#PalHunger | Israel renews administrative detention of Barq for three months

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 25/02/2013 – 10:54 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) renewed on Sunday the administrative detention of Samer Al-Barq for three more months despite earlier promises of releasing him. Barq’s family said in a press release that the […]

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#PalHunger | Pro-Palestine protest held outside @BBC headquarter

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi PRESSTV | Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:17PM GMT Pro-Palestine campaigners have gathered outside the BBC office in London on February 18, condemning the corporation’s news blackout on reporting the plight of Palestinian hunger strikers. The demonstration, which was organized by the London-based […]

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#PalHunger | IUMS advocates cause of hunger strikers, slams int’l inaction

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 19/02/2013 – 12:40 PM ] DOHA, (PIC)– The international union for Muslim scholars (IUMS) declared its full solidarity with Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi and his fellow detainees and condemned the international silence towards the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners […]

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#PalHunger | Ihsanoglu: We should internationalize the issue of Palestinian prisoners

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 19/02/2013 – 12:48 PM ] JEDDAH, (PIC)– Secretary-general of the organization of Islamic cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed his deep concern over the lives of Palestinian hunger strikers, and his support for their just demands. In a press release on Monday, […]

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#PalHunger | Al Jazeera: Israel court defers release of hunger striker

Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, after refusing food for over 200 days, appeared in court to request release on bail. Al Jazeera | Febr 19, 2013 Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi has appeared in an Israeli court, where his lawyers attempted to get him released on bail, as hundreds protest across the West Bank. Gaunt and […]

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Israeli court orders Issawi to remain in custody

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Maan news Agency | Febr 19, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli court on Tuesday ruled that Samer Issawi, who has been on hunger strike for over 200 days, must remain in custody. Issawi’s lawyer Jawad Bulous requested Issawi’s release at a […]

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Israeli forces arrests 11 citizens at Hawara roadblock

[ PIC 19/02/2013 – 11:02 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained 11 Palestinian citizens at the Hawara roadblock, south of Nablus, on Monday night. Eyewitnesses told the PIC that big numbers of IOF soldiers at the checkpoint ambushed citizens in between the olive trees and arrested anyone approaching. They said that the […]

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Israel handling of hunger strikers ‘ethical failure’ : NGO

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi FRANCE24 | Febr 19, 2013 AFP – Israel’s treatment of four hunger-striking Palestinians is an “ethical failure” an Israeli NGO said on Sunday, adding that their rights were being violated. A statement from Tel Aviv-based Physicians for Human Rights said that the […]

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#BREAKING NEWS | 800 Palestinian inmates go on #Palhunger strike

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi PRESSTV | Febr 19, 2013 Updated Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails (file photo) At least 800 Palestinian inmates go on hunger strike in Israeli jails to show solidarity with other Palestinians being kept in Israeli prisons. The Palestinian inmates started an indefinite […]

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Deported ex-captive launches a hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners | RT to demand #ReleaseIssawi!

[ PIC 18/02/2013 – 08:49 PM ] JENIN, NAZARETH, (PIC)– Akram Anteer, a liberated prisoner deported to Germany, announced on Monday entering an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails, despite his illness. Anteer, 32 from the village of Burqin in Jenin, said he was determined to launch the […]

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VIDEO | Family of Palestinian hunger striker complain of harassment | #ReleaseIssawi

Published on Feb 18, 2013 The Israeli army has used tear gas to break up a protest in the occupied West Bank where demonstrators threw rocks during a rally, demanding fairer treatment for Palestinian prisoners. About 4.500 Palestinians are in Israeli prisons. Around 200 of them are being held indefinitely without charge. Samer Issawi is […]

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Twenty Palestinians Injured In Hebron Clashes incl a child shot with LIVE AMMO

 Tuesday February 19, 2013 08:54 by IMEMC & Agencies Hebron – Monday Evening, February 18; Palestinian medical sources reported that at least twenty Palestinians have been injured during clashes that took place with Israeli soldiers who attacked a protest held in solidarity with Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel. File – Image PNN The clashes took […]

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#ReleaseIssawi | Gov’t: Re-arresting freed captives blatant violation of the agreement (AND LAW)

Note from occpal: Previously by Israel released prisoners received a Presidential Pardon of Peres. Also called Amnesty or Clemency by law to restore ones civil rights and being totally pardoned for the (alleged) crimes if even in the case of Palestinians’ ever charged before at all. Re-arresting pardoned prisoners (also from the Wafa al Ahrar […]

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#ReleaseIssawi | Clashes erupt in Hebron after peaceful demonstration in support of Palestinian political prisoners

By Team Khalil | 15 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Hebron, Occupied Palestine A peaceful demonstration in support of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails took place today in Hebron with roughly 2000 in attendance. The demonstration was supported by all Palestinian political factions. Soon after the end of the rally clashes erupted in […]

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