250 Palestinian minors locked up behind Israeli bars

[ PIC 01/09/2014 – 06:46 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– At least 250 Palestinian children, below the age of 18, are incarcerated in Israeli jails and have been subjected to acts of violence that stand in sharp in contrast with all international children rights conventions, the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners and ex-Prisoners Affairs said in a […]

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Ceasefire. So Israel performs major crackdown in West Bank and extends detention of 51 Palestinian prisoners

Ma’an news Agency | Aug 27, 2014 | 21:38 (MaanImages/file) JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have recently extended the detention of 51 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails, a rights group said on Wednesday. The extensions come amid a major Israeli crackdown on Palestinian dissent across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, where […]

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Deliberate medical negligence: Palestinian prisoner patients launch distress signal

[ PIC 20/08/2014 – 12:03 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison authority has been dragging its feet vis-à-vis Palestinian prisoner patients held in al-Ramla prison clinic, denying them urgent medical check-ups and needed therapy. Prisoner Riyadh al-Amour, serving 11 back-to-back life sentences, said following a visit paid by lawyers at the Palestinian Prisoner Society: […]

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Palestinian lawmaker sentenced to 20 months in jail

Ma’an news Agency | Aug 18, 2014 at 23:38 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court in Ofer prison on Monday sentenced Palestinian lawmaker from Jerusalem Ahmad Attoun to 20 months in prison. Attoun’s family said he was arrested from his Ramallah home in February 2012, and was put under administrative detention. He was sentenced […]

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Megiddo prisoners appeal to Red Cross (@ICRC) to solve their clothing problem

[ PIC 17/08/2014 – 03:18 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Prisoners in Megiddo jail appealed to the Red Cross to urgently provide them with clothing or pressure their jailers to allow their families to send them clothes. The prisoners explained, in a letter published on Sunday by Al-Ahrar center for human rights, that they are not […]

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#PalHunger | Young man on hunger strike in Maskobiyeh jail in protest at his detention

[ PIC 04/08/2014 – 12:47 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A Palestinian family appealed to human rights groups to intervene to have its son Murad Aliyan released from Israel’s Maskobiyeh detention center in west Jerusalem, saying he is in a very poor health condition. Murad Aliyan, from Ras Al-Amud district in east Jerusalem, was detained […]

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IPS special unit assaults Palestinian prisoners

[ PIC 22/07/2014 – 12:12 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Soldiers of the Matsada, the Israeli prison service’s special unit, attacked Palestinian prisoners in Megiddo prison at night while offering Tarawih prayers. Fuad al-Khafsh, the director of the Ahrar center for prisoner studies, said on Tuesday that Matsada unit soldiers broke into ward six of Megiddo […]

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Prisoner Society raises alarm bells over prisoners’ health status

[ PIC 14/07/2014 – 04:20 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian Prisoner Society raised alarm bells over the deteriorating health status of Palestinian detainees Adnan Hamarsha,45, and Khalil Assi,32, due to medical negligence inside of Israeli lock-ups. Lawyer of the Prisoner Society Maamoun al-Hashim quoted Hamarsha, incarcerated in Megiddo prison, as stating that he has […]

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PA releases leader Khader Adnan after protests over his arrest

[ PIC 28/11/2013 – 12:01 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– PA’s security services was forced to release the leader of the Jihad Movement Khader Adnan, hours after his arrest following his protest against the policy of the arbitrary political detention against activists. Palestinian intelligence elements raided on Wednesday the house of Sheikh Khader’s cousin Farouk Moussa […]

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40-year-old prisoner suffers of medical negligence in Israel prison

Archive Al Ray Agencies | Nov 24 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – 40-year-old prisoner, Sherif Abu Wadei suffers from a bad health conditions ; Israel Prison Service (IPS) procrastinates  in providing the necessary  medical treatment for him, the Association of Palestinian prisoners, Hossam , reported on Sunday. Abu Wadei ,  detained in Israel’s Nafha prison,  suffered […]

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Ashkelon prisoners start a hunger strike

Ashkelon prison Al Ray Agencies | Nov 23, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – Ashkelon Prisoners started an open hunger strike to protest violent raids on their cells and strip searches, which led to clashes and caused injuries among them. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on November 20 that the raids took place on Monday, November […]

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#PalHunger | Three administrative detainees: Mohammed Asy, Anas Asy, and Thaer Abdogo on hunger strike

[ PIC 23/11/2013 – 09:49 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Three Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails went on hunger strike last Monday 18/11, Ibrahim Al-Araj, the lawyer of the ministry of prisoners, said on Saturday. He said in a statement that the strikers are Mohammed Asy, Anas Asy, and Thaer Abdo and are all from […]

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Zaarir: administrative captives will begin escalatory steps

[ PIC 22/11/2013 – 09:25 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian MP Bassem Zaarir announced that the administrative detainees will start escalatory steps, including open hunger strike to end their detention, adding that the prisoners’ suffering has continued in the absence of a real move to release them. Zaarir, who was released on Thursday from the […]

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Urgent: Hunger striker Alaa Hammad is nearing death

[ PIC 22/11/2013 – 06:23 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Jordanian prisoner Alaa Hammad is nearing death after 204 days of hunger strike in Israeli jails, human rights sources confirmed. Waed Association for prisoners expressed deep concern over the serious health condition of hunger striker Alaa Hamdan without any national or international attention to his issue. […]

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#PalHunger | Palestinian Detainees In Asqalan Conduct Hunger Strike

Al Qassam Website | 20-11-2013,08:35 Gaza – The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Palestinian detainees held at the Israeli Asqalan Prison started an open-ended hunger strike after special units of the Israeli army invaded the prison on Monday November 18 2013, and injured several detainees. The PPS said that tension is gradually mounting […]

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