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Imprisoned cancer patient re-declares hunger strike after being swindled

[ 29/06/2011 – 08:10 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)–  Atef Wureidat, a Palestinian cancer patient held in Israeli custody, has announced he will again go on hunger strike after being tricked by the Israeli prison administration, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said Wednesday. “Imprisoned cancer patient Atef Wureidat announced his hunger strike once again on Wednesday after […]

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Hunger strike by detainee with untreated brain tumor enters second week

  Friday June 10, 2011 20:23 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News A Palestinian man being held in an Israeli prison has entered the second week of hunger strike after Israeli authorities refused to allow him to receive treatment for a recently-diagnosed brain tumor. Akram Mansour (image from occupiedpalestine blog) According to the Palestinian Minister […]

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Campaign launched to save life of kidney patient in Israeli jail

19/03/2011 – 06:50 AM NABLUS, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner society launched a campaign to demand international organizations to intervene to save the life of prisoner Abdelkhaliq Gurani and provide him with urgent appropriate medical treatment. Director of the society in Tubas city Mahmoud Sawafta said the Israeli administration of Megiddo prison refuses to provide him […]

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IOF troops kidnap patient’s escort

[ 16/02/2011 – 11:51 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Family of Mohammed Zo’rub appealed to human rights groups to pressure the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) into releasing their son who was kidnapped by those troops at Erez (Beit Hanun) crossing north of the Gaza Strip. A statement by the family on Tuesday night said that […]

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Gaza patient dies waiting for permit to leave

    Published today 17:10   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Human rights organizations in Gaza have demanded a criminal investigation into the death of a young Gaza man who died two weeks ago while he was waiting for a permit from Israel to leave the Strip for medical treatment. Anas Saleh, 20, died on January […]

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Tadamun: Real danger threatening life of cancer stricken prisoner

[ 08/01/2011 – 03:01 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– Real danger is threatening the life of detainee Akram Mansour after he contracted cancer four years ago due to deliberate medical neglect on the part of the Israeli prisons authority (IPA), the Tadamum (solidarity) institution for human rights said on Saturday. Ahmed Al-Beitawi, a researcher with […]

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