Sharawna Resumes His Hunger Strike
Palestinian political prisoner, Ayman Sharawna, resumed his open ended hunger strike, that he suspended less than a month ago, due to a very serious health deterioration and while awaiting trial.…
Former Detainee Dies Due To Medical Neglect While In Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported, Monday evening, that a former Palestinian political prisoner from Hebron, died at a hospital in Jerusalem after falling into a coma 50 days ago…
Detainee Al-Eesawy Moved To Israeli Hospital
Saturday January 19, Palestinian detainee Samer Al-Eesawy, was moved from the Ramla Prison Clinic to the Assaf Harofeh Israeli hospital, after a sharp deterioration in his health condition due to…
Detainees In Eshil Go On Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees, held at the Israeli Eshil prison, declared hunger strike in protest to the transfer of 27 detainees into solitary confinement, and to the ongoing violations carried out by…
Al-Eesawy Tried In Two Courts On Same Charges
Wednesday January 16; the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem denied an appeal filed by the defense attorney of hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, requesting the court to void its deliberation…
Soldiers Break Into Ofer Prison, Attack Detainees
Despite the rain and extreme weather conditions, undercover soldiers of the Israeli Prison Administration broke into section 15 of the Ofer Israel Prison, and attacked several detainees.The detainees said that…
Prison Doctors To Amputate Leg Of Wounded Detainee
Lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Fadi Obeidat, stated that Israeli physicians at the Ramla Prison Clinic decided to amputate the left leg of detainee Nahedh Al-Aqra’, 41, from…
December; Army Kidnapped 88, Including 12 Children, 18 Patients In Hebron
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) – Hebron branch, reported Sunday that the Israeli army kidnapped since the beginning of this month 88 Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of…
Three Children Sentenced To 4 Months Each
The Palestinian Detainees Studies Center reported that the Israeli Salem military court sentenced three Palestinian children from Azzoun town near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, to four months…
Sharawna Suspends His Hunger Strike
Palestinian Minister of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that hunger striking detainee Ismail Sharawna, who started his hunger strike more than 162 days ago, and is facing serious health deterioration, decided…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnapped 900 Children In 2012
The Palestinian Ministry Of Detainees reported that this year witnessed a sharp increase in Israeli violations against Palestinian children, and said that Israeli soldiers kidnapped this year 900 Palestinian children…
4600 Palestinians, Including 182 Children, Imprisoned By Israel
Former Political Prisoner, Palestinian Researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel is currently holding captive 4600 Palestinians, including 182 children and 11 women, in addition to 1200 detainees who are ill,…
Israel Kidnapped 173 Palestinians This Month
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, since the beginning of this month until Tuesday December 18, 173 Palestinians in different parts of…
Soldiers Attack Hunger-Striking Detainee And His Family
Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked hunger-striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, and his family when he tried to salute them as he was being taken into court. Al-Eesawy has been…
18 Seriously Sick Detainees Facing Medical Neglect In Israeli Prisons
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights issued a press release revealing that 18 seriously ill detainee, permanently at the Al-Ramla Prison Clinic are facing life-threatening conditions due to the…
Wives, Mothers Of Detainees Subjected To Naked Search
The Husam Society for Detainees and Ex-detainees reported that Israeli soldiers subjected wives and mothers of Palestinian detainees to illegal strip search before they visited their detained family members on…
Ad-Dameer Expresses Concern Regarding Lives Of Hunger Striking Detainees
The Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Ad-Dameer) said that it is deeply concerned regarding the lives of Palestinian detainees who are conducting extended hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, especially…
Report: “ 650, Including 85 Children, 7 women, Kidnapped In November”
The Palestinian Detainees Research Center published a report on Sunday revealing that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 650 Palestinians in November; adding that 85 women and 7 children were among the kidnapped…
PHR Israel Statement On Hunger Striking Detainee Sharawna
Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHR) issued a statement revealing that an independent PHR doctor visited hunger striking detainee, Ayman Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike for 141 days,…
Ayman Sharawna – 129 Days Of Hunger Strike
Urgent Alert: Ayman Sharawni, day 129 to the Hunger Strike is still prevented from seeing PHR Israel’s independent doctor.Today is Ayman Sharawni’s 129th day of hunger strike, the longest hunger…
Israel Arrests Man Who Allegedly Transferred Large Sums To Hamas
The Israeli Internal Security Services, Shin Bet, claimed that it managed to arrest a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip who allegedly participated in transferring large sums of cash for the…
Soldiers Kidnap Mother Of Palestinian Detainee In Nablus
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Thursday evening, Dalaal Zamel, the mother of detainee Mahran Abu Khamis, at a flying checkpoint installed west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Soldiers…
Report: “Soldiers Kidnapped 292 Palestinians In October”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 292 Palestinians in October from different parts of the West Bank, including 26 children.Fuad al-Khuffash, head…
Safady Released After Two Hunger-Strikes Totalling 168 Days
Palestinian political prisoner Hasan Safadi was released from an Israeli detention facility, on Monday, after being detained for 16 months under administrative detention without charges or trial; he held two…
After 115 Days Of Hunger Strike, Palestinian Detainee Stops Water Intake
Palestinian detainee, Ayman Ash-Sharawna, has been on hunger strike for 115 days, and stopped drinking water on Wednesday, escalating his strike as Israel still refuses to release him, and due…
Ailing Palestinian Detainee Facing Deteriorating Conditions
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Wednesday evening that ailing Palestinian detainee, Mohammad At-Taj, imprisoned by Israel is facing deteriorating health conditions and requires urgent specialized medical attention.The PPS…
Report: “Israel Approved The Return Of 18 Detainees Exiled To Gaza”
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli side informed the Egyptian mediator that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu approved the return of 18 West Bank detainees, who were deported to…
Kidnapped Engineer Facing Deteriorating Health Condition
Palestinian sources reported the health condition of isolated detainee, Engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, 43, has sharply deteriorated at the Asqalan (Ashkelon) Israel prison, and added that he currently suffers from…
Detained Legislator Facing Deteriorating Health Condition
The family of Sheikh Hasan Yousef, an elected Palestinian Legislator of the Change and Reform Bloc of the Hamas movement, stated that Yousef is facing a deteriorating health condition in…
Ailing Detainee Moved To Hospital
The International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights reported that Palestinian detainees, Mohammad Rafeeq At-Taaj, 42, imprisoned at the Hadarim Israeli prison was moved to hospital due to a sharp deterioration…
Report: “More Than 75.000 Arrests Made By Army Since Sep. 2000”
Former Political Prisoner, Palestinian Researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, issued a report marking the 12th Anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Intifada (September 28 2000), and said Israeli soldiers conducted more than 75.000 arrests,…
Army Kidnaps Palestinian Woman Visiting Detained Sons
Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian woman from occupied East Jerusalem while she was trying to visit her sons detained at the Eshil Israeli Prison In Beershiva (Be’er As-Sabe’). The army…
Ailing Detainee To Be Moved To Egypt
Palestinian Minster of Detainee, Issa Qaraqe’, reported Thursday that arrangements are being conducted to transfer ailing hunger striking detainee, Samer al-Barq, to Egypt after a sharp decline in his health…
PPS Demands Release Of Wounded Detainee
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) demanded Israel to release Kamal Salah Al-Husseini who, on September 9, was taken prisoner by Israeli soldiers during clashes that took place in occupied East…
Detainee Al-Barq Moved To Hospital
Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated on Monday evening that hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Barq, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit…
Red Cross: Three Palestinian hunger strikers near death
Three men on hunger strike to protest the conditions of their imprisonment by Israel are near death, according to a Red Cross spokesman who spoke with Agence France Presse on…
Gaza engineer kidnapped from Ukraine goes on hunger strike over solitary confinement
Dirar Abu Sisi, the 43-year-old deputy engineer of the only power plant in the Gaza Strip, went on a one-day hunger strike Thursday to protest against being held in solitary…
Hunger Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPPS) reported, Thursday, that detainee Hasan Safady was moved to the Assaf Harofeh Israeli hospital after his health condition witnessed a sharp deterioration following 85 days…
Only Immediate Intervention Will Save The Lives Of Three Palestinian Hunger Strikers
Ramallah, 12 September 2012 – Addameer is deeply concerned that the lives of the three remaining Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prison are in immediate danger as their prolonged hunger…
Saadat: “Zionist War Criminals Are The Ones Who Must Be Prosecuted”
Imprisoned Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, stated during a court session at the District Court in Jerusalem, that “Zionist leaders, and leaders…
Imminent Danger to Lives of Hunger Strikers Samer al-Barq and Hassan Safadi
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Al-Haq and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL) fear for the lives of the three remaining Palestinian hunger strikers held by Israel.Of utmost concern…
Israel Offers The Release Of All Egyptian Detainees In Exchange For Spy
Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram, reported that the case of the Israeli spy, Odah At-Tarabeen, imprisoned in Egypt, has surfaced again after the Israeli Radio reported last Tuesday that Israel is willing…
Palestinian Child Sentenced To 4 Months Imprisonment
The Israeli Military Court at the Salem military base, north of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, sentenced, Thursday, a 16-year-old Palestinian child, from Ya’bod village, near Jenin, to…
Occupied lives: I hope to see my son before it’s too late
5 years ago, Yahya Ahmad (28) was arrested while trying to cross the border fence to search for work in Israel. He was subsequently sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment…
7 Detainees Injured In Ramon Prison, Several Sent To Solitary Confinement
The detainees clashed with the soldiers for approximately two hours after the army tried to force them to undergo a strip search in Ramon prison. Seven detainees were injured, and…
Jerusalemite faces decades in prison after visiting nearby village
Samer Isawiwas freed from Israeli prison after last year’s exchange of a captured Israeli soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. But today he is awaiting hearings in two Israeli courts,…
27 Years In captivity; Arab Detainee To Be Released Wednesday
Syrian political prisoner (from the occupied Golan Heights) Sidqi Suleiman Al-Maqt will be released from Israeli prison Wednesday after 27 years in captivity. Al-Maqt is currently 45 years old.Born on…
Israel Claims Arresting 4 PFLP Members Who Planned To Kidnap Soldiers
The Israeli Radio reported Monday that the Israeli army and security forces kidnapped in May four Palestinians who allegedly planned to kidnap Israeli soldiers in order to trade them with…
Report: “4550 Palestinians, Including 220 Children, Imprisoned By Israel”
Palestinian researcher and former political prisoners, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that Israel is currently holding captive 4550 Palestinians, held in 17 prisons, detention and interrogation centers, and added that 220 Palestinian…
Detainee Sentenced To 27 Life Terms, Fathers A Child
Palestinian detainee Ammar az-Zaben, 27, who has been imprisoned by Israel for 15 years and sentenced to 37 life terms, managed to father a child after being able to “smuggle”…
Incarcerated inside Israel: Palestinians tortured and isolated
Detention without trial, the presumption of guilt, denial of family visits, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation and denial of access to appropriate health care – such is the Israeli judicial…
Israel To Release 123 Detainees Held Since Before The Oslo Agreement
Senior Palestinian political sources reported Friday that the Israeli government agreed to release 123 Palestinian political prisoners, held before the Oslo peace agreement was signed between Israel and the Palestinian…
Female Detainee Released After Six Years Imprisonment
The Israeli authorities released, Thursday, detainee Woroud Qasem, from At-Teera, in the Southern Triangle Area in the 1948 territories, after imprisoning her for nearly six years on unfounded charges, including…
Detainee Thiab Released From Israeli Prison
Palestinian political prisoner, Bilal Thiab was released on Thursday and was welcomed by his family and hundreds of residents at the al-Jalama Israeli military roadblock, near the northern West Bank…
Released Mentally ill Prisoner Missing
A mentally ill prisoner from Jenin was released by the Israeli military at a checkpoint near Hebron on Tuesday and is now missing according to relatives.Ma’an News reported that Mohammad…
Prisoners On Hunger Strike Abused by Israeli Military
Four Palestinian political prisoners currently imprisoned in Israeli military jails under administrative detention orders are continuing their hunger strikes despite deteriorating health conditions and abuse by Israeli soldiers according to…
Ahmad Sa’adat Urges Palestinian Unity and Resistance to Occupation
Ahmad Sa’adat, General Sectetary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council calls for an end to divisions within Palestinian society…
Israeli Military Arrests Mother of Released Prisoner
Israeli occupation forces arrested Najah Amin al-Ateli, mother of released prisoner Abeer Odeh, at her home in Rahat City on Thursday.The Palestine News Network reported that the Israeli intelligence service,…
Al-Rekhawi to Return Home to Gaza
Akram al-Rekhawi’s 102-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison came to an end on Sunday after Israel agrees to his release.Israel has agreed to release al-Rekhawi 6 months earlier than…
Israeli Army Arrests 3 Youths in West Bank
Israeli soldiers raided several homes and kidnapped three youngsters in the village of ya’bud, southwest of Jenin on Tuesday.The youths were named as Nameq Tareq Abu Bakr, 19, Haidar Yousef…
PLC Head To Be Released Thursday
Representing the imprisoned and democratically-elected head of the Palestinian Legislative (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, lawyer Fadi Al-Qawasmi stated that Dweik will be released from an Israeli detention camp this coming…
Nelson Mandela Foundation Calls For UN to Act on Israeli Violations
On Sunday the Nelson Mandela Foundation for Political Prisoners urged the UN to investigate human rights violations in Israeli jails. In testimony given to the UN, Buthaina Duqmaq, head of…
25 Gaza Strip Detainees To Have Family Visits Monday
The Red Cross announced, during a Thursday meeting with representatives of national and Islamic factions, and a committee of parents of political prisoners held by Israel, that Gaza Strip detainees,…
Israel Arrests 17 Palestinians in Series of Raids
A total of 17 Palestinians were arrested in different parts of the West Bank on Thursday and transferred to centres for interrogation.In the city of Tubas in the northern part…
Osama Az-Zaree’ey, The Only Detainee Currently Held Under “Illegitimate Combatant Law”
The Detainees’ Study Center reported Wednesday that, following the release of detainee Mahmoud Sarsak on Tuesday, one Palestinian detainee remains imprisoned under the Israeli “Illegitimate Combatant Law”.Detainee Osama Hajjaj Az-Zaree’ey…
Sarsak Released After 96 Days Of Hunger Strike
Palestinian political prisoner, Mahmoud Sarsak, arrived on Tuesday at noon at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) terminal, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after being released from an Israeli…
UK Report Condemns Israel’s Treatment of Palestinian Children
In a report published this month, a delegation of British lawyers and MPs who visited Israel/Palestine in 2011 concluded that Israel violates six articles of the United Nations Convention on…
Palestinian Prisoner Near Death
Akram al-Rikhawi, who has now been on hunger strike for 91 days is unable to move his left leg and is at risk of dying, his lawyer and doctor both…
Two Hamas-Affiliated Legislators Released
On Thursday Israel released two legislators of the Change and Reform Bloc, a wing of the Hamas movement, after imprisoning them without charge at the Negev Detention Camp for 18…
After 83 Days on Hunger Strike, Detainee in Serious Condition
Diabetic Palestinian prisoner Akram Rikhawi has been on a hunger strike for 83 days and is at imminent risk of dying. According to the World Medical Association, in most cases…
22 Elected Legislators Still Imprisoned By Israel
Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that the current number of elected Palestinian legislators imprisoned by Israel dropped to 22 after Israel…
Two Detained Legislators Released Thursday
Palestinian sources reported that two of the elected legislators, imprisoned by Israel, were released on Thursday evening, after being detained under administrative detention without charges since 2010.The Palestinian Information Center…
Hunger Striking Detainee In Critical Health Condition
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that detainee Samer Al-Barq, who started his hunger strike 34 days ago, is currently in a critical health condition, suffering from…
Israeli Government Fails to Carry Out Terms of Prisoner Agreement
Palestinian and international rights groups have condemned the Israeli government’s failure to live up to the agreement made one month ago in order to end the month-long hunger strike of…
Deal Struck by Hunger-Striking Prisoner but Others Still Suffer
After 92 days of hunger strike, Mahmoud al-Sarsak resumed eating once Israeli prison authorities agreed to release him on July 10th, however other hunger-striking prisoners continue to be mistreated as…
40 Detainees Wounded In Eshil Israeli Prison
Israeli soldiers stormed, on Tuesday, sections of the Eshil Israeli detention facility, in Be’er as-Sabe’ (Bir Shiva), wounding at least forty detainees, after forcing approximately 200 detainees under the sun…
Israel Imposes Sanctions On Hunger Striking Detainees
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the Israeli Prison Authority imposed sanctions on a number of hunger striking detainees, who started their strike 19 days ago, demanding that the…
FIFA Expresses ‘Grave Concerns’ Over Israeli Detention of Footballers; Letter Calls for Release
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has released a statement on Tuesday via its website regarding the illegal detention of Palestinian footballers, including Mahmoud Sarsak, and a letter has…
Multiple Detentions of Youths Across the West Bank
At least seven Palestinians have been detained on Tuesday in a variety of locations across the West Bank.Maan News Agency reports that residents of the village of Iraq Burin, in…
Palestinian Prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak Is In A Deteriorating Health Situation
UFree Network holds the Israeli occupation responsible for the critical health situation of Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak, who launched a hunger strike 89 days ago.On Sunday 10-6-2012, Israeli Prisons Service…
Protest Held In Solidarity With Hunger Strikers
Dozens of activists, religious figures and families of Palestinian detainees held by Israel, participated Monday in a protest held in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Jerusalem, in solidarity…
Palestinian prisoner on 84th day of hunger strike at risk of dying
An independent doctor who visited Palestinian prisoner and well-known soccer player, Mahmoud al-Sarsak, said on Wednesday that al-Sarsak is at risk of death and must be hospitalized immediately.Al-Sarsak has been…
Amnesty International Calls for the Release of Prisoners
Amnesty International has called on Israel to release all administrative detainees or at least allow them a fair trial.A report issued by Amnesty on Wednesday called on Israel to not…
Soldiers Break Into Ramon Prison, Attack Detainees
Israeli soldiers stormed into, on Tuesday at night, the Ramon Prison and attacked Palestinian political prisoners; several injuries were reported.The Wattan TV reported that clashes took place between the detainees…
Detainee Halahla Released
Israel released Palestinian detainee Thaer Halahla, 32, ending his illegal Administrative Detention, without charges or trial, starting when he was kidnapped by the army on June 26, 2010.The release comes…
Detainee Suffering Serious Illness, Requires Urgent Care
Political Prisoner Amer Bahar, from Abu Dis near occupied East Jerusalem, is reportedly suffering from a serious illness that requires care beyond the provisions of a prison clinic. Bahr was…
After 3 Years In Solitary, Sa’adat’s Wife Allowed To Visit Him
‘Abla Sa’adat, the wife of the detained Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was allowed to visit her husband Sunday, for the first time after…
Israel To Transfer 395 Detainees To Different Facilities
The Husam Institution For Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that the detainees’ committee that led the most recent hunger-strike in Israeli detention camps, held on Friday a meeting with the Israeli…
Soldiers Break Into Detainees Rooms In Ofer Prison
Undercover soldiers of the Matzada and Nachshon brigades broke into Palestinian detainees’ rooms in section 14 of the Ofer Israeli Prison and searched them; the soldiers also used military dogs…
Released Detainee Remains In Serious Condition
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights reported that former detainee, Hamed Al-Amoudy, from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, is currently in a critical health condition…
Remains Of Slain West Bank Palestinian, Killed 36 Years Ago, Sent To Gaza
On Thursday, Israel released the remains of 91 Palestinians, killed in prison, in bombings, and while resisting the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories, but the remains of one Palestinian…
Ailing Detainee, Released One Week Ago, Dies In Hospital
Palestinian medical sources reported that former political prisoner, Zoheir Lubbada, 38 years old, died on Thursday at the Intensive Care Unit of the National Government Hospital in Nablus, in the…
Soldiers Attack Palestinian Detainees in Nafha
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked Palestinian political prisoners in sections 13 and 14 of the Nafha prison in the Negev…
Popular Commitee Leader Bassem Tamimi Sentenced
Bassem Tamimi, a leading member of the grass roots movement against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlement construction in the village of an-Nabi Saleh, was sentenced on Tuesday at the…
Israel Court Rejects Appeal to Free Palestinian Legislator
On Sunday, Israel’s high court on Sunday rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of Palestinian legislator Hussam Khader. Khader has been detained without charge or trial since June…
Bassem Tamimi to Receive Sentence from Military Court, on Tuesday
PNN has reported on Monday that the Ofer Military Court will deliver its sentence in the case of non-violent activist Bassem Tamimi on Tuesday, May 29.Tamimi, a grass-root organizer from…
Six Palestinians Arrested by Israeli Forces at Dawn
An Israeli army spokesman as saying that several Palestinians were arrested in various Palestinian cities at dawn this morning, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.The source added that the six…
Footballer: Prisoners’ Health Deteriorates After 70 Days on Hunger Strike
Ma’an News has reported a PA Ministry of Detainee Affairs warning from Sunday that a prisoner on hunger strike for 70 days is suffering deteriorating health.Mahmoud al-Sarsak, a 25-year-old soccer…
Office Of PLC Head Denies “Exile Offer”
The office of the detained democratically-elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, denied reports claiming that Dr. Dweik received an “offer” from Israel to be exiled…
Released Detainee Admitted To Hospital
Fuad al-Khoffash, head of the Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies, stated that Palestinian detainee, Zuheir Lubbada, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in the northern West…