Deliberate medical neglect: 40 Palestinians in Megiddo jail suffer extremely tragic conditions

Prisoner Mahmoud Hussein is paralysed and needs special medical care [ PIC 26/08/2014 – 03:26 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner society said 40 prisoners detained in section 10 of Megiddo jail suffer from very tragic incarceration conditions. The lawyer of the society revealed, following a visit to the prison, that the Megiddo jailers […]

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Israel refusing to release sick prisoners

Ma’an News Agency |  23/10/2013 04:29 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Prisoners minister Issa Qaraqe on Tuesday said that the Israeli government refused Palestinian Authority requests to release prisoners facing serious health problems. At a sit-in in solidarity with prisoners at the Red Cross in al-Bireh, Qaraqe said that the PA would continue to pressure Israel into […]

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URGENT | VIDEO | Disabled people in Gaza suffer Israeli blockade, Egyptian closure

Sept 28, 2013 A high rate of Gaza’s population: 7,6% of Gaza’s citizens are disabled due to the years long aggression on Gaza. and suffer the siege.  Medications are limited and prohibited to travel abroad for treatment. Disabled or chronic ill people are experiencing worsening of their physical condition and even risk permanent damage or […]

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Family warns of health deterioration of isolated son suffering from spina bifida

[ PIC 05/09/2013 – 10:02 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The family of Palestinian prisoner Nahar Al-Saadi appealed on Wednesday to human rights groups to intervene for the sake of Nahar whose health condition was gravely deteriorating. Amna Al-Saadi, Nahar’s mother, said in an appeal in the press that she was worried about her son who […]

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14 prisoners in serious condition due to severe medical negligence in Israel’s Ramlah Prison

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 18, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Riad Amour, the  representative of the ill prisoners in Ramlah prison hospital, said that about 14 Palestinian  prisoners suffer from medical negligence and bad treatment in Ramlah prison hospital. Lawyer of the Prisoners Ministry in Ramallah Hanan El-Khatib said in a press release on Saturday […]

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2 sick prisoners in Israeli jails attempt suicide

Maan News Agency | Aug 6, 2013   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Two sick Palestinian prisoners have attempted to commit suicide, a lawyer from the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of prisoners affairs said Tuesday. Hanan al-Khatib said in a ministry statement that Mansour Muqada from Salfit in the central West Bank and Nahidh al-Aqra from the Gaza […]

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Israeli occupation refuses to release sick administrative detainee

[ PIC 31/07/2013 – 05:27 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) refused to release the oldest serving detainee Sheikh Nazih Abu Oun despite his ill health. The Palestine center for prisoners’ studies said in a statement on Wednesday that Abu Oun, 51, was arrested on 5/7/2011 and was held since then in […]

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Ashkelon prison witnesses tension: Sick prisoners amid deliberate medical neglect increasing | @ICRC @Amnesty

[ PIC 19/06/2013 – 09:38 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian human rights sources reported that a state of extreme tension is prevailing among the prisoners in the Israeli detention center of Ashkelon, due to the continued abuses against them. Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement on Wednesday that the Palestinian prisoners in Ashkelon […]

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Israel razes two Palestinian houses in occupied Jerusalem making 24 homeless incl children and terminally ill

[ PIC 29/04/2013 – 11:34 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) continued its demolition spree and razed two Palestinian houses to the east of occupied Jerusalem on Monday. Local sources said that Israeli special forces and horse-mounting troops encircled Khilat Al-Ain in Tur suburb and razed the two homes owned by […]

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Israeli occupation forces tried to blackmail Palestinian patient at Beit Hanoun crossing

[ PIC 22/04/2013 – 09:18 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian patient revealed that the Israeli officers tried to blackmail him at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to provide them with information about one of the resistance leaders in order to allow him to travel through the crossing for medical treatment. Palestinian officials consider Beit Hanoun […]

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VIDEO | World becoming sick of Israeli crimes

PressTV | Published on Apr 21, 2013 An analyst says 60 years of Israeli crimes against human rights with no accountability has produced an entity of supremacists and racists that the world is getting very sick of. In the background of this a video has surfaced of armed Israeli soldiers firing shots as they walk […]

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Over 1000 prisoners with serious illnesses – Suffering medical neglect by Israel as well

[ PIC 31/03/2013 – 09:39 PM ] OSLO, (PIC)– More than one thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails are suffering from serious illnesses such as heart, cancer, and kidney failure, a human rights report said on Saturday. The European network for the defense of Palestinian prisoners UFree has condemned in its report the inhuman […]

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Abu Hamdeyya (suffering from cancer) falls unconscious at Eishel jail

Al Qassam Brigades Website | 30-03-2013,07:44 AL-KHALIL – The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in the al-Khalil district said that captive Maysarah Abu Hamdeyya on Thursday fell unconscious at Eishel jail in Beersheba and lost all ability to move as he suffers from cancer. According to PPS sources a state of unrest prevails amongst the Palestinian […]

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Israel imposes house arrest and 30,000 NIS bail on prisoner’s elderly and ill mother

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 10:30 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces continued to impose house arrest on an elderly patient from Jenin after her arrest while visiting her son on 11 February. The Israeli military court imposed house arrest on Hajja Fethiye Khanfar, 58, at a house in Rahat city in 1948-occupied territories, […]

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IPS refuses to hospitalize Palestinian prisoner despite bad health | @PHR_IL @ICRC @Ufreenetwork @WHO

[ PIC 11/02/2013 – 09:11 PM ] TOBAS, (PIC)– Jawad Bulous, a lawyer, has charged the Israeli prison service (IPS) with deliberately ignoring the bad health condition of prisoner Mohammed Al-Taj. The lawyer said in a press release on Monday that the health condition of Taj, who is serving a 16-year sentence, was worsening and […]

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