Bethlehem, according to security sources. Further…

The Palestine Prisoners’ Society said, on Sunday, that Israeli authorities have imprisoned 560 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of this September alone, referring to legal files and records kept by…

Undercover units of the Israeli army broke, on Friday at night, into Section 11 of the Eshil Israeli Prison in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Bir Shiva), assaulted Palestinian detainees after forcing them…

The Ahrar Center for Detainee’s Studies and Human Rights has reported that, following the recent release of two female detainees, the number of female detainees held by Israel currently stands…

Early Tuesday, eight Palestinians, including two minors, were kidnapped by Israel forces from the West Bank, according to reports by local security sources and activists.WAFA reports that, in the Bethlehem…

The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset passed, on Monday, a bill which prohibits the grant of pardon or the ease of sentence for Palestinian prisoners by reducing it, in case…

Palestinian prisoners rearrested this year, after being released in the 2011 Shalit swap deal, have announced that they would go on hunger strike this Tuesday, in order to pressure the…

Israeli forces, early Saturday abducted six Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts of the occupied West Bank, in addition to summoning three others for interrogation, according…

The Israeli Prison Service maintains a systematic policy of medical negligence toward Palestinian detainees.17 September 2014 | Elizabeth Austwick | AIC Former hunger striker Samer al-Issawi, who was rearrested by…

An international campaign, calling for releasing 73 ex-detainees of Shalit prisoner swap deal, is set to be launched today, at the meeting of Human Rights Council of the United Nations.The…

Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Committee of Detainees, Abdul-Naser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 266200 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip since 1967, adding that this…

The cellmate of 37-year-old Raed Abdul-Salaam al-Ja’bari, who died on September 9th while in Israeli custody, has spoken out about Raed’s death, telling a lawyer that Israeli prison guards took…

According to the PNN, it is an incorrect assumption that the pain of prison ends after being released. For Palestinians, not only the psychological pain continues, but the physical pain…

Palestinian detainee and iconic former hunger striker Samer al-Isawiis in deteriorating condition, his family said following a visit with him.According to Ma’an News Agency, activist Badie Dweik said that al-Isawiwas…

The family of detainee Reziq Abdullah Rajoub, 57, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, voiced an appeal to human rights and legal groups to intervene for his release,…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights stated that detainee Nahil Abu Aisha, 33, has been denied the right to family visits for six months, and is subject…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society has reported, Sunday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 174 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, in the second week of September, 2014.The PPS added that most of…

Israeli forces kidnapped, on Thursday, 39 Palestinians from occupied West Bank districts of Jenin and Hebron districts, according to reports by security sources.WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency stated that…

Issa Qaraqe’, head of the Detainees’ Committee at the Palestinian Authority, stated that detainee Raed Abdul-Salaam al-Ja’bari, 37, died after being severely and repeatedly tortured by Israeli interrogators.Qaraqe’ accused Israel…

The prominent activist from the West Bank village of Burin, and member of Solidarity Movement for Free Palestine, Ghassan Najjar, was taken by the Israeli army from his home in…

Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisoners are holding a one-day hunger strike, as an initial protest, for the death of a detainee who died, Tuesday, at the Soroka Israeli medical center,…

Schools in the Jabal Al-Mokabber are have been suspended, following the arrest of two Students’ Families’ Committee members, Jerusalem’s Wadi Hilweh Information Center has reported.SFC members Mahmoud Eweisat and Omar…

Israeli forces took at least 127 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank into custody, during the first week of September alone, according to recent statements by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society…

An alleged prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, in mid-June, has been officially charged with organizing and financing the crime, according to Israeli security officials.Israeli…

Israeli forces kidnapped six Palestinians and physically assaulted two teenagers in West Bank districts, on Monday, according to reports by security sources. Also on Monday, seven residential and agricultural structures…

At least four Palestinians were injured during clashes which erupted Monday, at dawn, in Deheishe refugee camp, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.According to Al Ray…

Israeli forces abducted four Palestinians from different areas of the West Bank, on Sunday, while summoning others to appear for interrogation, according to local reports.The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC) said…

Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian activist who was first taken into custody for political activities on Facebook, a Ma’an News Agency reporter said.The detention of Suhaib Zahida,…

Israeli authorities have arrested some 597 Palestinians from the West Bank governorates, including Jerusalem, since the beginning of August, the Palestine Prisoners Society (PPC) said, Saturday.According to WAFA Palestinian News…

Head of the Public Relations Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped more than 2000 Palestinians since July 12, after three Israeli…

12 leaders from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were abducted by Israeli forces during the night, on Monday.Zahi Khatatba and Ahmad al-Haj Muhammad Abu al-Nimr were taken…

A US State Department official accused Israel, on Wednesday, of singling out for arrest the relations of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen who was tortured and burned alive last…

Israeli forces abducted at least 16 Palestinian citizens, on Thursday, during dawn raids in different parts of the occupied West Bank, according to local and media sources.Israeli TV Channel 7…

Member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khalida Jarrar, stated that she received a military order from the Israeli army ordering her…

Reports of dozens of Palestinians being attacked, by both Israeli settlers and soldiers, are still surfacing in increasing amounts, as the assault on Gaza resumes with no breakthrough in peace…

The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian woman, kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel since 2012, has never been allowed any family visits, especially since Israel labels her…

Israeli forces kidnapped nine Palestinians from various West Bank areas, on Monday, according to reports by security sources.In the Jenin district, Israeli forces raided the refugee camp, where they abducted…

Israel has placed 10 new Palestinian prisoners under arbitrary administrative detention, a procedure which allows the military to hold individuals indefinitely, without charge or trial and, often, under severe conditions…

While heading back home from the United Arab Emirates, a young Palestinian man was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers at the al-Karama Border Terminal with Jordan, and was subjected to extreme…

Several demonstrations have taken place all across the West Bank and in Jerusalem, on Thursday, in support of Palestinian resistance and in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. An AP cameraman…

Israeli forces, on Wednesday, abducted at least 14 Palestinians during the night and in predawn raids across the West Bank, according to reports by local and security sources.In Hebron City,…

Israeli forces have kidnapped 11 Palestinians and summoned several for interrogation, in addition to shooting and injuring a number of others with live fire during raids across the West Bank,…

Minister of Prisoner’s Affairs Shawqi al-Ayasa has stated that no information has been received concerning a number of Palestinians detained in Gaza over the course of Israel’s offensive on the…

At least 38 Palestinians across the West Bank and Jerusalem have been abducted by Israeli forces, on Tuesday, while several others were summoned for interrogation, according to reports by local…

Israeli military and police forces kidnapped 32 Palestinians, including minors, in Jerusalem and West Bank areas, on Monday, according to reports by local and security sources.12 Palestinians were taken in…

Israeli forces on Sunday abducted five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, in addition to two others in Jerusalem, according to reports by local and…

Israeli forces, yesterday, kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians and shot one with live ammunition during predawn raids on West Bank districts of Hebron and Jenin, according to reports by local…

Seven Palestinians, including three minors, were abducted by Israeli forces from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts on Wednesday, according to reports by local and security sources.Soldiers stormed Al-Fawwar refugee camp,…

Three Palestinian protesters were shot and injured Monday morning by live ammunition, alongside several others who suffocated from teargas inhalation during clashes which erupted in Yatta town, south Hebron.Local activist…

The alleged kidnapping and murder of three Israeli settlers, in late June, was the oft-cited reason for Israel’s escalation against the Hamas government in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip. But new…

As Israel continues its ongoing sweep of arrests and abductions in the city of Jerusalem, police said in statement on Wednesday that they have arrested 295 Jerusalemites, and submitted indictments…

As different Palestinian factions declare Friday a ‘day of rage’ in solidarity with Gaza’s victims, ensuing confrontations between protesters and Israeli forces have resulted in the kidnappings of at least…

Three Palestinians were kidnapped, this morning, from the Aida refugee camp of northern Bethlehem, according to reports by Palestinian security sources.Ahmad Lufti, 27, Mustafa Abu Srour, 26, and Khalil Abu…

Saturday, Israeli forces kidnapped four Palestinians from the West Bank governorates of Jenin and Tulkarem, in addition to 14 others from the Jerusalem area, according to reports by media and…

16 Palestinian citizens of Israel were taken into custody by Israeli police, after taking part in a solidarity rally for Gaza, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Twelve of…

Earlier today [7/17/14], Israeli forces abducted at least 38 Palestinians from the West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem and areas colonized by the first Israeli settlers in 1948, according to reports…

At least 23 Palestinians were abducted by Israeli forces, during overnight raids throughout the West Bank, including several Members of Parliament. Further confrontations near Rachel’s Tomb have been reported at…

Even after operations such as Defensive Shield, Summer Rains, Cast Lead, Pillar of Defense and the Second Lebanon War, I still cannot get used to the unshakable consensus that takes…

Head of the Censure Department at the Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, has stated that Israeli soldiers kidnapped more than 1,000 Palestinians since the three Israeli settlers went missing…

Violence by Israeli soldiers and settlers against the Palestinian community continued across the region, today, beginning with 20 reported kidnappings by occupying forces in the West Bank. At least 640…

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said, Tuesday, that prisoner Raed Faisal Fares Moussa is still engaged in an open-ended hunger strike, in protest of Israel’s administrative detention policies against him.Last week,…

Head of the Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Israeli army has kidnapped 2478 Palestinians in the period between January 1 and June…

Ayman Tbeish has suspended his hunger strike after 122 days, according to Jawad Bulous, a lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. Furthermore, 24 Palestinian prisoners have been placed under new…

On June 27th, Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian shepherd from the South Hebron Hills village of Saddith Thala. He was accused of throwing stones towards a setter’s car, passing on…

As Palestinian Muslims welcome the beginning of the month-long holy fast of Ramadan on Saturday evening, prisoner Ayman Tbeish enters his fifth month of hunger strike in protest against Israel’s…

[Thursday, June 26 2014] The Maan News Agency has reported that two Palestinian detainees are ongoing with their hunger strike despite the understanding reached between representatives of the detainees, and…

Lawyer for the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Hiba Masalha, has declared that the number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails has increased to 250. The reason behind the…

Israeli Public Security Minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, stated Wednesday that Israel did not sign any agreement with hunger striking Palestinian detainees, or reach an understanding with them, the Maan News Agency…

[Wednesday, June 25 2014] The Palestinian “Prisoners Center for Studies” has reported that hunger striking Palestinian detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, announced suspending their strike after…

The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israel recently moved 36 Palestinians, kidnapped in the latest military offensive, into solidarity confinement, for different periods, without…

The Israeli Knesset has postponed voting on a bill facilitating the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners, in its second and third reading, as some political parties have objected. Meanwhile, Israeli Prison…

Israeli forces have again arrested former prisoner Samer al-Issawi, after storming his house in al-Isawiya .Samer served 10 years in Israeli jails and became an internationally recognized icon for the…

Over 120 Palestinian detainees imprisoned by the state of Israel have now entered the 60th day of hunger strike, in protest against the policy of Administrative Detention, in which prisoners…

Omar Sa’ad, who served seven sentences in prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli army, has finally been released from military service, according to the Alternative Information Center, in…

Over two hundred children have gathered in front the International Committee of the Red Cross office, in Gaza, in demand of the release of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Since…

As Palestinian detainees, held under illegal Administrative Detention orders in Israeli prisons, continued their hunger strike for the 55th consecutive day, demanding an end to their illegitimate detention, detainee Ayman…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, has reported that Israeli ministers held an urgent meeting, and decided to worsen the conditions of imprisoned Hamas members held in various Israeli prisons and detention…

Ramallah, Occupied Palestine, June 13 2014 – Media sources in the central West Bank city of Ramallah have reported that Palestinian fighters fired toward a number of soldiers, stationed in…

[Friday, June 13, 2014] Gaza, Occupied Palestine; Palestinian Researcher and head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that the Palestinian political prisoners, held…

[Wednesday, June 11, 2014] Nonviolent Palestinian activists held a mock soccer match in front of the Ofer Prison, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to express solidarity with…

The Israeli Ministry of Health has placed severe restrictions on visits to hospitalized detainees by private doctors, according to Hebrew newspaper Haaretz. Prompted by Shin Bet Israeli security service and…

On Wednesday afternoon, IPS unit ‘Massada’ stormed Ward No. 6 of the Negev prison where a number of Palestinian hunger strikers are being held. Local media reported the storming force…

Israeli forces kidnapped nine Palestinians on Wednesday, including four minors from West Bank cities of Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Jenin.Palestinian security sources have reported that the Israeli army raided al-Aroub…

Chairperson of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), Dr. Leonid Eidelman, stated that the association refuses the force-feeding of hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners, adding that Israeli physicians respect the wishes…

Israeli Shin Bet security service is encouraging Prime Minister Netanyahu not to negotiate with hunger-striking Palestinian administrative detainees, according to Israeli media. Israeli daily Haaretz stated that Netanyahu’s decision not…

[Friday, June 6, 2014] In a letter sent by hunger striking Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, the detainees stated their strike, and their ongoing legitimate battle, is ongoing despite aggression,…

As 120 prisoners enter their sixth week of a water-only hunger strike, and the Israeli government announces plans to begin force-feeding the hunger strikers, a United Nations committee has weighed…

A total of 196 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system at the end of April, according to rights group Defence of Children International-Palestine (DCI-Palestine).…

Yesterday, at 4:30 am, Popular Resistance activist Mahmoud Zwahre was again arrested by the Israeli army, at his house in Al Ma’asara, just southwest of Bethlehem. An attempt to arrest…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has issued a statement confirming that 60 people being held in Beersheba Prison, in Eshel, are currently engaged in continuous hunger strike, and that each of…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called during Mondays’ meeting of the security cabinet to move forward the discussion on a law to force-feed hunger-striking prisoners. The proposed law was voted in…

Lawyer Ali Sa’ady of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees managed to visit three hunger-striking detainees at the al-Jalama Israeli Prison, who told him that Israel forced them into solitary confinement,…

[Sunday Evening, June 1, 2014] Israel’s TV, Channel 10, has reported that approximately 70 hunger striking Palestinian detainees were moved to twelve Israeli hospitals and medical center, due to sharp…