Palestinian prisoners today called off a hunger strike they were planning to start on Friday after the Israel Prison Services (IPS) agreed to their demands that included ending the collective punishment imposed against them following […]
The Palestinian prisoners’ movement announced that 1380 prisoners in Israeli jails will launch an open-ended hunger strike starting Friday, said the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission in a statement. The commission said that the first […]
Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention are expected to escalate in response to ongoing Israeli repressive measures against them, according to prisoners’ advocacy groups. The Palestinian Authority’s Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner Society […]
Ten Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons remain on hunger strike demanding their freedom, four of them for over 30 days, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Salem Zeidat, from Bani Naim in the […]
Seventeen Palestinian detainees in Israel have launched a hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention without charge or trial, a local NGO said on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner […]
Hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan is being released today after abstaining from food for 65 days. The 28-year-old was protesting against being held under administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – […]
Hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Al-Ghadanfar Abu Atwan has entered the 62nd day of his strike in protest of being held on administrative detention by the occupation. He announced yesterday that he will now abstain from […]
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) attorney, Jawad Boulos said a petition has been filed to the Israeli occupation’s prosecution for the transfer of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan to Palestinian hospitals, following serious deterioration […]
The health condition of a Palestinian prisoner has seriously deteriorated as he entered his 49th day of hunger strike in Israeli detention facilities, according to the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission. The commission spokesman, Hassan Abed-Rabbu, said in […]
Two Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike for 26 days in protest of their unfair administrative detention without charge or trial, today said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Mohammad Awwad, 25, […]
Palestinian prisoner Imad Sawarka has entered the 40th day of his hunger strike in protest of his continued administrative detention by Israel in Ashkelon prison, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club announced yesterday. “Sawarka’s health has been […]
Palestinian journalist and detainee in Israeli jails, Alaa Rimawi, has been on an open-ended hunger strike for the fourth day in a row, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission. Rimawi, who works as […]
The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) today transferred a hunger-striking prisoner to Asqalan Prison in southern Israel in order to punish him for being on 29 days of hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention, […]
Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Imad Batran, 47, from Hebron (Al-Khalil), suspended his hunger strike, which lasted for 47 days, after an agreement to set a ceiling for his administrative detention, according to the Palestinian […]
A Palestinian prisoner is on his 40th day of hunger strike, in protest against his prolonged administrative detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). The PPS said in a statement that Imad Batran, 47, […]
Israeli authorities on Thursday released Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras, who had been on a hunger strike for 104 days. Al-Akhras was immediately escorted to the Najah hospital in Nablus, north of occupied West Bank, Quds […]
Hunger-striking Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails, Maher al-Akhras, ended today his hunger strike which lasted for 103 days, after he had reached an agreement with the Israeli authorities to release him on November 26. Al-Akhras, […]
Palestinian administrative detainee in Israeli jails Maher Al-Akhras, 49, remains on hunger strike for the 103rd day in a row in protest of his illegal detention without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation authorities. […]
Three Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike along with Maher Al-Akhras, who has abstained from food for 95 days, in protest against illegal Israeli measures against them, the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported yesterday. The […]
Sinn Fein Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Pat Sheehan, today called for the immediate release of Palestinian hunger striker Maher al-Akhras who has now reached a critical stage, according to a press statement. “Palestinian […]
The family of Palestinian detainee Maher al-Akhras said Saturday they have joined him on a hunger strike until he is released, Anadolu reports. “We announced starting a hunger strike until my father is free,” according […]
An Israeli court decided today to cancel an earlier decision to freeze the administrative detention, without charge or trial, of Palestinian detainee Maher al-Akhras, whose health situation has severely deteriorated after 89 days of hunger […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today that it is seriously concerned about the deteriorating health of Maher al-Akhras, a Palestinian administratively detained and hospitalized in Israel, who has been on hunger […]
Maher al-Akhras, in his 86th day of hunger strike, is at great risk of death, today said four Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations, demanding his immediate release. A Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) […]
The Popular Committee for Solidarity with the Prisoner Maher Al-Akhras staged a protest in Gaza following the Friday prayer as the latest show of solidarity with the Palestinian hunger striker. As of Friday, al-Akhras completed […]
(Translated by May Jayyusi and Naomi Shihab Nye) Brother! If they should sharpen the sword on my neck, I would not kneel, even if their whips lashed my bloodied mouth If dawn is so close […]
60 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails today launched an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with three of their fellow inmates held in solitary confinement, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The spokesman for the […]
“No one cares about the prisoners.” Over the past few years, I have heard this phrase – or some variation of it – uttered many times by freed Palestinian prisoners and their families. Whenever I […]
Palestinians in Gaza staged an indefinite protest Tuesday at the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross in solidarity with a Palestinian prisoner who began a hunger strike 80 days ago against his […]
The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority warned Israel on Monday about hunger-striker Maher Al-Akhras, who has been refusing food for 79 days in an Israeli prison, Anadolu has reported. Mohammad Shtayyeh told his cabinet […]
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