Israel to release 199 Palestinian detainees on Monday
The Israeli Authorities are to release 199 Palestinian detainees on Monday morning at 9:30, as a gesture of “good will” towards the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The release of the…
PRC welcomes the upcoming release of detainees, maintains firm position on swap deal
Abu Mojahid, media spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) welcomed the upcoming release of Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, and stressed the Committees’ firm position regarding a prisoner swap…
Half of the detainees Israel intends to release will finish their terms by next year
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported on Tuesday that nearly half of the detainees that Israel intends to release as “a good will gesture” will finish their terms in 2009.…
Al Jazeera demands an Israeli apology
A lawyer for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera News Agency demanded that the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, apologize for publishing a faulty report in its printed and online editions. The report in…
Al Qassam: “Abbas and Fayyad are obstructing an honorable prisoner-swap dealâ€
The Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, stated on Monday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and his Prime Minister, Sr. Salaam Fayyad, are obstructing all efforts to achieve…
Israel approves release of 200 Palestinians
The Israeli ministerial committee on Palestinian prisoners is scheduled to meet on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to approve release of approximately 200 prisoners. The Israeli cabinet approved…
Jordan to release four prisoner who were detained by Israel
An senior Jordanian official stated on Friday that the Jordanian government decided to release four prisoners who were transferred from Israel to Jordan more than a year ago during talks…
Suleiman demands Israel conclude Shalit negotiations within three months
Egyptian Intelligence Chief, Omar Suleiman, demanded Israel to speed up talks on the file of the captured Israeli Soldier, Gilad Shalit, and reach a prisoner swap deal with the Palestinian…
Israeli ministerial committee recommends release of 150 prisoners
An Israeli committee recommended on Monday that Israel release 120 to 150 Palestinian prisoners who do not ‘have blood on their hands’. The recommendation was made following a promise by…
Al Qassam Brigades: “Prisoner swap will only be conducted by our termsâ€
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated on Saturday that its demands for a prisoner swap deal are nonnegotiable, and added that no matter what Israel tries,…
150 Palestinian prisoners in Israel to be released before September
150 Palestinian prisoners are to be released from Israeli prisons at the expected date of 25 August, though names have not yet been released. Local sources reported. Minister of Prisoner…
Detainees in Huwwara on hunger strike in protest to medical negligence
One of the Lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported on Wednesday that the detainees imprisoned at the Huwwara Israeli prison announced a hunger strike in protest to medical…
Israel releases 5 Palestinian prisoners in final stage of Hezbollah prisoner exchange
The Israeli daily Haaretz news reported on Wednesday morning that Israel released five Palestinian prisoners as part of a swap deal with the Lebanese Hezbollah group that brought back the…
Detainee with cancer reaches critical condition due to medical negligence
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) met with Palestinian political detainee Jamal Darabia, 35, from Gaza, imprisoned in Eshil Israel prison, who is suffering from cancer…
Five detained legislators wounded while being transferred to court
Palestinian sources reported that five Hamas legislators, imprisoned by Israel, were wounded while being transferred to an Israeli court as the military truck driver kept stepping on the breaks without…
Female member of Nablus city council moved to administrative detention
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies reported that the Israeli Authorities transferred Kholoud Al Masry, 42, member of Nablus City Council, to administrative detention after a decision from a judge…
Ahrar Center: “Four detainees and their wives are imprisoned by Israelâ€
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies slammed the ongoing Israeli imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians and stated that there are four detainees and their wives who are imprisoned by the…
Army court sentence a Palestinian farmer to 100 days in detention
The Israeli army court of Ofer sentenced on Tuesday Jamal Canaan, 50 from the village of N'ilin, located near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to 100 days in…
Israel considers compromise in prisoners swap deal
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that he is willing to form a comittee to re-examine the criteria that have hamstrung prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas. Israeli Daily Ha’aretz…
Palestinian Prisoners Society meets to support prisoners
About fifty members of the Palestinian Prisons Society met nearby the Red Cross headquarters in Bethlehem at 11 am on Thursday. The Society meets once or twice a month to…
The Ofer Military Court extends remand of a Palestinian author
The Ofer Israeli military court, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, extended the remand of Palestinian Author and media writer Mohammad Al Qeeq for the fourth time since…
Haniyya cheers coming prisoner swap deal with Israel
The Prime Minister of the dissolved government of the Palestinian people, Ismail Haniyya, stated Monday that the Palestinian people will soon celebrate a dignified prisoner swap deal, adding that the…
Diplomatic sources: Israel may be willing to trade Barghouthi for Shalit
According to a report leaked by diplomatic sources close to Egyptian mediators, the Israeli government may be willing to release jailed Palestinian resistance leader and former Presidential candidate Marwan Barghouthi…
Thirteen detainees wounded in Majeddo prison
In a letter that was leaked on Wednesday from the Majeddo Israeli prison, the detainees stated that Israeli soldiers broke into the prison and attacked them with batons and clubs.…
Detained PLC head facing a deteriorating health condition
The presidency of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) expressed deep concern over the deteriorating health condition of the Legislative Council head, Dr. Aziz Dweik, who is imprisoned by Israel along…
Detained deputy PLC head tortured and barred from seeing his lawyer since 45 days
Qbdul-Qaher Srour, deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) imprisoned by Israel along with several legislators including PLC head Dr. Aziz Dweik, has been under interrogation by Israel in…
Detained Islamic Jihad leader transferred to administrative detention after serving a 5-year sentenc
After being sentenced by an Israeli court and imprisoned to five years, the Israeli authorities transferred Sheikh Bassam Al Sa’ady, 48, from the Jenin refugee camp, to administrative detention instead…
Hamas official: “We rejected Israeli offer to release 71 detainees, instead of 450 proposedâ€
The Deputy Head of the Hamas political bureau, Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouq, stated Saturday that the Hamas movement rejected an Israeli offer to release only 71 detainees out of a…
Yediot Ahronout: the prisoners exchange deal with Hizballah and Israel will be implemented next week
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli authorities are getting ready to finish up the prisoner's exchange deal between Israel and Hizballah group, which will most likely take place next Wednesday…
Detainee facing death as his heart condition worsens
Palestinian detainee Basheer Hashshash, 28, is currently facing a sharp deterioration in his health condition as he is suffering from a heart condition, high cholesterol and high blood pressure but…
Detainee freed after spending more than one-third of his life in detention
Palestinian detainee Samer Shirab, was released from an Israeli detention facility this week. He spent seven years in detention and in the past he was imprisoned for more than five…
Paralyzed detainee facing slow death
Ahrar Center For Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported on Monday that detainee Rabee' Harb, 27, is facing slow death in Israeli prisons, and voiced an urgent appeal for his…
B’Tselem: “Palestinian child abused during arrest, tortured during interrogationâ€
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) reported that a Palestinian child was tortured by Israeli soldiers while arresting him and was also tortured in…
Detained Hamas leader remains in solitary confinement after six years
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported on Thursday that an Israeli Military Court decided to extend solitary confinement against Sheikh Jamal Abu Al Haija, one of Hamas' leaders, who…
Wa’ed Society: “70 detainees died due to Israel’s systematic policy of tortureâ€
The Wa’ed Society for Detainees reported on Thursday that 70 Palestinian Detainees died due to torture in Israeli prisons and interrogation facilities since 1967. The statement of the society came…
Wife of the oldest administrative detainee calls for his release
Wife of detainee, Adnan Hamarsha, voiced an appeal to Human Rights Groups and the International Community to intervene for the release of her husband who has been imprisoned by Israel…
Palestinian detainees, abused, tortured and humiliated
The media office of Asrana (Our Detainees) Center in Jerusalem voiced an appeal to human rights groups, the Red Cross and Arab members of Israelis Knesset, to act for the…
Ailing detainee needs dentist, deprived from medical attention
The Palestinian Popular Committees reported on Tuesday that a Palestinian detainee from the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem is gradually losing weight as his teeth are falling out, with…
Israeli Prison Authorities are re-interrogating detainees who are about to be released
Attorney Bothaina Douqmaq, head of the Mandela Society which defends the rights of political prisoners, revealed that the Israeli Security Services through the Israeli Prison Administration are re-interrogating detainees who…
Sick detainee could lose sight while administration still denies him treatment
For the third year, the Israeli Prison Administration is still denying medical attention and treatment to detainee Allam Hussein Atary, 35, from Arraba town near the northern West Bank city…
30 detainees transferred to administrative detention last week
The media office at the Nafha Society for Defending Human Rights and Detainees Rights reported on Thursday that Israeli Prison Authorities issued 30 administrative detention orders last week. The office…
Adalah goes to court to allow families from Gaza to visit their relatives in Israeli detention
On Tuesday, 17 June 2008, Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of eight family members of…
After rejecting deportation, female detainee receives extended administrative detention orders
The Palestine News Network reported on Tuesday that detainee Nora Al Hshlamoon, 37, was informed that she will be under administrative detention for additional three months after she rejected an…
Seven female detainees are currently under administrative detention
The Israeli Prison Administration transferred two female detainees who were kidnapped recently by the army in Bethlehem to administrative detention without any charges or trial. The number of female detainees…
Female detainees demand feminist groups to intervene against Israeli decision to deport a detainee
Palestinian female detainees, members and supporters of Hamas movement, imprisoned Israel demanded international and local feminist groups to intervene and practice pressure on the Israeli occupation in order void a…
Arab MK demands Dichter to improve conditions of Palestinian female detainees
Arab member of Knesset, Mohammad Baraka, sent on Wednesday a letter to the Israeli Internal Security Minister, Avian Dichter, demanding him to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian political…
Report: Israeli army detained 475 Gaza residents
A recent report, issued by the Palestinian ministry of prisoners affairs in Gaza revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities detained 475 Gaza residents including 45 children and 6 fishermen between…
Undercover forces detain, abuse, a detainee from Jerusalem
Undercover forces of the Israeli army detained for four hours on Tuesday Hasan Omar Al Arameen, 24, form Jerusalem, and abused him while searching and interrogating him. Al Arameen was…
Detainee in serious condition, family appeals for help
Family of detainee Naseem Qarqary, from Salem Village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, voiced an appeal to save the life of their son, imprisoned by Israel and…
Israeli soldiers who beat, tortured Palestinian teens receive light sentence, no demotion
An Israeli military court ruled Tuesday that three Israeli soldiers who beat, humiliated and attached electrodes to the faces of two 17-year old Palestinian detainees would not be demoted to…
Ofar Military court extends administrative detention remand of Qalqilia mayor for the third time
The Ofer Israeli Military Court, located near the Palestinian central West Bank city of Ramallah, extended for the third time the administrative detention remand of Qalqilia Mayor, Wajeeh Qawwas, without…
Wa’ed Society slams Israeli decision to deport a female detainee and her children
The Wa’ed Society for defending the detainees slammed on Saturday an Israeli military court for its decision to deport a Palestinian female detainee to Jordan along with her children. Last…
A detainee from Gaza behind bars since 25 years
Palestinian researcher, specialized in detainees’ affairs at the Census Department of the Palestinian Ministry for Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated on Thursday that detainee Saleem Ibrahim Al Kayyal, 56, has been…
Palestinian detainee in a critical health condition
One of the lawyers of the Nafha Society for Defending Human Rights and Detainees Rights managed to visit detainee Zuheir Lubbada, 54, who is currently at the Al Ramla Prison…
Palestinian detainees hold a hunger strike in commemoration of the Nakba
Spokesperson of the Wa’ed Society for Detainees and Freed Detainees, Abdullah Abu Qandeel, stated on Thursday that the detainees in all Israeli prisons and detention facilities announced a hunger strike…
An appeal to Bush to intervene for the release of child, women detainees
Monqith Abu Roomy, head of the media office of Asrana (Our Detainees) center, which defends the rights of Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, voiced an appeal to the US President,…
A Detainees’ Center slams Barak’s and Yishai’s statements on releasing Shalit
The Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees slammed on Monday the statements of the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and the statements of Israel’s Minister of Trade, Eli Yishai, regarding…
Mandela Institute Lawyer visits several detainees in Ayalon Israeli prison
Lawyer Bothaina Doqmaq of the Mandela Institute which defends Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, managed to visit on Thursday several detainees imprison in Ayalon Israeli prison who told her about…
A wounded detainee remains in a bad condition
Palestinian Human Rights sources reported on Thursday that detainee Israr Al Barghouthi, 30, who was wounded prior to his abduction by the Israeli army, is in a bad health condition…
Two detainees in need of direct medical attention, surgeries
Um Ismail, the wife of detainee Jom’a Ismail Mousa, voiced an urgent appeal to human rights and legal groups to ensure that her husband is medically examined due to a…
Palestinian female detainee sentenced to six years imprisonment
The Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem sentenced on Tuesday detainee Nada Idrees, from Al Esawiyya town near Jerusalem, to six years imprisonment. Lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that…
Palestinian Author confined under administrative detention
The Ofer Israeli military sentenced a Palestinian writer from Al Yamoun village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, to six months under administrative detention without any charges. The…
Detainees visitations suspended until further notice
An official at the International Red Cross stated on Monday that all visitations for Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel were suspended until further notice. The official added that the…
Two detainees to file a complaint of abuse to the Israeli High Court of Justice
Monqith Abu Roomy, director of the Media Office at the Asrana (Our detainees) Center, stated that he was contacted by two detainees who informed him of torture and abuse during…
Unidentified virus infects several detainees in Al Ramla Prison Hospital
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies reported that an unidentified virus infected several detainees who are already sick and hospitalized at the Al Ramla Israeli prison hospital which already lacks…
Lebanese detainee transferred to administrative detention after serving 6-year term
The Ahrar Center for Detainee’ Studies reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities transferred the Lebanese detainee Naseem Nasr, to administrative detention after he served a six-year term.The Center…
Nafha: “Occupation forces kidnapped 250 Palestinians in Aprilâ€
Media Office of the Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights published a report on Saturday stating that Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 250 Palestinians since the beginning of…
Justice for the Palestinian prisoners
More than 11,000 prisoners in Israeli jails. Among them, Marwan Barghouti, candidate to the PNA PresidencyAn appeal by Members of the EU Parliament: «Justice for the Palestinian prisoners » Published…
Detained Mayor of Qalqilia facing a deteriorating health condition
The Municipality of Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the West Bank, voiced on Tuesday an appeal to several human rights groups to save the life of its Wajeeh…
Palestinian detainees demand proper medical attention, direct treatment to urgent cases
One of lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society visited Gilboa’ Israeli prison and met with a number of Palestinian detainees who informed him of ongoing violations and of urgent cases…
Detainee critically ill after Israeli soldiers injected him with contaminated needle
Family of detainee Othman Mohammad Abu Khurj, 38, from Zababda village near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said that their son is facing gradually deteriorating medical conditions after…
Israeli Authorities transfer 23 detainees to administrative detention
The Nafha Society for Defending Human Rights and Detainees Rights reported on Saturday that the Israeli Prison Authority issued administrative detention orders against 23 without charges of trial.One of the…
Detainees in Ofer confirm unity, demand internal dialogue
Palestinian detainees imprisoned in Ofer Israeli prison issued a press release on Friday confirming their unity regardless of the political affiliation and demanding internal unity among all Palestinian factions. In…
Palestinian detainees in Megiddo to wage a one-day hunger strike
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday that Palestinian detainees imprisoned in Megiddo Israeli detention facility will launch a one-day hunger strike on Thursday marking the Palestinian Prisoners Day.The…
Nafha Society lawyer receives six months in administrative detention
The Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights reported on Thursday that one of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society was sentenced to six months in administrative…
Palestinians Prisoners day: 9750 Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel
As Palestinians marked the Prisoners National Day on Thursday, official records showed that Israel still holds 9750 Palestinian political detainees. Since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank and the…
Demonstration in Bethlehem in anticipation of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
Each year, April 17th marks Palestinian Prisoners' Day, in which the Palestinian population remembers the 11,500 Palestinians currently imprisoned by the Israeli occupying forces. In Bethlehem, the commemoration started a…
Israel releases a Palestinian reporter who was shot and injured prior to his abduction
Lawyer of the Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights, reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Authorities released on Monday evening reporter Amjad Zamil after one-year imprisonment.Zamil, from…
Israel releases a Palestinian legislator, 49 remain imprisoned
The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Authorities released Palestinian legislator Sheikh Hamid Al Beetawi, on Tuesday evening after nearly one year imprisonment. Al Beetawi,…
Israeli Shin Bet admits interrogating relatives of Palestinian detainees to extract confession
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Services admitted on Sunday that the Israeli army is arresting relatives of Palestinian political prisoners and interrogating them in order to “extract confessions from the…
Detainees barred from their visitation rights since five weeks
The Media Office of Asrana (Our Detainees) Center slammed the prison administration at Eshil Israeli detention facility for issuing an order barring 40 detainees from Jerusalem from their visitation rights…
Special Report: “On World Health Day; Palestinian detainees still facing slow death
Palestinian researcher and specialist in the detainees affairs, Fuad Al Khuffash, prepared and published a comprehensive report on the Palestinian detainees and the conditions they are facing in Israeli prisons,…
Female detainee tortured and in need of immediate medical attention
Female detainee Shereen Mohammad Hasan, from Bethlehem city, voiced an appeal to several human rights groups to intervene for her release in order to receive adequate medical treatment, as she…
Hamas accuses Israel of rejecting temporary cease-fire offers
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated on Sunday that Israel rejected offers made by the movement for an Egyptian mediated temporary cease-fire. Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the deputy head…
An Israeli military court remands custody of seven Palestinians
The Israeli military court of Salem in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, remanded on Sunday custody of seven Palestinian detainees of the Jenin city. Lawyer Mustafa aL-Azmouti told…
An Appeal to release a sick Palestinian detainee
Several Human Rights groups and the family of detainee Yousef Al Shomaly,48, from Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, voiced an appealed to release Al Shomaly after his health condition had sharply…
Israeli police detains four Palestinians in Tel-Aviv
Israeli police detained on Sunday four Palestinians in the Israel city of Tel-Aviv, Israel says were suspected of plotting an attack in the Bet Yam locality to the south of…
Palestinian resistance: No prisoner swap deal has been reached with Israel
Abu Mujahed, the spokesperson of the Salah Din brigade, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, stated in an interview on Thursday that there are no new developments in…
Female Detainee on hunger strike since 17 days
Lawyer of Al Hoqooq Center for Detainees Studies reported on Thursday that detainee Noura Al Hashlamoon, 37, a mother of six children, from Aqbat Tafooh area in the southern West…
Israel to release a female Palestinian detainee
Israeli District Court judge decided to release a Palestinian female detainee from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after she spent one month under interrogation without charges.The detainee, Tasneem…
Army releases Dr. Hamadan, a lecturer at Al Najah University
The Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities release Dr, Ghassan Hamdan, a lecturer at Al Najah National University in the…
The Popular Committees Appeals the release of a detained mother and her infant
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued on Tuesday a press release appealing the release of a Palestinian mother and her newly born child imprisoned at Hasharon Israeli detention facility.The Committees…
Eight detainees receive administrative detention orders
The Nafha Society for Defending the Detainees’ Rights and Human Rights, reported on Tuesday that the Israeli Prison Authorities issued orders extending the remand of eight detainees under administrative detention…
Detainee sentenced to two years
The Salem Israeli Military Court sentenced on Tuesday detainee Shabeeb Hasan, from Borqa village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to two years imprisoned and a 2000 NIS…
Nafha Society: “100 detainees under interrogation in Al Jalama prison, abused and isolatedâ€
The Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights reported on Monday that nearly 100 detainees are currently under interrogation in Al Jalama Israeli interrogation facility…
Interview with Fouad al-Khuffash re: Palestinian women prisoners
click here to listen to audio recording of interview (in arabic, with english voiceover) Q. Please introduce yourself for our listeners Fouad al-Khuffash, the Director of the Ahrar Center for…
Interview with a female detainee imprisoned by Israel
One again, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day while dozens of Palestinian women and mothers are still imprisoned by the occupation, stripped of their fundamental rights of even hugging…
On International Womens’ Day female Palestinian detainees face torture and oppression
The Mandela Institute for Human Rights and Political prisoners made statements on the "steadfastness and sacrifices of Palestinian women who play an important and significant role in the Palestinian society…
Army kidnapped more than 700 women since the beginning of the Intifada
Dr. Luay Shabana, head of the Palestinian Census Department, stated on Thursday that the Israeli occupation forces kidnapped more than 700 Palestinian women since the beginning of the Al Aqsa…
Palestinian female activist deported to Jordan
The Ahrar Detainees Study Center reported on Thursday that the Israeli Authorities deported a Palestinian female detainees to Jordan after subjecting her to nearly three months of ongoing interrogation. The…