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Report: 18 Palestinians kidnapped by occupation forces
7 hours ago
The International Middle East Media Centre reported on Wednesday, June 19 that Palestinian sources have reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped a total of 18 Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank. The army invaded the West Bank districts of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, and occupied East Jerusalem, broke into and searched dozens of homes, [...]
Palestinian law student sentenced to 23 months in occupation prison
7 hours ago
Palestinian student Ismail Najib Farraj, 21, was sentenced to 23 months imprisonment and a fine of $3,000 shekels on charges of membership in a prohibited organization (the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) and participation in resistance to the occupation. Ismail Farraj was arrested 20 months ago, a second-year law student at Palestine Ahliya [...]
Hearing for hunger striker Tabeesh postponed; Batran unable to attend due to health
7 hours ago
The occupation court in Ofer prison postponed the hearing of Ayman Tabeesh today, Wednesday, June 19, who has been on hunger strike for 28 days in protest of the extension of his administrative detention order. The hearing was re-scheduled for June 24 to consider Tabeesh’s appeal. Emad Batran, who has been on hunger strike [...]
4 additional prisoners join hunger strike + new statement from Addameer
21 hours ago
As 4 additional Palestinian prisoners joined a series of individual hunger strikes, a number of long-term hunger strikers were transferred to hospital. Emad Batran, who has been on hunger strike for 43 days, was transferred to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, while Muhammad Rimawi and Hamza Othman, both Jordanian prisoners on strike for 48 days, [...]
Halahleh moved to Hadassah hospital after decline in his health
1 day ago
Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh was moved to Hadassah hospital following further deterioration in his health, said Amjad Najjar, the director of the Palestinian Prisoners Club in Hebron, quoting the occupation prison administration at Ofer prison. Halahleh, who was released last June after a 77-day hunger strike conducted with fellow administrative detainee Bilal Diab, was re-arrested in [...]
Report: Five Palestinians Kidnapped In West Bank
1 day ago
The International Middle East Media Centre reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped late on Monday night, June 17, and early Tuesday June 18, five Palestinians, including one child, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Dozens of soldiers invaded Surif and Beit Ummar towns, the Al-Arroub refugee camp, and Beit Ar-Rosh At-Tihta village, in the [...]
Palestinian prisoner Ahmad al-Saadi held in solitary confinement in Shata prison
1 day ago
Ahmad Abdullah al-Saadi, 31, a Palestinian prisoner from Jenin, is being held in Shata prison in solitary confinement under a pretext of being a “threat to Israeli security,” reported prisoners inside the prison in a Ma’an News report. According to prisoners, Saadi was held in Ramon prison and was transferred in February 2013 to Jalama [...]
Palestinian political prisoner Jaafar Abu Salah released from occupation prisons
2 days ago
Palestinian political prisoner Jaafar Fawzi Abu Salah was released on Sunday, June 16 from occupation prisons. Abu Salah, 47, is one of the leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the Jenin area. He was released after the expiration of his 20-month sentence in occupation prisons. He was arrested in November [...]
Lawyer: Barghouthi threatened with stripping of Jordanian citizenship
2 days ago
Mohammed Shayeb, a lawyer with the Ministry of Prisoners, Detainees and Ex-Detainees, said that occupation prison authorities are using psychological pressure to attempt to stop the hunger strike of prisoner Abdullah Barghouthi, who is isolated in a hospital in Afula. He has been on hunger strike with 4 other prisoners who carry Jordanian citizenship since [...]
Addameer: 9 prisoners currently on hunger strike in occupation prisons
2 days ago
Addameer reported that nine prisoners are currently on hunger strike in occupation prisons as of June 17, 2013 – 4 Palestinian prisoners being held under administrative detention and 5 prisoners who are Palestinian and hold Jordanian citizenship. The striking prisoners are as follows: 1. Ayman Hamdan of Bethlehem, on hunger strike for 51 days, since [...]