WAFA: “Hamas Prohibits Celebrations Of Prisoners Release”
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA), run by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, has reported that the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip issued orders preventing any…
Al-Khoffash: “What Is Needed Is The Release Of All Detainees”
Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, demanded the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank, to insist on the release of all detainees…
Israeli troops abduct two organizers of ‘Youth Against Settlements’ in Hebron
A group of Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian city of Hebron Sunday and abducted two Palestinian university students, age 20 and 21, who are members of the non-violent organization ‘Youth…
Al-Khoffash: “Israeli List Of Detainees To Be Free, Disappointing”
Fuad Al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights, stated that not a single detainee from the Jerusalem and historic Palestine is included in the list…
Israel Set To Exile 14 Prisoners To Gaza, Release 12 Others In ‘Goodwill’ Gesture
In a move labeled by Israeli government officials as a ‘goodwill’ gesture, but questioned by the families of the over 4,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel as a public relations stunt,…
Hunger Striking Detainees Face Serious Health Conditions
After a visit to hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli prison clinic, an official of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees warns the deteriorating health conditions of the striking detainees might…
Tel Aviv Sets Timeframe For Releasing 104 Detainees
The Israeli Government has officially announced a timeframe for the release of 104 Palestinian detainees, imprisoned since before the first Oslo peace accord was signed in 1993, and said that…
Ahrar: “One Palestinian Killed, 159 Kidnapped In July”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian in July, kidnapped 154 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied…
PCHR Calls Upon Abbass To Intervene To Save Lives Of 36 Patients Suffering From ‘Leukemia”
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned over the lives of 36 patients, who suffer from Leukemia in the Gaza Strip, due to not receiving the necessary…
Barghouthi: “Israel Using Detainees For Political Blackmail”
Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that Israel is trying to use the issue of releasing some Palestinian political prisoners to politically blackmail the Palestinians to…
Palestinian Official: “Talks Cannot Start Before Release Of Long Term Detainees”
A senior Palestinian Authority official in the occupied West Bank has reported that direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, slated to start next Tuesday in Washington, cannot be…
Families Denied Prison Visit After Objecting To Strip Search
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights (ISFHR) reported that dozens of families of Palestinian detainees held by Israel at the Nafha prison have been denied family visits after a…
Families Denied Prison Visit After Objecting To Strip Search
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights (ISFHR) reported that dozens of families of Palestinian detainees held by Israel at the Nafha prison have been denied family visits after a…
Qaraqe’: “Hunger Striking Detainee Barghouthi Faces Serious Health Conditions”
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated Saturday [July 13, 2013] that detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, who entered his 75th day of hunger strike is facing very serious health complications.Qaraqe’ said…
P.A: “All Detainees Held Before Oslo Must Be Released”
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that President Mahmoud Abbas insists on the release of all 104 detainees who have been held by Israeli since before the first Oslo…
Israel Denies Al-Eesawy Urgently Needed Medical Attention
The Hurryyat Legal Center has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority is denying Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, access to urgently needed medical attention and medications, and refuses to grant him…
340 Palestinians Kidnapped in June
The Palestinian Detainees Center for Studies issued its monthly report documenting Israeli violations in June, revealing that the army carried out more than 247 invasions into Palestinian communities in the…
“My Hope Is That My Children Will One Day Be Allowed To Visit Their Father”
Ghadir Anwar Al-Aqra’a, a 34 year old mother of four children, Nidaa’ (12), Nisma (15), Ra’ed (10) and Nara (8), lives with her children in the Al Sheikh Redwan neighbourhood…
Report: “1790 Palestinians Kidnapped, 16 Killed, In First Half of 2013”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 1790 Palestinians in the first six months of this year, including 300 who were kidnapped…
On the Anniversary of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
PCHR Asserts its Firm Position Denouncing the Crime of Torture, Demanding Remedy and Justice for Victims and Confirms its Complete Bias to the Victims Today, Wednesday 26th June 2013, is…
East Jerusalem man pleads guilty to meeting with Hezbollah
A Palestinian man was convicted Tuesday in a Jerusalem court of meeting with members of the Hezbollah resistance group in Lebanon, after initially facing more serious charges and then accepting…
Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Strike For The 53rd Day
Jordanian political prisoners, held by Israel, entered their 53rd day of ongoing hunger strike protesting their continued detention, the bad treatment and dire health and living conditions they face in…
Report: “Detainee Abu Hamdiyya Died Of Advanced Stage Of Carcinoma”
Sunday [June 16] Head of the Palestinian Forensics Center, Dr. Saber Al-‘Aloul, stated that the final findings of the forensic report regarding the cause of death of detainee Maisara Abu…
Legislator Moved To Administrative Detention
On Wednesday [June 12 2013] an Israeli military court decided to imprison elected Palestinian Legislator, Abdul-Jabbar Foqaha, under arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, for six months.The army kidnapped the legislator…
Four Hunger Striking Detainees Forced Into Solitary Confinement
[Wednesday June 12] the Prison Administration of the Negev Detention Camp forced four hunger striking detainees into solitary confinement in an attempt to force them to quit their strike.The four…
Alleged “Anti-Terror Bill” to Legalize Administrative Detention
The Israeli Government passed Sunday [June 9 2013] the “Anti-Terror Bill”, authorizing harsher punishment against individuals suspected or convicted of aiding armed groups in the country, and anywhere in the…
Hebron man arrested for filing complaint about settler attack
Human rights activist Jawad Abu Eysheh, 39, was arrested Friday 7th June following a complaint he made four months ago about a settler attack.At 4:20 pm on 7th June, Israeli…
Palestinian Minister Released After Two Years In Captivity
On Thursday evening [6 June 2013], Israel released former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfi Kabaha (50 years of age) after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges…
Female Detainees Start Hunger Strike
Thursday June 6 2013, Palestinian female detainees, held by Israel, started an open-ended hunger strike demanding the Israeli Prison Authority to provide the needed medical treatment to detainee Heba Abu…
Detainee Moved To Hospital
Thursday June 6 2013; the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Palestinian detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, was moved from the Ramla prison clinic to the Al-Affoula Israeli hospital, due to…
Hunger Striking Detainee Forced Into Solitary Confinement
Sunday June 2 2013, The Israeli Prison Authority forced a hunger striking detainee into solitary confinement as he stopped drinking water after two weeks on ongoing hunger strike. The Waed…
370 Palestinians Kidnapped In May
The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies issued its monthly report on the Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, and stated that Israeli soldiers carried out more than 280 invasions, in…
Israel Might Release Detainees Held Before Oslo Agreement
Israeli Channel 7 has reported that a leaked Israeli document revealed that Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, is weighing the possibility of releasing Palestinian detainees who have been held by…
Jordanian Detainees Continue Their Hunger Strike
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported, Thursday, that Jordanian detainees, held by Israel, are ongoing with the hunger strike they started 27 days ago, protesting…
Detainee Continues Hunger Strike, Demands Release
Palestinian detainee, Ayman Issa Hamdan, who went on hunger strike 27 days ago, rejected an Israeli “offer” for an additional six-month extension of his Administrative Detention, without trial, and demanded…
Detainee traferred to hospital in a critical condition
Palestinian detainee Murad Abu Maeleq was transferred to hospital in a critical condition after falling ill. Abu Maeleq, who is from the Gaza strip, suffers from colon cancer, and was…
Hunger striker accepts deportation to Gaza
Detainee Ayman Abu Dauod on Thursday accepted a proposal to exile him to the Gaza Strip for 10 years to end the hunger strike he started on April 14. Jawad…
Israel Issues Arrest Warrant For Palestinian Minister Of Detainees
Monday May 20 2013, according to Israel’s daily, Haaretz, the Salem Israeli Military Court issued a warrant ordering the Israeli army to arrest Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’. Qaraqe’…
Soldiers Break Into The Negev Detention Camp, Attack Detainees
The Palestinian Detainees Study Center has reported that undercover forces of the Israeli military broke, on Thursday, into section 24 of the Negev detention camp, attacked the detainees and searched…
Four Detained Legislators Receive Renewed Administrative Detention
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported Tuesday that four illegally imprisoned legislators, held at the Negev Israeli detention camp, received renewed Administrative Detention orders, for six…
Report: “%100 Of Administrative Detainees Are Former Prisoners”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that all of the Palestinian current administrative detainees, held by Israel without charges, are former political prisoners who have been…
Ahrar: “Israel Still Holding Captive 13 Legislators, 2 Ministers”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported, Saturday, that Israel is still holding captive 13 democratically-elected legislators, and two government ministers.Fuad Al-Khuffash, head of the Ahrar Center,…
Israel Wants Detainees To Pay For Their Medical Expenses
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Monday that the Israeli Prison Authority is demanding Palestinian political prisoners to pay for their own medical expenses, and refused to provide them with…
To Break Their Strike, Israel Denies Jordanian Detainees Access To Liquids
The Israeli Prison Authority decided on Friday to deprive the hunger striking Jordanian detainees in its prisons access to liquids in an attempt to force them end their strike, that…
Al-Eesawy Slowly Recovering Following His 9-Month Hunger Strike
Monday April 29 2013, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy was moved from the Kapalan Israeli hospital to the Al-Ramla prison clinic, adding that…
Al-Eesawy Ends His Hunger Strike, To Be Released In 8 Months
Palestinian political prisoner Samer Al-Eesawy signed an agreement with the Israeli prosecution for him to be released to his hometown in occupied East Jerusalem. The agreement was in return for…
Palestinians Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protest In Jerusalem
Monday April 22, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian youth was shot and injured in the face after Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinians holding a nonviolent protest in solidarity…
PPS: “No Official Proposal To End The Case Of Eesawy”
Lawyer Jawad Boulos of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) stated Monday that Israel did not present any substantial offer to end the crisis of hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy,…
Lawyer: “Eesawy Conditionally Agrees To End His Hunger Strike”
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported that hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, expressed a conditional acceptance of an Israeli officer to end his strike in exchange for his…
Israel detain a man near Bethlehem
Israeli forces on Friday detained a man from Battir village, west of Bethlehem. Forces detained Haidar Muammar,47, during after raiding his home at dawn.
Child from New Orleans sentenced to serve in adult prison in Israel
A 14-year old boy from New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on Wednesday to a two-week term in an Israeli prison, after having been abducted on April 5th by Israeli forces…
Israel offer Isawiexile
Israel offered hunger striker Samer Isawia deal to exile him to a UN member or European country country.A spokesman to the Israeli prime minister said that an offer was presented…
Israel detain 2 Palestinians in Aboud village
Israeli forces detained on Friday two Palestinians at in Aboud village north of Ramallah. Israeli forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of the village, and arrested 23-year-old Mahmoud al-Barghouthi…
Prominent youth activist abducted by Israeli troops in Hebron
The coordinator of the non-violent group called ‘Youth Against Settlements’ was abducted Wednesday by Israeli troops when he responded to a summons to appear at the police station at the…
Army Kidnaps A Wounded Disabled Palestinian In Hebron
Israeli soldiers kidnapped former political prisoner, Mo’taz Obeido, 32, from Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Obeido suffered a disability after being shot by the…
Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike facing heart slowdown; possible brain damage
Samer al-Essawy, who has been on hunger strike over 250 days, may die at any moment, according to his doctors. After examining Essawy on Sunday, the doctors reported that his…
Autopsy of Abu Hamdiyeh to be announced in 24 hours
The Palestinian ministry of justice announced on their website on Friday that the results of Abu Hamdiyeh’s autopsy will be revealed in the coming 24 hours. The ministry’s undersecretary said…
Israeli forces detain a Palestinian near Nablus
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian at Huwwara military checkpoint near Nablus on thursday.They claimed that the 35-year-old Palestinian from Balaa village was holding a sharp object at the checkpoint. Meanwhile,…
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Hospital
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Palestinian detainee Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, 64, died at the Intensive Care Unit at the Soroka Israeli hospital on Tuesday morning suffering from…
25 Detainees Suffering From Cancer In Israeli Prisons
Bethlehem Monday April 1, 2013, Palestinian Minister Of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported that the Israeli Prison Service admitted that there are 25 Palestinian detainees suffering from cancer, and are facing…
Ailing Detainee Moved To Hospital Facing Serious Health Complications
Saturday morning March 30, 2013, the Israeli Prison Administration moved ailing detainee Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, 62, to the Soroka Israeli hospital after suffering serious health complications. Israel did not reveal…
5 Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Wednesday that there are 5 Palestinian Prisoners still on hunger strike, the longest of which is Samer al-Essawy who has been on strike since…
Israeli Court Postponds The Ruling On Palestinian Journalist
Israeli court in Ofer extended the detention of journalist Mus’ab Shawer,22, from Hebron. A statement received by the prisoners club said that the court postponed the session to the 5th…
Israel release detained PLC member
Israel on Wednesday released Palestinian Legislative Council member, Nayef ar-Rjoub after spending 28 months in Israeli Jails under administrative detention, Palestinian Prisoners Club reported. Ar-Rjoub was kidnapped from his Hebron…
On day 236 of Hunger Strike, Issawi’s Heart rate drops
Palestinian prisoner Samer al Isawiis near death, according to doctors, after spending 236 days without food to challenge the Israeli policy of ‘administrative detention’, in which Palestinians are imprisoned for…
Sharawna Released, Exiled To Gaza
Palestinian media sources reported that detainee Ayman Sharawna, who started his open-ended hunger strike after his arrest by the army, on July 1, 2102, was released by Israel but was…
Palestinian Released After 13 Years In Israeli Prison
A Palestinian prisoner from Bethlehem was released on Thursday evening after spending thirteen years at an Israeli Prisoner. 36 years-old Former prisoner Ashraf Jamil Milhim from Al-Duheisheh refugee camp in…
Palestinian arrested in Tel Aviv
Maariv newspaper reported that Israeli police and the Shin Bit arrested what they called a’Terrorist’ Palestinian in the center of Tel Aviv after they raided his apartment on Thursday. Police…
EU To Send Delegation To Evaluate the Situation Of Palestinian Detainees
The European Parliament decided to send a fact-finding mission to evaluate the conditions Palestinian detainees face in Israeli prisons, especially detained children and women.The mission’s visit comes a few weeks…
Three Detainees Moved Into Solitary Confinement
Monday evening March 11, 2013, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the administration at the Ofer Israeli prison moved three hunger striking Palestinian detainees into solitary confinement. The PPS…
Al- Eesawy Refuses To Be Exiled In Exchange For His Release
Lawyer Shireen Al-Eesawy, sister of hunger striking detainee Samer Al-Eesawy, from Al-Isawiyya in occupied Jerusalem, stated that her brother refused an Israeli offer to force him into exile in exchange…
On International Women’s Day, 48 Women Still Held By Israel
The Palestinian Detainees Center reported Friday that, as the world and Palestine, mark the International Women’s Day on March 8th, Israel continues its violations against Palestinian women, and is still…
Israeli Police detain two Palestinian
Israeli Police have detained two Palestinian youth from east Jerusalem on Thursday evening. Witnesses said that Israeli police obstructed a group of five Palestinian young men in Al-Swanah neighborhood in…
Israel Release A Re-arrested Prisoner
Israeli forces has released a Palestinian detainee from Hebron who was arrested on Monday. Minister of detainees Issa Qaraqe said that the prisoner who is physically disabled after being injured…
UNICEF: “Israel Mistreats Detained Palestinian Children”
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) issued a report stating that Israel is mistreating Palestinian children it is holding in its detention and interrogation centers, and added that…
Army Breaks Into Ramon Prison
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported that dozens of soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade invaded, on Monday night after midnight, sections 3 and 4 of the Ramon Israeli prison where…
Body Of Detainee Who Died 30 Year Ago “Missing”
The Al-Quds Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights issued a press release denouncing the Israeli Supreme Court that informed the Center’s lawyer, Haitham Al-Khatib, that the body of detainee…
Detainees In Gilboa’ Prison Hold One Day Strike, Warn Escalation
Monday March 4, 2013, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that the Palestinian detainees in the Gilboa’ Israeli prison, are holding a one-day hunger strike, as an initial step,…
Army Kidnapped 382 Palestinians, Including 10 Women, In February
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 382 Palestinians, including 10 women, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and the…
Jerusalem Child Sentenced To 19 Months
Thursday February 28, 2013, The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced a Palestinian child to 19-months imprisonment allegedly for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in Hebron, in the southern part of…
Hunger Striking Detainees Sharawna And Al-Eesawy Moved To Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported on Wednesday evening that both hunger-striking detainees Samer Al-Eesawy and Ayman Al-Sharawna were moved to hospital suffering serious health complications.Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa…
Two Detainees Suspend Their Strike Until March 6
The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported Wednesday that detainees Ja’far Ez-Eddeen and Tareq Qa’daan, have suspended their hunger strike until March 6, the date set by the Ofer military court to…
Hunger Strikes Escalate 12 Detainees On Hunger Strike
Occupied Ramallah, 26 February 2013 – Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Organization’s Documentation Unit confirmed that the number of prisoners on hunger strike in the Occupation’s jails has increased…
Jaradat Was Tortured To Death, Autopsy Concludes
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported on Sunday evening that the autopsy report of detainee Arafat Jardat, who died Saturday at an Israeli interrogation facility, revealed that the detainee…
Lawyer: “Prior To His Death, Detainee Complained Of Pain Due To Ongoing Interrogation”
Attorney Kamil Sabbagh, who represented detainee Arafat Jaradat, who died Saturday at an Israeli interrogation facility, stated that Jaradat complained to him of sharp pain due to ongoing and extensive…
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison
Saturday February 23, 2013; Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that a Palestinian detainee held under interrogation at an Israeli detention and interrogation facility, died Saturday after being tortured…
El-Eesawy Sentenced To Eight Months, His Hunger Strike Continues
Hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, was sentenced Thursday by the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem to 8 months imprisonment starting from the date of his arrest on July 7,…
Immediate action needed to ensure Israel respects hunger-strikers’ rights
Ramallah-Jaffa, 20 February 2013 – Addameer, Al-Haq and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) express their grave concern for the health of four Palestinian hunger-strikers and outrage at the continued use…
P.A Said To Be Holding Indirect Talks With Israel On Detainees Issues
The Maan News Agency reported that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) in the West Bank is holding indirect talks with Tel Aviv in an attempt to resolve the crisis of Palestinian…
Israeli Court Refuses To Release Al-Eesawy, on 210th day of hunger strike
On Tuesday February 19, head of the Legal Unit of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Lawyer Jawad Boulos, reported that the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem rejected an appeal for…
209 days On Hunger Strike; Letter from Palestinian Prisoner Samer al-Isawi
Letter from prisoner Samer Al-Isawi; as it came from the Ministry of prisoners: I turn with admiration to the masses of our heroic Palestinian people, to our Palestinian leadership, to…
Sharawna Moved To Soroka Hospital
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported Sunday that hunger striking detainee, Ayman Sharawna, was moved to the Soroka Israel hospital in Be’er As-Sabe’ (Beersheba), due to a serious deterioration…
Army Kidnaps 10 Palestinians In Jerusalem
Wednesday February 13; Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Duqqu village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped ten Palestinians.Local sources reported that dozens of Israeli…
360 Detainees To Hold Solidarity Hunger Strike
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Wednesday that 360 Palestinian detainees will be holding a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees.The strike will be conducted on…
Tension Mounts In Gilboa’ Prison
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported Monday that tension is mounting at the Eshil Israeli detention center after Israeli soldiers broke into the detainees’ rooms and…
Palestinian Detainees Weigh Hunger Strike
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, reported that the Israeli violations against the Palestinian detainees are seriously escalating, an issue that could push the detainees to conduct an open-ended hunger…
Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi
Akram Rikhawi finally tasted freedom today after Israel released him from nearly a decade of imprisonment. Rikhawi had gone on and off hunger strike since last April in protest of…
Israel To Release Detainee Reekhawy
Wednesday February 5 2013; The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that an Israeli court decided Wednesday to release hunger striking detainee Akram Reekhawi, likely on Thursday.The Foundation said…
Palestinian Political Activist Submits A Letter To Us Consul General On Palestinian Prisoners
Palestinian Human Rights and Political activist Samer Jaber submitted a letter to the US Consul General in Jerusalem Michael Ratney during his visit to Bethlehem on Tuesday.In his letter, which…
Detainees Denied Access To Books
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration is denying the Palestinian political prisoners access to books and educational materials.The Center said that…