Category: Prisoners

Israeli forces detained, at dawn Friday, five Palestinian young men from Zeita town, northeast of Tulkarem city in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA)…

Israeli soldiers rearrested, Thursday, two Palestinians from Jabal al-Mokabber, in occupied Jerusalem, immediately after their release from prison after spending eight years behind bars. Media sources said the two detainees…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (06 – 12 January 2022) Summary for January 6 – 12,…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (30 December 2021 – 05 January 2022)

The condition of cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid has deteriorated significantly, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said on Wednesday. The PPS stated that Nasser Abu Hmeid, 49, has been…

A group of fanatic Israeli extremists attacked, Wednesday, a Palestinian journalist in front of Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Tel Aviv where a Palestinian detainee in undergoing treatment after ending a…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and ex-Detainees’ Affairs announced, on Tuesday, that the political prisonerHisham Abu Hawwash ended his 141-day hunger strike in rejection of his continued detention without charges…

On Tuesday morning, the occupation army stormed and searched a Palestinian family’s home before abducting a young man from the Deheishe refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the southern occupied…

WASHINGTON, Monday, January 03, 2022 (WAFA) – Over 13 thousand Americans have signed a petition calling for the immediate release of all Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike in Israeli…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 02, 2022 (WAFA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said last night it was seriously concerned about the fate of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash…

Palestinians stage a protest against the Israel’s blockade in Khan Younis, Gaza on 25 August 2021 By Dr. Ramzy Baroud for Middle East Monitor At the onset, 2021 appeared to…

Israeli forces detained, on Saturday night, two young men from occupied Jerusalem, and summoned a former prisoner for interrogation near Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, local sources reported. Security…

(RAMALLAH, Sunday, January 2, 2022WAFA) – Israel issued 1595 administrative detention orders against Palestinians in the occupied territories in 2021, including new and renewed orders, today said the Palestinian Prisoners’…

On Saturday, the 138th day of hunger strike, protesting his Administrative Detention, Palestinian political prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash, has become unresponsive, Quds Press reported. The brother of the administrative detainee,…

(RAMALLAH, Friday, December 31, 2021WAFA) – The health condition of hunger striking Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, Hisham Abu Hawwash, is in a critical stage and the worst is expected…

Due to the serious deterioration in the health condition of administrative detainee, Hisham Abu Hawash, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) sent an urgent letter to the Special Rapporteur…

After 135 days of hunger strike, political prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash, is facing serious potential complications due to his ongoing hunger strike against his Administrative Detention with no charges and…

On Sunday evening, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the Israeli Prison Authority transferred administrative detainee Hisham Abu Hawwash, to Assaf Harofeh medical center due to serious complications after 132…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Saturday, that Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, is ongoing with the hunger…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for December 16 – 22, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF)…

Ramallah December 21, 2021 (WAFA) – Member of the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization, Head of the Department of Human Rights and Civil Society Ahmed Al-Tamimi called on the…

An Israeli prison guard was stabbed, on Monday, by a Palestinian political prisoner at the Nafha prison in the southern Negev region of Israel, Quds Press reported. Nahid al-Fakhouri, the…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, is ongoing with the hunger strike he started…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for December 2 – 15, 2021 Israeli occupation forces (IOF)…

Israeli forces abducted, on Monday, dozens of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, including a former prisoner and his wife, the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) reported. In Qalqilia,…

Ramallah, Sunday, December 12, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation court rejected the appeal submitted for the release of detainee Hisham Abu Hawwash, 39, who has been on an open-ended hunger…

Palestinian political prisoner, Hisham Abu Hawwash, 40, is ongoing with the hunger strike he started 117 days ago, protesting his continued and arbitrary Administrative Detention, despite his serious condition. The…

Israeli forces detained, on Thursday, dozens of Palestinian civilians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA). In the northern West…

Israeli authorities ordered, on Tuesday, the immediate re-detention of two Palestinian prisoners who were released after spending six years in occupation prisons, according to local sources. Sources told the Palestinian…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Israeli soldiers detained, on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian civilian at the Al-Jib military roadblock, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, Quds Press reported. Israeli media stated that the unidentified 43-year-old resident…

Israeli soldiers detained, on Wednesday at dawn, a total of eight Palestinian civilians from the occupied West Bank, including a former political prisoner, Quds Press reported. They were identified as;…

Israeli forces detained, on Tuesday at dawn, several Palestinian civilians, including former prisoners and a cancer patient from different areas of the occupied West Bank, the Quds Press reported. Soldiers…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported, Sunday, that the Palestinian detainee, Luay al-Ashqar, has reached an agreement for his release after 49 days on hunger strike against his Administrative Detention…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 27, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for 103 days to protest his prolonged detention without charge or…

Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, on Thursday at night, including a minor from different areas of the occupied West Bank according to local sources. In the northern West Bank village…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for November 18 – 24, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…

Several Palestinian civilians were detained by Israeli forces, on Monday, from different areas of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA). Israeli forces stormed…

After 131 days of hunger strike, the Palestinian administrative detainee, Kayed al-Fasfous, on Monday, suspended his strike after reaching an agreement with the occupation authorities, Quds News Network reported. This…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Monday evening, that Ayyad al-Hreimi has suspended the hunger strike that lasted for two months after an agreement was reached to secure…

Monday, November 22, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Monday overnight detained 19 Palestinians and assaulted several others in various parts of the West Bank, according to local and medical sources.…

The Palestinian Detainees And Ex-Detainees Committee has reported, Saturday, that four Palestinian detainees are ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their continued detention under the Administrative Detention orders without charges…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 20, 2021 (WAFA) – Marking World Children’s Day, the Ministry of Education and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said today in two separate statements that Israel killed…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | November 2-15, 2021 Latest developments 16 November: Israeli forces shot and killed a 26-year-old…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that detainee Ala al-A’raj has ended the hunger strike which lasted for 103 days after reaching an agreement canceling his arbitrary Administrative…

Israeli forces invaded, at dawn Thursday, several towns in the occupied West Bank and detained twelve Palestinian civilians after storming and searching their homes, according to the Jerusalem (Quds) Press.…

The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has confirmed, Thursday, that a Palestinian detainee, imprisoned by Israeli since the year 2008, has died at an Israeli medical center after years of medical…

Israeli forces detained, at dawn on Monday, nine Palestinian civilians from different areas of the occupied West Bank, according to the Jerusalem Press. Israeli soldiers invaded Al Mazraa Al Gharbia…

Five Palestinian detainees, imprisoned by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with the hunger strike, including one who began the strike 123 days…

Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, section 13 of Nafha Prison in the southern Negev Desert, causing several injuries, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the spokesperson of the…

The Committee for Detainees and Ex-Detainees has reported that five Palestinian political prisoners continue the hunger strike, protesting their arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, including one who…

Palestinian political prisoner, Miqdad al-Qawasma, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, has ended the hunger strike which lasted for 113 days, after reaching…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for November 4 – 10, 2021 Israeli forces continued to…

Israeli soldiers detained, before dawn on Thursday, eight Palestinian civilians from the occupied West Bank, and two from inside the 1948 occupied lands referred to as Israel, local sources said.…

November 10, 2021 – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) follows with grave concern the conditions of 6 Palestinians put under administrative detention in Israeli occupation’s prisons, who have…

Israeli forces detained, on Tuesday night, shot one teenager and detained another, and on Wednesday at dawn, they detained thirteen more Palestinian civilians, according to the Palestinian News and Information…

Hunger striking prisoners Kayed Al-Fasfous and Miqdad Al-Qawasmi (Photo: QNN) (November 7, 2021) by Zubayr Alikhan for the Palestine Chronicle   In the face of insurmountable adversity and unquestioned injustice,…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report for October 19 – November 1, 2021

Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, four Palestinians in Hableh village, south of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the village before the soldiers searched several…

Israeli forces detained, on Sunday, several Palestinian men, and at least one child from various parts of the occupied West Bank, local sources reported. Sources stated that soldiers detained several…

Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday evening, dozens of Palestinian protesters who were holding a procession in solidarity with the hunger-striking detainees, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied…

JERUSALEM, Friday, November 05, 2021 (WAFA) – The European Union said today it was alarmed about the critical condition of Palestinian prisoners Kayed Fasfous and Miqdad Qawasmeh, who have been…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 28 – November 3, 2021

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli military prosecution has decided to reactivate the arbitrary Administrative Detention order against Miqdad al-Qawasma who continues the hunger strike for…

Palestinian Administrative Detainee, Miqdad al-Qawasmi, who is ongoing with the hunger strike for the 107th consecutive day, has entered a life-threatening condition, serious complications that could result in his imminent…

October 29, 2021 (Quds News Network) – Families of six-hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have sent a letter on Friday to US Congress members and human rights organizations, urging…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for October 21 – 27, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit crimes…

The Israeli military detained a Palestinian youth, on Monday, after he allegedly tried to enter into Israel, the lands occupied in 1948, through the so-called security fence around the besieged…

Dozens of Palestinians were injured, on Sunday, after Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful demonstration, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA)…

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees And Ex-Detainees Affairs has reported, Saturday, that seven detainees, including one who started the strike 101 days ago, held by Israel under the illegal arbitrary…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report Highlights from the reporting period (October 5-18, 2021) Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager…

The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that six detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, are ongoing with the hunger strike, including one…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, on Wednesday evening, that Israeli physicians in the Kaplan Medical Center are trying to force-feed hunger-striking detainee Miqdad al-Qawasma, 24, who is ongoing with…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the hunger-striking detainee, Miqdad al-Qawasma, who continues his strike for the 90th day, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the Kaplan Israeli…

Two Palestinians were shot by the army, overnight Tuesday, and detained four others from across the occupied West Bank, local sources reported. Sources stated that soldiers stormed and ransacked several…

Jawad Boulus, a lawyer with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that the Israeli High Court has denied an appeal to freeze or end the Administrative Detention order…

Israeli border police detained a Palestinian woman, Monday, when she approached the illegal Israeli Har Adar colony allegedly armed with a knife, according to the Jerusalem Post. The woman, a…

Several Palestinian civilians from across the occupied West Bank were detained by the Israeli army, Sunday evening and overnight Monday, local sources reported. A 70-year-old Palestinian writer and former political…

Palestinian prisoner Kayed Al-Fasfous, 31, has maintained his hunger strike for 95 days in opposition to being held under administrative detention by Israeli authorities, with no charges or trial. The…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) Summary for October 7 – 13, 2021 Israeli forces continued to commit…

The Israeli High Court issued a ruling, Thursday, freezing the Administrative Detention order against Kayed al-Fasfous, 31, after 92 days of hunger strike, without actually voiding the order, the Palestinian…

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a Palestinian detainee, Kayed al-Fasfous, 32, is ongoing with the hunger strike he started 90 days ago, protesting his continued…

On Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that attorney Jawad Boulus managed to visit with three of the six hunger-striking detainees, and stated that they are facing serious…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, October 10, 2021 (WAFA) – A total of six Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention currently remain on hunger strike in protest of their unfair administrative detention without a…

On Thursday, the Israeli Authorities renewed, for the second time, the arbitrary Administrative Detention order against a Palestinian teenage boy. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the teen, Mohammad Ghassan…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for September 30 – October 6, 2021 Israeli forces continued…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said seven Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are ongoing with the hunger strike and added that one of them started his strike 83 days ago.…

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, October 05, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today detained nine Palestinians, including a journalist, from various parts of the occupied territories, according to local and Palestinian security…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed that the Palestinian detainees in all Israeli prisons, detention centers, and interrogation facilities, will start gradual measures to protest the escalating violations against…

On 1 October 2021, Al-Haq and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer) sent letters to State Representatives calling on them to intervene to prevent Ms. Odeh’s unlawful detention…

Two Palestinian brothers were herding sheep on their land in the Lasifer area east of Yatta, in the Hebron District of the southern West Bank, when they were assaulted by…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, October 03, 2021 (WAFA) – The Israeli court of Ofer, to the west of Ramallah, rejected an appeal today to release Palestinian detainee Kayed al-Fasfous, who has been…

Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the Bab az-Zawiya area, in the center of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, leading to protests, before firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades,…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that seven political prisoners, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial, are ongoing with the hunger strike,…

The Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Samidoun issued the following statement upon the release of Palestinian elected legislator Khalida Jarra from Israeli detention: Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Khalida Jarrar,…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report | 7-20 September 2021 Highlights from the reporting period One Palestinian was shot and killed and…

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Summary for September 16 – 22, 2021 The Israeli occupation authorities continue…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has confirmed, Wednesday, that a cancer-stricken former Palestinian political prisoner who was recently released from an Israeli prison after his condition seriously deteriorated, has died…

Hundreds of Palestinians held Monday, various sit-in protests in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in various parts of the occupied West Bank, in solidarity…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Monday, that six Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails are ongoing with the hunger strike despite deterioration health conditions and violations. Hasan abed-Rabbo, the…