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Israeli occupation extends detention of 66-year-old administrative detainee

[ PIC 16/05/2013 - 10:49 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities renewed administrative detention of 66-year-old Sheikh Adel Shanyur, a Hamas leader, for four more months. Shanyur’s wife said that the Negev prison administration informed the Sheikh of the renewal of his administrative detention, without trial or charge, for the second time. She […]

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New Israeli Military Order Ineffectual in Safeguarding Child Detainees ~ by @KawtherSalam

Kawther Salam | May 14, 2013 DCI – Palestinian minors often suffer some form of physicial violence within the first 48 hours after arrest. Read: Palestinian Children Face Forced Expulsion From Their Homes. Occupied Childhoods Video Ramallah, 3 April 2013—Military Order 1711 came into effect Tuesday, reducing the maximum time a Palestinian child can be […]

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Israel Asks Detainees To Pay For Their Medical Expenses

Al Qassam Website | May 7, 2013 Palestine – The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Monday that the Israeli Prison Authority is demanding Palestinian political prisoners to pay for their own medical expenses, and refused to provide them with the needed medical equipment or medications. The Ministry denounced the Israeli decision and said that Israel, […]

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A Palestinian child attempted suicide in an Israeli jail

[ PIC 06/05/2013 - 01:41 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Human rights lawyer Heba Masaleha said one of the Palestinian children detained in an Israeli jail tried to commit suicide as a result of the severe depression he suffers from because of his exposure to maltreatment at the hands of jailers. Masaleha refrained from mentioning the […]

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Family appeals to “Doctors Without Borders” (@MSF_USA) to save its son

[ PIC 06/05/2013 - 08:52 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The family of Palestinian prisoner Alaa Weshahi, a 27-year old young man from Jenin refugee camp, appealed to doctors without borders to intervene to save the life of its son and have him released because of his difficult health condition. The family stated that its son […]

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Palestinian released prisoner confirms the prisoners’ difficult conditions and condemns media’s neglect

[ PIC 05/05/2013 - 08:51 PM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– The liberated prisoner Imad Deeb Skafi, 35, who was released a few days ago after serving 7 years in Israeli jails, has confirmed that the Palestinian prisoners continue to suffer in Israeli jails and their situation has only deteriorated over time. We were 10 detainees […]

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Gaza families barred from visiting their relatives in Ramon jail

[ PIC 29/04/2013 - 10:51 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli administration of Ramon jail prevented the Palestinian families from visiting their relatives on Monday as scheduled. The international assembly to break the chain stated on Sunday that the Red Cross told the families of prisoners, from Gaza, that they cannot visit their relatives on […]

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Occupation isolates Palestinian captive Ammar Abu Ghalion for the 66th day

[ PIC 28/04/2013 - 07:27 PM ] JENIN, NABLUS, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources reported that the Israeli occupation authorities have continued to isolate the Palestinian prisoner Ammar Abu Ghalion, because of his persistent demands to transfer him to a jail close to his place of residence. Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a press […]

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Prison administration takes punitive measures against captive Shuaa Kamanji

[ PIC 25/04/2013 - 05:10 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Raymond prison administration imposed a fine on captive Shuaa Kamanji, from Jenin sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, and deprived him from visits for a month. Captive Kamanji’s mother told PIC’s correspondent that while she had been preparing herself to visit her detained son, the Red Cross […]

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Chicago commemorates International Palestinian Prisoners Day ~ by Bill Chambers

We Fight Back | by Bill Chambers | Apr 23, 2013 Chicago, IL – During the week of International Palestinian Prisoners Day, over 20 activists from the Palestine Solidarity Group, United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Students for Justice in Palestine and other organizations braved the bitter cold to stage “Intifada Theater” at the Bean […]

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Fire erupts in Kedar prison, suffocation cases reported: 19 detainees wounded

[ PIC 22/04/2013 - 10:06 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Hebrew media reported that 19 Palestinian prisoners and an Israeli policeman were hurt when fire broke out in the Israeli prison Ohli Kedar in Beersheba. The sources added that one of the wounded was flown to Soroka hospital for treatment. Wella Hebrew Website confirmed that […]

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Ahrar: Israeli racist decision to separate between Palestinian prisoners

[ PIC 22/04/2013 - 07:56 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Fouad Khuffash, director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights, stated that the Israeli Prison Service’s decision to separate between prisoners from Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza prisoners in Gilboa prison exposes the Israeli racist face. Khuffash pointed out to the Israeli double standard […]

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Israeli army storms, tear gasses and shoots inside Ashkelon prison and impose tough sanctions on prisoners

[ PIC 21/04/2013 - 08:42 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli prisons administration imposed on Sunday extremely strict procedures on all prisoners in Ashkelon Prison; after captive Mahmoud Zahran, aged 32 from the village of Deir Abu Meshal near Ramallah, assaulted an Israeli jailer in the prison. Ashkelon prison prisoner-representative said that three jailers who were […]

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Lawyer: Sick prisoner Ahmad Saed al-Damouni from Gaza stops taking medication

Maan News Agency | April 21, 2013   RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A sick prisoner on Sunday stopped taking medication in protest against Israeli medical negligence, according to a lawyer from the Palestinian ministry of prisoners’ affairs. Ahmad Saed al-Damouni, 43, from the Gaza Strip, has been held in Ashkelon jail since 1994. He is sentenced […]

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Palestinian prisoner suffers speaking difficulty after wrong injection

[ PIC 20/04/2013 - 01:39 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian captive in the Israeli occupation jails, sentenced to life imprisonment, is suffering from a serious health status after his jailers gave him wrong injections. The Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Affairs said that the captive Naim Younus Shawamra, aged 43 from al-Khalil and who […]

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Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel ~ by Samar Hazboun

+972Magazine | April 19, 2013 ‘Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian Children Imprisoned by Israel’ uncovers one of the most painful experiences that Palestinian children endure in the ongoing Israeli occupation. Through interviews with ex-detainees and mothers of minors presently in detention, the project documents their stories and aims to lend a voice to those who are […]

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Russian newspaper: Israel injects Palestinian prisoners with dangerous viruses

[ PIC 19/04/2013 - 08:22 PM ] MOSCOW, (PIC)– Russian press sources revealed that the Israeli authorities inject Palestinian prisoners in its detention centers with “dangerous viruses” that lead to death in the long term. The Russian Pravda newspaper said in its Friday edition that “the Tel Aviv regime injects prisoners with dangerous viruses before […]

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Report: 2 Palestinians killed, 30 wounded and 45 detained in Gaza

[ PIC 18/04/2013 - 04:16 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Al Mezan Center for Human Rights confirmed that two persons were killed, 30 were injured, and 45 were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during the first four months of 2013 in violation to the buffer zone along Gaza Strip’s borderlines with the Israeli entity. […]

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Mashaal: We will continue to liberate prisoners from Israel’s jails

[ PIC 18/04/2013 - 10:15 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Head of Hamas’s political bureau Khaled Mashaal said that his Movement would keep working hard to liberate all Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, renewing his Movement vow to uphold the resistance as an option to restore the usurped land and rights. Mashaal made his remarks in […]

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Israel detaining 236 Palestinian children

Maan News Agency | April 17, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel is detaining at least 236 children as young as 12, among nearly 5,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Authority said ahead of Prisoners Day on Wednesday. Israel is the only country in the world that has devised military courts for children, and […]

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1,000 sick prisoners including 25 cancer patients in Israeli jails

[ PIC 16/04/2013 - 07:23 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The head of the Follow up committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, Amin Shauhan, confirmed that more than 1000 Palestinian prisoners suffer different illnesses including 25 cancer patients. The prisoners face deliberate medical neglect by the Israeli prison services aiming to assassinate them as what happened with the […]

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PA minister: Israel to allow foreign press to visit Ofer prison

Maan News Agency | April 13, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israel will allow foreign journalists to visit Ofer detention center near Ramallah on Sunday, a Palestinian Authority official said. Issa Qaraqe, PA minister of detainee affairs, said during a press conference Saturday that the unprecedented visit is an attempt to alter the truth about conditions […]

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