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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Palestinian Popular Committees issued a press release appealing International Organizations and the International Red Cross to intervene and save the life of detainee Shukry Jamil Yaish, 32, who is…
Dozens of residents, families of Jerusalem residents imprisoned by Israel, held a protest on Wednesday in front of the Red Cross in the city demanding an immediate probe into the…
The Nafha Society for Defending Detainees Rights and Human Rights reported that detainee Fadil Shaheen, 47, died of medical negligence at the Al Ramla Israeli Prison Hospital which lacks the…
One Palestinian political prisoner held in the Israeli desert detention camp of Bir-Shiva was pronounced dead on Friday morning due to medical negligence. Fadeil Shaheen, 48, from the Gaza Strip,…
The Palestinian Popular (Folk) Committees issued a press release appealing several human rights groups and the International Red Cross to intervene and save the life of a Palestinian detainee who…
The Israeli Authorities released professor Issam Al Ashqar, 50, from the northern West Bank city of Nablus after two years in administrative detention without trial.Professor Al Ashqar was kidnapped by…
The Palestinian Popular Committees issued a press release appealing Human Rights Groups and the International Red Cross to intervene and save the life of detainee Bassam Hafith, 38, who is…
One of the lawyers of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) visited a number of detainees imprisoned by Israel who informed him of the bad treatment and the continued negligence by…
The Israeli Army radio reported that a Palestinian underage detainee imprisoned in Ophic Israeli prison complained that he was raped by an Israeli prisoner, held for criminal charges and placed…
Israeli radio reported Monday that a prisoner swap deal between Israel and holders of Israeli soldier Gil’ad Shalit in Gaza is likely, as Israel gave consent to the release of…
The Media Department of the Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights, reported that the Israeli army kidnapped 300 residents since the beginning of February,…
One of the lawyers of the Nafha Society for Defending the Rights of the Detainees and Human Rights managed recently to visit a female detainee, an activist in human rights,…
The Detainees Study Center reported on Thursday that the Israeli Prison Administration (IPS) started carrying transfers among Palestinian female detainee as several detainees were moved to different prisons. Ra'fat Hamdouna,…