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Ahrar center asks @Amnesty International to demand immediate release of 5 Palestinian academicians

[ PIC 05/05/2013 – 12:16 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar center for prisoners’ studies and human rights has asked Amnesty International to urgently intervene and demand the release of five Palestinian academicians from Israeli administrative custody. Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the center, said that three of those academicians were already serving administrative detention terms, […]

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Israel to release Samer Al-Issawi in December

MEMO | April 23, 2013 After a long hearing session which took place in an Israeli hospital on Monday, the Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi has agreed to bring an end to his hunger strike in exchange for his release in December 2013. Al-Issawi is currently suffering from grave deterioration in his health as a result […]

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Israeli jailers refuse to release Gazan prisoner Iyad Abu Khudair after finishing his term | @Ufreenetwork @Amnesty

[ PIC 15/04/2013 – 02:40 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli prison authority refused to release a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza after he completed his prison term. Director of Muhjat Al-Quds foundation Yaser Saleh told Quds Press that prisoner Iyad Abu Khudair completed his eight-year jail sentence, but the Israeli prison authority refused to release […]

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Occupation refuses to release Palestinian prisoner’s mother

Al Qassam website- 13-04-2013,09:22 Ramallah- Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court postponed on Thursday consideration of the release of citizen Intisar Haj for Friday, while it released the female captive Suhaila Omar. Local sources reported that the court might extend the detention of captive Intisar Haj once again, under the pretext of investigation, without taking into account her […]

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Israeli court refuses to release disabled prisoner

[ PIC 09/04/2013 – 07:05 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israel’s Salem military court in Jenin refused on Monday to release prisoner Wasim Marouf, who suffers from several physical disabilities and health problems, and decided to extend his detention for further interrogation. An informed source said the court extended the detention of Marouf for five days […]

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Issawi family delivers letter to EU demanding his release

Maan News Agency | Apr 8, 2013 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The family of hunger striker Samer Issawi handed a letter to EU officials on Monday demanding his release from Israeli prison custody, a Palestinian official said. Issawi’s family handed the letter to the Office of the European Union Representative in East Jerusalem, former minister of […]

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Ahrar center calls for release of activist Thamer Saba’neh

[ PIC 02/04/2013 – 07:57 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights called on all human rights organizations, to pressure the occupation authorities to release the writer and the activist in prisoners’ affairs Thamer Saba’neh. Saba’neh was arrested on March 6 during a campaign that targeted 19 citizens from different […]

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#ArafatJaradat | Lawyer: Israeli court delays delivery of report about death of Jaradat

LIVE BLOG ABOUT THE DEATH OF ARAFAT JARADAT Includes Preliminary Autopsy Report Maan News Agency | March 16, 2013 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — An Israeli court in Petah Tikva has decided to postpone delivery of final medical reports related to the death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat in Israeli custody in February, the Palestinian ministry of […]

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Israel releases female prisoner Iman Bani Odeh detained for sending an email

[ PIC 22/02/2013 – 05:22 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Thursday afternoon the female prisoner Iman Bani Odeh, 20, from the town of Tamoun in Tubas, after ending her sentence of 3 months. “The Israeli occupation forces have arrested the university student Bani Odeh, on 7-12-2012 after breaking into […]

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#PalHunger | Israeli court refuses to release Issawi, his mother faints at court

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 20/02/2013 – 09:39 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli Magistrate Court in occupied Jerusalem has refused to release detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi on bail and decided to keep him incarcerated. Lawyer Jawad Bulous, the head of the legal section […]

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Urgent UN Press Statement: Release Palestinian Hunger Strikers Now ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk

Richard Falk Weblog | Prof. Em. Richard Falk | Febr 13, 2013 The following press statement was issued 13 February 2013 under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in my capacity as Special Rapporteur for Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967. This nonviolent resistance to unlawful and abusive detention practices by Israel is a […]

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PHOTOS | Israel releases activists Bassem Tamimi from Nabi Saleh – Feb. 10, 2013

Febr 10, 2013 Released prisoner Bassem Tamimi during his welcoming party in Nabi Saleh, after spending 3 months in Israeli jail, February 10, 2013. Bassem was arrested during a action calling for boycott of settlement products inside a Israel supper market located in the West Bank settlement of Geva Binyamin.   PHOTOS

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#PalHunger | Israel to release prisoner Rikhawi after long-term hunger strike

Maan News Agency | Febr 6, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel will release a prisoner on Thursday who spent 100 days on hunger strike last year, his lawyer said Tuesday. Akram Rekhawi will be released Thursday, four months before completing a 9-year sentence, his daughter Yasmin said, citing an attorney representing the detainee. Rekhawi, […]

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#PalHunger | Night march in Jenin in support of prisoners

[ PIC 06/02/2013 – 12:20 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Dozens of young men in Jenin city organized a night march on Tuesday and continued a sit-in in downtown for the second day in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation jails. Participants held candles and photos of prisoners in addition to Palestinian flags and posters, […]

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#PalHunger | Electronic campaign #Hungry4Freedom in support of striking prisoners launched in 9 languages

[ PIC 17/12/2012 – 05:47 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– An electronic media campaign in support of hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails was launched today in order to spread awareness about the hunger striking prisoners and their suffering, via new media and social networking sites. The European Network for the Defense of Palestinian prisoners’ rights […]

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