Deliberate medical negligence: Palestinian prisoner patients launch distress signal

[ PIC 20/08/2014 – 12:03 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison authority has been dragging its feet vis-à-vis Palestinian prisoner patients held in al-Ramla prison clinic, denying them urgent medical check-ups and needed therapy. Prisoner Riyadh al-Amour, serving 11 back-to-back life sentences, said following a visit paid by lawyers at the Palestinian Prisoner Society: […]

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G4S Annual General Meeting Dominated by Controversy Over Israeli Prison Contracts

Friday June 07, 2013 21:51 by Palestine News Network G4S’ involvement in the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails dominated the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 6th June, overshadowing all other business, including last year’s Olympic security fiasco, said Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in a press release. The AGM was also interrupted […]

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Bayaraq Center calls for supporting Palestinian female prisoners

[ PIC 25/04/2013 – 03:00 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Bayaraq Center for Prisoners’ Affairs confirmed that Palestinian female prisoners suffer harsh conditions in Israeli jails in light of the Israeli rejection to meet their legitimate rights. In a press statement on Wednesday, the center stressed that the Palestinian female prisoners’ issue is ignored in the […]

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Action Alert | @Ufreenetwork launches an international campaign to address Israeli crimes | #ArafatJaradat

LIVE BLOG ABOUT THE DEATH OF ARAFAT JARADAT Continuous Updates [ PIC 24/02/2013 – 11:16 AM ] OSLO, (PIC)– UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners strongly condemned the murder of the Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat due to extreme torture during interrogation, bringing the number of Palestinian prisoners killed in Israeli jails to […]

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Detainees Denied Access To Books

Monday January 28, 2013 06:13 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration is denying the Palestinian political prisoners access to books and educational materials. Ahrar Center The Center said that the detainees had access to prison libraries that contained a large […]

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Israel arrests Palestinian prisoner of @AlQassamBrigade’s wife

[ PIC 07/01/2013 – 07:44 PM ] RAMALLAH,(PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have arrested early on Monday the wife of a Palestinian prisoner from “Al-Qassam Brigades”, sentenced to life imprisonment seven times, where she was transferred to Ofer prison for interrogation. Local sources Silwad town near Ramallah city in central West Bank said that […]

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Incarcerated inside Israel: Palestinians Tortured, Isolated

(Photo: Activestills.org) Palestine Chronicle | Aug 11, 2012 | Graham Peebles Detention without trial, the presumption of guilt, denial of family visits, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation, and denial of access to appropriate health care, such is the Israeli judicial system and prison confinement experienced by Palestinian men, women and indeed children. Currently there are, […]

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Mandela prisoners foundation urges inquiry into prisons

Maan News Agency | July 15, 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Nelson Mandela Foundation for Political Prisoners called on Saturday for an international inquiry into the situation in Israeli prisons and for an international conference about prisoners. Speaking in Amman, Jordan in testimony to a UN committee to investigate Israeli violations of human rights in […]

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Night march in Al-Khalil in solidarity with the strikers in PA prisons

[ PIC 30/06/2012 – 09:32 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A massive march was organized in Al-Khalil city on Friday evening in solidarity with the six political detainees on hunger strike in the PA prisons. Hundreds of citizens participated in the march, which was organized by the committee representing families of political prisoners and the Association […]

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#PalHunger | Families of political detainees protest outside Bethlehem intelligence prison

[ PIC 28/06/2012 – 03:53 PM ] BETHLEHEM,(PIC)– Political prisoners’ families have gathered, on Wednesday afternoon, outside Bethlehem intelligence prison in the south western West Bank, demanding the release of their sons. Local sources told PIC that the families came on buses from AL-Khalil city to the city of Bethlehem protesting against the continued detention […]

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Palestinians mark prisoners day in Gaza, West Bank | #PalestinePrisoners #IsraeliJail

Maan News Agency | April 17, 2012 JENIN (Ma’an) — Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank marked Palestinian Prisoners Day on Tuesday with ceremonies symbolizing long-hoped-for freedom from Israeli jails. In Arraba village, south of Jenin, officials gathered to mark the day ahead of the expected release of local Khader Adnan, whose 66-day hunger […]

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Palestinian prisoners in four Israeli prisons on hunger strike

[ PIC 03/04/2012 – 10:23 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The ministry of prisoners in Gaza said that Palestinian prisoners in four Israeli jails are going on a single day hunger strike on Tuesday as part of their protest steps against oppression and violation of rights. The ministry said that the prisoners in Askalan, Nafha, Eshel, […]

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Captives announce the start of a revolt in all occupation prisons

[ PIC 16/03/2012 – 09:52 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian captives in occupation jails announced the start of a revolt in all occupation prisons which they will gradually escalate to culminate in complete disobedience and open-ended hunger strike until all the just demands of the captives are met. In a statement they issued from prison […]

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UFree: Israeli doctors conceal torture incidents in Israeli jails

[ PIC 20/02/2012 – 11:13 AM ] GENEVA, (PIC)– The Oslo-based European Network to support the rights of Palestinian Prisoners-UFree said many Israeli doctors covered up torture incidents that happened to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. According to a report by UFree based on testimonies from prisoners, the doctors inside Israeli jails did not report […]

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Walid Hanatsheh: Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience ~ by Stephen Lendman

Palestine’s Prisoners | Pictures | Topic | Category – Torture | History | Category By Stephen Lendman (about the author) Become a Fan  (154 fans)   — Page 1 of 4 page(s) opednews.com Walid Hanatsheh: Palestinian Prisoner of Conscience Hanatsheh should be honored, not imprisoned. by Stephen Lendman The Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association […]

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