Wheelchair bound Palestinian 24 days in Israeli detention center denied right to lawyer visits and medical check-ups

[ PIC 31/08/2014 – 02:25 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison authority has been holding disabled Palestinian detainee Shadi Daraghma, who is confined to a wheelchair, in al-Mascoubiya detention center for 24 uninterrupted days, denying him the right to lawyer visits and to urgent medical check-ups , the Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Sunday. […]

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Israeli extremists assault Palestinian lawyer

Islam Times | July 16, 2014 Islam Times – Three extremist Israelis assaulted a Palestinian lawyer and a woman in Deir Yassin in west Jerusalem. Israeli extremists assault Palestinian lawyer A Ma’an reporter said the three pepper-sprayed lawyer Sanaa Dweik and a woman that was with her when they were leaving a courthouse in western […]

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Israeli court turns down request for release of Lawyer Ayed Dudeen from administrative detention

[ PIC 22/07/2013 – 10:44 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli court in Ofer turned down a request by lawyer of Ayed Dudeen for his release from administrative custody, without trial or charge. Local sources said that the court refused to accept an appeal by Dudeen, 47, who will enter his third year in administrative […]

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Lawyers banned from seeing suspect in settler stabbing

Maan News Agency | May 1, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have banned lawyers from visiting a man suspected of fatally stabbing a settler in Nablus, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Wednesday. Salam al-Zaghal, from Tulkarem, on Tuesday fatally stabbed a settler while he waited at a hitch-hiking spot in the occupied West Bank. […]

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#PalHunger | IOF soldiers detain lawyer Shireen Issawi for few hours

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 23/02/2013 – 02:36 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained lawyer Shireen Al-Issawi for a few hours on Saturday morning near Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem. The lawyer, the sister of detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi, […]

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#PalHunger | Lawyer condemns Issawi court decision

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Maan News Agency | Febr 21, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The director of the Palestinian prisoners’ club, Qadoura Fares, said the decision of an Israeli court not to release hunger-striker Samir Issawi showed the Israeli government was a “mafia.” “The Israeli court […]

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#PalHunger | Israel releases lawyer Shereen el-Issawi straight into house arrest so she can’t attend brother’s trial

Quds Media Center – Agencies Palestinian human rights sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that the city’s Magistrates’ Court has released lawyer Shereen El-Issawi on bail, only to place her under house arrest. She is the sister of hunger striker Samer El-Issawi, and her confinement at home means that she will be unable to attend […]

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Occupation prevents lawyer from visiting captive leader Ibrahim Hamed | @Ufreenetwork @hrw

[ PIC 16/09/2012 – 09:47 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hadarim prison administration prevented lawyer for captive Sheikh Ibrahim Hamed, a Palestinian leader and a commander of the Qassam Brigades in the West Bank, from visiting him on Friday, under the pretext of declaring a state of emergency in the prison. Hamed’s wife told Quds Press, […]

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Detainees in Naqab desert jail say cuffed by prison guards

Maan News Agency | July 27, 2012 RAMLLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinians detained in Israel’s Negev jail say prison guards are cuffing their legs and hands during lawyer visits and when they use the bathroom, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Thursday. A PPS lawyer visited several detainees in the Negev jail. Prisoner Hatem Qafisha, who is […]

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Israeli court extends remand of Issawi and refuse him to see his lawyer

Note occpal: Kindly notice, all prisoners released in the ‘Shalit-deal’ received a “Presidential PARDON” (= Amnesty) of Pres. Perez yet many are re-arrested again without charges nor trial. [ PIC 14/07/2012 – 09:01 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem has extended the remand of Samer Al-Issawi for ten days and […]

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Jewish settlers assault woman, lawyer in Yatta

[ PIC 21/05/2012 – 09:25 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian human rights lawyer and a woman were assaulted by Jewish settlers to the east of Yatta town in Al-Khalil province at noon Monday. The lawyer, Nasser Nawaja, said that the settlers attacked him while trying to document their attacks on Palestinian farmers east of […]

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Shalabi: Lawyer pushed me into accepting banishment deal

[ 08/04/2012 – 05:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Liberated prisoner Hana’a Shalabi, who was deported to Gaza Strip from her hometown in the West Bank, said that the lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner’s society had pushed her into accepting that deal. She said in a press release on Sunday that the society and head of […]

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Urgent Request ▶ Support Legal Defense of Children by @PalestinePSP

April 8, 2012 by occpal Occupied Palestine Weblog is reposting this very urgent request on behalf of the Palestine Solidarity Project who is in need of funds to continue the defense of children detained by Israel. Currently 206 children are illegally detained which is an increase of 53% compared to December 2011. In this latest […]

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PRESS RELEASE – Israeli Judge Orders Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq To Remain In Prison Without Charge

Wednesday February 08, 2012 10:22 by Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians | IMEMC – PRESS RELEASE – The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and the Cultural Coordinator for the […]

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Demanding release of Professor Yousef Abdul Haq, Lawyer

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. 28 December 2011 | Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq The lawyer Yousef Abdul Haq (Abu Shaddad), professor at the An Najah National University, and coordinator, former President of the Governing Council of the Tanweer Forum, was arrested Wednesday 7/12/2011 at three o’clock […]

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