Tag Archives: care

Palestinian prisoner’s life threatened because of medical neglect

[ 04/07/2011 – 09:57 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– A Palestinian man held in the Israeli Eshel prison is having episodes of loss of consciousness where his brain and heart stop functioning after a long illness in jail and  medical neglect by the prison. Riyadh al-Amur from Jenin has yet to receive treatment after suffering from […]

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Medical Care in Gaza Under Siege – Part II – by Stephen Lendman

By Stephen Lendman | June 20, 2011 | OpEdNews   On March 25, 2008, Time magazine writer Tim McGirk headlined “Israelis Blocking Medical Care in Gaza,” saying: “Since Gaza is denied (most everything under siege), many complicated surgeries are no longer done there.” Those permitted abroad for them, like Bassam al-Wahedi, endure a gauntlet through […]

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Death hangs over 25 captives in Ramlah prison

[ 17/06/2011 – 09:54 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Families of sick Palestinian captives in the Ramlah prison have called for bringing their issue to the fore, especially that occupation prison authorities deliberately neglects their medical needs. The families said after a visit to the captives in the Ramlah prison hospital that the health condition of […]

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Rights group: Israel holding boy nearly blinded by IOF

[ 06/06/2011 – 05:00 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– A human rights group has revealed that the Israel Prison Service is detaining an ill Palestinian boy left nearly blind by Israeli occupation force soldiers. The development shows that the IPS has not restricted its medical neglect policy to adult prisoners alone. Ismail Turki Mohammed Okel, 16, from […]

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Abducted Abu Sissi calls for release from isolation

[ 06/06/2011 – 05:15 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Dirar Abu Sissi, 49, the Gaza power plant director who was abducted by Israeli Mossad agents in the Ukraine earlier this year, has demanded his release from solitary confinement and medical attention. Abu Sissi has been jailed at the Eshel prison in Beer Sheva after his mysterious […]

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Relatives of prisoners stage sit-in before Red Cross to demand ease of restrictions and treatment of the sick

[ 11/05/2011 – 08:46 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails have called for the establishment of an international investigative committee to probe Israeli violations of prisoners’ rights. The relatives staged a sit-in before the Red Cross office in Jenin city on Wednesday calling on it and on human rights […]

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PPS declares 2010-2011 worst medical period yet

[ 26/04/2011 – 02:49 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– A fresh statement by the Palestinian Prisoner Society declares 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 the worst yet in terms of the Israeli prison authority’s medical neglect of Palestinian detainees. Around 20 of those prisoners have been diagnosed with cancer, around 88 with diabetes and another […]

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Report: 1,600 prisoners have fallen ill due to denied proper medical care

PCDD CALLS FOR BOOSTED RELEASE EFFORTS ON PALESTINIAN PRISONER DAY [ 17/04/2011 – 10:10 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian center to defend detainees has called for increased efforts to help release Palestinians held in Israeli jails marking Palestinian Prisoner Day on April 17. The rights group confirmed that the Israeli occupation government continues to […]

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I get a closeup picture of the health care system and women’s lives in Palestine

by Alice Rothchild on January 17, 2011 · 2 comments Like 1 Retweet 1 For the second week of the delegation, we divide into different interest groups and the medical folks are based in Nablus, working with Palestinian Medical Relief Society. On the second day we are standing in the waiting area of the Community […]

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IOF soldiers detain head of charity committee

[ 04/01/2011 – 07:46 PM ]   JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) broke into and ransacked the home of Sheikh Ahmed Salatna, the director of the Zakat (Alms) committee in Jenin district, before taking him away. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of IOF armored vehicles surrounded the home of the Sheikh in Jaba village, south […]

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The tragedy of child arrest: a story from Ofer Prison « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem

Wednesday, 22 December, 2010 | 17:54 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — One of the most serious cases of human rights violations enacted by Israeli forces in is surely that which are carried out against children. Palestinian children throughout Jerusalem and the West Bank live under threat of targeting and arrest by Israeli forces, who rarely distinguish […]

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