Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Ghannam completed his 100th day without food Monday, along with five other prisoners, in a protest against the Israeli occupation authorities. The Prisoner Club, a non-governmental organization focused on prisoners’ issues, said that Ghannam, […]
An Israeli military court issued today an administrative detention order against hunger-striking Palestinian detainee Musab al-Hindi for a period of six months, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission said today. Al-Hindi, from Tell town in Nablus […]
The health of Jordanian-Palestinian detainee in Israel, Heba al-Labadi, who has been on hunger strike for 23 days in protest against her administrative detention, has deteriorated, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission said today. The commission’s […]
The torture suffered by Palestinian prisoner Samer Arbeed at the hands of Israel’s Shin Bet interrogators has proved, once again, that the prohibition of such treatment as enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Rome […]
Palestinian-Jordanian prisoner, Heba al-Labadi, entered her 21st day of hunger strike on Sunday, to protest against her detention since August 20, as well as the abuses committed against her in Israeli investigation and torture cellars. […]
Dozens of Palestinian young men suffered from their exposure to tear gas during violent clashes at dawn Sunday with the Israeli occupation forces in Ramallah city, Palestine Information Center reports. During a protest at the northern entrance […]
On August 20, Heba Ahmed al-Labadi fell into the dark hole of the Israeli legal system, joining 413 Palestinian prisoners who are currently held in so-called administrative detention. On September 26, Heba and seven other prisoners declared […]
A Palestinian-Jordanian who has been on hunger strike for 15 days in Israeli prisons has revealed the details of her horrific interrogation and torture, the PLO Prisoners’ Committee reported on Monday. Heba Al-Labadi, 24, was […]
The Jordanian government has urged Israel to release two of its citizens detained while entering the occupied West Bank, reported Haaretz. According to the paper, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry “delivered an official objection to Israel’s acting ambassador […]
Several Palestinian activists today sealed off the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the West Bank city of Ramallah in solidarity with Samir Arbeed, who was tortured by Israeli interrogators […]
A Palestinian detainee has been hospitalized in a critical condition after he had “undergone severe torture” in Israeli custody, his lawyer has said. Israeli media has reported that an investigation has been opened into possible […]
Israeli authorities issued in September administrative detention orders against 101 Palestinians currently held in Israeli jails for periods ranging between two and six months, today said the Commission of Detainees Affairs. Some of the orders […]
Palestinian prisoners, who have been on hunger strike for months, announced yesterday evening the end of their strike after the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) agreed to their demands. In a statement, a copy of which […]
The number of hunger strikers inside Israeli jails has reached 39 after ten prisoners joined the hunger strike in Rimon Prison, the Prisoners Information Office reported on Friday. In a statement, the office confirmed that head […]
Israeli forces detained early this morning at least 18 Palestinians from various West Bank districts and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and local sources. PPS said Israeli forces detained five Palestinians […]
A Palestinian detainee held in Israel died on Sunday due to medical negligence, according to a local NGO, Anadolu reports. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement: “Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, died in the Israeli hospital of […]
More than 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s Ramon prison started an open-ended hunger strike yesterday protesting against cancerous signal jammers placed in the facility, Quds Press reported. According to a statement issued by the PLO’s […]
Israeli authorities have agreed to reduce the heavy police presence in Issawiya, occupied East Jerusalem, after a months-long operation characterized by collective punishment and violence. According to a report in Haaretz, the agreement between the Israeli […]
The Israeli occupation forces last night arrested a Palestinian girl as she returned to her home in the occupied West Bank from the UAE. Local sources told the Palestinian Information Centre’s reporter that the Israeli forces stopped […]
Israeli forces today overnight detained four Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron (Al-Khalil). Local sources confirmed that Israeli military vehicles raided Yatta city, south of Hebron city, where soldiers ransacked several houses […]
A petition to Israel’s Supreme Court has forced the Israeli army to admit that its soldiers break protocol by blindfolding Palestinians in their custody. At the end of May, a petition was filed to Israel’s […]
Since 1967, 220 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons. The latest victim is Nasser Taqatqa, detained in June from his home in Beit Fajjar, accused of purportedly having ties to Hamas. Taqatqa, age 31, was interrogated […]
Palestinian Prisoners Club yesterday announced that 40 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are to begin a hunger strike today in support of eight hunger-striking prisoners who have been protesting against their administrative detention, Anadolu reported. 40 […]
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) appealed Friday to the European Union and human rights organizations to “intervene urgently” to stop Israel’s “ongoing crimes” against Palestinian detainees, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Palestinian leadership is making intensive efforts […]
An Israeli court sentenced the lawyer of the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee to 13 years, six months in prison on Tuesday, Quds Press has reported. Tariq Barghouth was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on February 27, […]
Israeli authorities have today released Palestinian writer and journalist Lama Khater after she served a 13-month jail sentence. Hazem Al-Fakhouri, Khater’s husband, said that she was released by the authorities in the north of the […]
Israeli forces detained 16 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the military on Thursday, Anadolu reports. A military statement said the individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terror […]
A Palestinian man has been jailed for life by an Israeli military court after being convicted of killing an Israeli soldier during a Ramallah-area raid by occupation forces last year. Islam Yousef Abu Hamid, who […]
Palestinian prisoner, Nassar Majer Taqatqa, from Bethlehem, was announced dead in mysterious circumstances on Tuesday, July 16 in the Nitzan prison. According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Movement, Taqatqa’s death was discovered during the morning count, […]
Palestinian Foreign Ministry today called for an international inquiry into the death of a Palestinian detainee held in an Israeli jail. He said in a statement that the Israeli government and its security apparatus, including […]
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