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…
An Hour Before Release, Prisoner Transferred to Administrative Detention
In a PNN report today, the Al-Ahrar Centre for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights stated that on Wednesday, May 23rd, prisoner Sameh Elaiwe, 50, was transferred from Nablus city to…
Call for the release of a Palestinian Broadcaster
The PNN reported that the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the release of Bahaa Khairi Moussa, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner Channel . Moussa was arrested on…
Salah Zghair alive
Reports from PNN have stated that the 18 year old Palestinian, Salah Zghair, is not dead.The Palestinian Prisoners Society has announced that Salah Zghair is in fact not dead, but…
Mother of 4 Jailed Sons: Christians Suffer For Homeland, Too
Ma’an News Agency reported today on a Christian family whose four sons have all been imprisoned by the Israeli Military. ‘Since 2004, the whole family did not gather, not even…
Court Ruling Of Two Nonviolent Activists Delayed
The Maan News Agency reported that on Sunday the Israeli Ofer Israeli Military Court postponed its verdict announcement in the case against the Coordinator of the Popular Resistance Committee, Naji…
Detainee On Hunger Strike Since 63 Days Determined To Continue
Palestinian sources reported that detainee Mahmoud Kamel As-Sarsak, currently held at the Ramla Prison Hospital is determined to continue his hunger strike until his release or death.Sarsak was kidnapped by…
Palestinians Behind Bars: Prisoners Without Human Rights
Marking the annual Palestinian Prisoners Day of 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights releases the film This short documentary addresses the issues of solitary confinement and other measures of…
Halahla, Thiab, to be Released in June, August
After an ongoing 79 days of hunger-strike, Palestinian detainees Tha’er Halahla and Bilal Thiab signed an agreement with the Israeli Prison Authorities to end their hunger-strike in exchange for their…
Israel Agrees to Most of Hunger-Striking Detainees’ Demands
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that Israel has agreed to a large number of the legitimate demands of the hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoners, including ending its illegal solitary…
Israeli refuses to allow seriously ill hunger striking prisoner to go to hospital
According to Wafa’ Abu Ghalma, the wife of detainee Ahed Abu Ghalma, her husband has been denied medical treatment or hospitalization by the Israeli prison authorities despite a serious deterioration…
Israel to Present a Deal on Hunger Striking Prisoners
With some prisoners in serious failing health, the Palestinian Prisoner Association says Israel will present a deal that will include references to administrative detention, solitary confinement, and visitation permits for…
Fasting On Fridays
It is a departure for both of us to reach out to you in this way, but we are feeling as if we must. The world offers us many opportunities…
No Deal Reached With Hunger-Striking Detainees
The Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees (PCDD) issued a press release stating that, contrary to certain media reports, no agreement has been reached between the hunger-striking Palestinian detainees and…
Israeli Army Abducts 17 Palestinians
The Palestinian News Network PNN reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 17 Palestinians from various locations across the West Bank on Thursday morning.Israeli Newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported on its website that…
Protesters Close Red Cross Headquarter In Ramallah
Dozens of residents held, on Thursday, a protest in front of the United Nations – Red Cross headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, demanding the UN to…
Negev Prison Refuses To Admit Jailed MP Due To Health Condition
Detained elected Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Jheisha, was moved from the Ofer Israeli prison to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert, but the administration there refused to admit…
Israeli Court Orders the Release of Detained Nonviolent Activist
Palestinian nonviolent activist, Bassem Tamimi, 45, from Nabi Saleh village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, spent more than 13 months in Israeli prisons. Earlier on Friday,…
Four Christian Brothers Jailed By Israel For Prisoner Solidarity Activism
Late one night in March, Rami Halabi was working on a laptop at his family’s apartment home in Kufr Aqab, on the road between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the occupied…
Hundreds Protest In Front Of UN Office In Ramallah
Hundreds of Palestinian residents, mainly youths and families of political prisoners, held a massive protest in front of the United Nations office in the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Israel Seeks to Bargain With Hunger-Striking Detainees
Fuad Al Khoffash, Head of the Ahrar Center for Detainee Studies, stated that the Israeli Prison Administration started a new method of what he called “cheap bargaining” this week by…
Israeli Court Rules Against Two Long-Term Palestinian Hunger-Strikers
On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court turned down an appeal to free two Palestinians from administrative detention who have been on hunger strike for nearly 70 days. But in its decision,…
Concern Mounts for the Lives of Prisoners on Protracted Hunger Strikes
This is a joint press release issued on May 6, 2012, by the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel).Ramallah-Jaffa, Bilal Diab and Thaer…
Hunger Strikers Must Leave Beds To See Lawyers
The Israeli Prison Service has confirmed that it is withholding interviews between hunger striking prisoners and their legal representatives as this privilege is conditional on prisoners physically getting up from…
Detainee In Solitary Confinement For 10 Years
Mahmoud Issa is a Palestinian political prisoner who has been in prison since 1993 and in solitary confinement for the last 10 years. He is allowed only half-hour visits from…
Hundreds Protest In Front Of Ramla Prison, 20 Arrested
Israeli policemen arrested, on Thursday evening, more than 20 protesters during a massive protest held in front of the al-Ramla prison in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian detainees. The protesters also…
Thousands of prisoners begin third week of hunger strike
Over two thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centers began their third week of hunger strike on Tuesday, along with seven men and one woman who have been on hunger…
Islamic Jihad: “Truce Will Be Voided Should Any Detainee Die”
The Islamic Jihad movement warned that the Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel will be abandoned if any hunger-striking detainee dies in an Israeli prison or detention camp.Khader Habeeb, a political leader…
PHR-Israel Warns Of Deteriorating Condition of Two Striking Detainees
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave…
Detained Leaders Meet Prison Administration Head
The demands of hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli detention were discussed at a meeting in the Hadarim Prison between senior detained political leaders and the Head of the Israeli Administration, Aharon…
Detained PFLP Leader Moved To Prison Hospital
Palestinian sources reported, Sunday, that detained secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’adat, was moved to the Ramla prison hospital after a sharp deterioration…
Eighth hunger striking prisoner transferred to hospital; at least 2,000 still on hunger strike
On Saturday, Palestinian prisoner Muhammed Halas was transferred to Ramleh prison medical center after twelve days on hunger strike, joining seven other long-term hunger strikers, including two that have had…
Detainee Thiab: “My Hunger-Strike Is Until Freedom Or Martyrdom”
Palestinian political detainee, Bilal Thiab, sent a letter from his hospital bed at the Ramla Israeli Prison hospital that lacks adequate supplies and equipment, stating that he is persistent and…
58 Days On Hunger-Strike, Ailing Detainee Determined To Continue
Palestinian political prisoner, Tha’er Halahla, entered his 58th day of hunger-strike at the Ramla Prison Hospital, and is still determined to continue his strike while prison doctors warned that his…
PCHR Warns Against the Continuing Obstruction of Detainees’ Visitation at Detention Centers of ISS
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned over the restrictions imposed by the Internal Security Service (ISS) against lawyers’ visits to their clients, who are detained at detention…
Female Detainee Sent To Solitary Confinement
In an illegal attempt to force an end to her hunger-strike, the Israeli Prison Administration has placed detainee Lina al-Jarbouni, 37 years old, into solitary confinement at the Ramla Israeli…
140 Detainees Moved From Majeddo Prison
The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration moved approximately 140 Palestinian hunger-striking detainees from the Majeddo prison to an undisclosed location. Most of…
Number Of Hunger-Striking Detainees Could Reach 3,000
The number of hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel in various prisons, detention camps and interrogation facilities around the country, will likely reach 3,000 persons as waves of detainees…
Court Turns Down Appeal Of Two Hunger-Striking Detainees
An Israeli military courted rejected, Monday, an appeal filed by lawyer Jamil al-Khateeb, on behalf of Bilal Thiab and Thaer Halahla, who are holding an open-ended hunger strike demanding to…
Collectively punishing families through prisoners isolation
Nisreen Murtaja, 35, lives in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza city in the house of her husband’s family. In 1993, Nisreen’s husband, Samir, 41, was arrested from his home in…
On Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Doubles
Today, 17 April 2012, marks the Palestinian Prisoners Day, which has been devoted by the Palestinian people to support the cause of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails. Since 1979,…
Report On The Palestinian Political Prisoners
Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Palestinian Central Census Bureau and the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees issued a joint release revealing that 201 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since 1967…
320 Local And International Groups Campaign For Detainee’s Rights
An International campaign, supported by 320 local and international human rights groups, was launched on Tuesday morning in Gaza city declaring support to the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners held…
Palestinian Detainees Initiate An Open-Ended Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday, campaigning for an end to all violations carried out against them by the Israeli Prison Administration, and demanding…
Detainee Khader Adnan Released
Sheikh Adnan Khader, a leader of the Islamic Jihad who went on hunger-strike for 66 consecutive days demanding an end to his illegal detention without charges or trial, was released…
Four hunger striking prisoners now in hospital
The Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer announced Saturday that it knows of eight Palestinian detainees currently on open-ended hunger strikes, four of whom have been hospitalized and are being force-fed…
1600 Detainees To Declare Hunger-Strike on April 17
1600 Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, declared they will be starting an open-ended hunger strike on April 17th in protest to their illegal detention, and demanding basic rights. Palestinian…
Eleven Palestinian Political Detainees Continue their Hunger Strike
Eleven Palestinian political prisoners continued on Thursday their hunger strike, Palestinian human rights groups reported. According to the report two of the prisoners, Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiyab, have entered…
Three Egyptian Detainees Declare Hunger-Strike
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Saturday that three Egyptian political prisoners, held by Israel at the Nafha prison, declared an open-ended hunger-strike demanding their release.The PPS identified the three as…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated that detainee Omar Abu Shallal, 55, was moved to Ar-Ramla Prison Hospital, after being on hunger-strike…
3 Youths Detained in South Nablus by Israeli Military
The Israeli military detained, on Tuesday, three young men including the son of MP Hamed al-Betawi and a reporter from their homes in south Nablus.Local Palestinian sources stated that the…
Prisoners On Hunger Strike For One Day In “South Jails”
Prisoners have begun a hunger strike, on Tuesday, in the “South Jails” for one day, and continue to protest against the conditions imposed on political prisoners in Israeli jails.The prisoners…
Barghouthi Forced Back Into Solitary Confinement
Elected Palestinian Legislator and senior Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, was forced back into solitary confinement, and his lawyer, Elias Sabbagh, has been prevented from seeing him for more than one…
Shalabi To Be Exiled To Gaza Sunday
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, is being exiled to the Gaza Strip, and that the Red Cross is bringing her family…
61 Detainees Injured In Nafha
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Sunday that 61 Palestinian political prisoners, held at the Nafha Israeli detention camp in the Negev Desert, were injured after the army attacked them…
Israel expels Palestinian hunger-striker Hana Shalabi to Gaza
After 43 days on hunger strike, Palestinian political prisoner Hana Shalabi has agreed to end her hunger strike after Israeli officials agreed to release her from prison. But her release…
Political Detainee Injured After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Palestinian political prisoner, Abbas as-Sayyid, was injured after Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked him in front of his prison cell at the Gilboa’ Israeli prison.As-Sayyid was beaten to…
Prisoner Group Files Appeal In The Case of Ash-Shalabi
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the release of female detainee Hana’ ash-Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for 40 days.Ash-Shalabi…
Female Detainee On Hunger Strike Since Tuesday
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Firas Sabbah, stated that he managed, last Thursday, to visit detainee Amani al-Khandaqji, at the Israeli Asqalan prison, and that…
Soldiers Attack Detainees, Conduct Forced DNA Tests
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Saturday that Palestinian political prisoners in Nafha, Megiddo , Gilboa’, and Ramon Israeli prisons, returned their meals on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning, in…
Army Detains A Child At Roadblock Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday evening, a 12-year-old Palestinian child at a roadblock close to an illegal Israeli settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.The Palestinian News…
Prisoner’s Society: Hana Shalabi in Serious Condition in Hospital
Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi is in a serious health condition, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society told media Thursday morning.Advocate Jawad Pauls, director of the legal department of the society said, after…
Israeli Court Upholds Appeal To End Discrimination In “Feast Meals”
For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli District Court upheld an appeal filed on behalf a Palestinian political prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding…
Shalabi Moved To Hospital After Sharp Health Deterioration
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated on Monday evening that hunger-striking detainee Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, who has been on hunger strike since 34 days, was moved to Meir Israeli Hospital,…
23 Detainees Holding Hunger-Strike
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported, Monday, that there are 23 detainees who are currently on hunger-strike protesting the illegal policies of Administrative Detention used by Israel…
Soldiers Broke Into Detention Camps 6 Times Last Week
Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainees’ affair, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israeli soldiers broke into prisons and detention centers six times last week, attacked and violated the rights of the Palestinian…
Palestinian Detainees To Hold Hunger Strike
The Media Office of the Waed Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps intend to declare, in April, one of the largest…
11 Detainees Wounded, One seriously, In Asqalan Prison
Israeli soldiers broke, on Monday at dawn, into Asqalan prison, and attacked dozens of Palestinian political prisoners, wounding eleven, one seriously. The soldiers tried to force several detainees to submit…
Cameraman Sentenced To 18 Months, 1300 USD
The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced on Thursday Palestinian cameraman, from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to eighteen months imprisonment and 1300 USD fine.The Friends…
Despite Her Deteriorating Condition, Ash-Shalabi Continues Her Hunger-strike
Palestinian political detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, 30, is ongoing with her hunger-strike for the 22nd day in a row, rejecting her illegal administrative detention, and demanding her immediate and unconditional release.…
Army Kidnapped 200 Residents In Hebron Since The Beginning Of 2012
Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Hebron branch of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped more than 200 residents in the Hebron district, in the southern part…
Israeli authorities deny appeal by hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner
A day after reducing the sentence of Palestinian political prisoner Hana Shalabi from six months to four months, Israeli authorities denied a request by the Palestinian Prisoner support group Addameer…
Two Women, One Child, Kidnapped During Visitation At Ramon Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Sunday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two women and one child while visiting family members held at the Ramon Israeli Prison.The PPS said that Dayala…
Army Prevents Medical Committee From Visiting Hunger-Striking Detainee
The Israeli Prison Administration prevented, Saturday, a medical committee from visiting hunger-striking detainee, Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalabi, 30, who has been on hunger-strike for the eighteenth consecutive day protesting humiliation and…
Palestinains March In Solidarity With Detainee Hana Shalabi
Dozens of Palestinian marched on Friday at Borqeen village, to express solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, Hana Ash-Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for 16 days.The procession began after…
Shalabi Determined To Continue Her Hunger-Strike
Detainee Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, who has been hunger-striking since more than two weeks now, stated that she is determined to continue her strike in order to highlight the plight of all…
Report: “Israel Kidnapped 380 Palestinians In February”
Palestinian researcher, specialized in Detainees’ Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israel heightened the rate of its illegal arrests of the Palestinians in the occupied territories in February, and kidnapped more…
Qaraqe’ Announces International Campaign Against Administrative Detention
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, announced today that his ministry is organizing an international campaign against Israeli administrative detention orders, and the ill-treatment of Palestinian political prisoners held in…
Israel To Release Dozens Of Detainees
The International Solidarity for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration decided to release dozens of Palestinian political prisoners under certain set conditions; detainees sentenced to more than four…
Palestinian Sentenced To 4 Years For “Affiliation With Hamas”
An Israeli court sentenced, on Wednesday, a Palestinian from occupied East Jerusalem to five years imprisoned for what the prosecution called “affiliation with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas”.The Israeli Radio…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved Back To Security Detainees Facility
The Israeli Prison Administration moved, on Tuesday, hunger-striking female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, to the security prisoners branch of the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison, after she was previously moved to the section…
School Children Organize Solidarity Protest with Detainee Shalabi
As Palestinian Political Detainee Hana Ash-Shalabi entered her twelfth day of open-ended hunger strike on Monday, school children and teachers organized a solidarity protest. Israeli authorities moved Ash-Shalabi on Sunday…
Palestinian Who Was Repeatedly Rammed By Settler Vehicle Sentenced To 12.5 Years
The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced on Sunday resident Waseem Maswada, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to twelve and a half years as he faced “attempted murder”…
Detainee Shalabi Enters Her Eleventh Day Of Hunger Strike
Female detainee, Hana Ash-Shalabi, entered her eleventh day of open-ended hunger strike at her cell at the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison, protesting her illegal detention and the administrative detention order served…
Female Detainee Declares Hunger Strike
Palestinian Researcher, specialized in Detainees Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that female detainee Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalaby, 28, declared hunger strike after Israel transferred her into Administrative Detention without charges for six…
Troops kidnap A Former Detainee, His Wife And Daughter
Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, former political prisoner, Majdi Al-Ajouly, in addition to his wife and underage daughter, in Foqeen village, near the…
Under-reported Palestinian Political Prisoners: An Urgent Matter For Peace
The situation of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails gets very little coverage in the mainstream media, in contrast to political prisoners in other parts of the Middle East…