Prisoners

The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails Ouda al-Horoub and Hasan al-Awiwi have been on hunger strike for 37 consecutive days in protest at their detention without charge or trial. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that the Israeli Prison Service has transferred the detainees to several prisons in the past days despite their worsening health condition in an attempt to pressure …

Israeli occupation forces Thursday detained 16 Palestinians, including minors, from several areas in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said soldiers detained a 15-year-old minor from Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, in addition to four young Palestinians from Nablus in the north of the West Bank. Soldiers also detained two people from Jenin and one …

  The Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies (PPCS) has warned that the Palestinian prisoners are being exposed to direct and indirect attempts to kill them in Israeli jails, calling for providing them with protection. In addition to the indirect killing of prisoners using guns, director of the Center Ra’fat Hamdouna accused the Israeli prison service (IPS) of using indirect means …

Israeli intelligence threatened to demolish the family home of freed prisoner Waleed Ghawadreh if he does not turn himself in to the Israeli intelligence at Salem military camp, west of Jenin. Waleed’s brother, ‘Alaa, told local sources an Israeli intelligence officer informed him that his brother  Waleed is wanted by the Israeli intelligence and ordered him to turn in his …

Five Palestinian prisoners have been on open-ended hunger strike for several days in protest at their detention administratively, with no trial or indictment. According to Prisoners Media Center, the hunger strikers are Husam al-Razza and Mohamed Tabanja and they have been on hunger strike for about 40 days and 32 days respectively, while Hasan al-Aweiwi and Odeh al-Haroub started their …

A Palestinian prisoner in Israel who has been on hunger strike for one month in protest against his unending administrative detention without charge or trial ended it today after he was told that his incarceration would not be renewed past October 23, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), which said that four other prisoners are continuing their hunger strike …

Israel Prison Services (IPS) yesterday prevented lawyers from visiting five Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike in protest against their administrative detention, the PLO’s Committee of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners said. IPS, according to the committee, intentionally carried out a series of “oppressive” measures against the hunger strikers, including putting them in solitary confinement. The committee warned of the deterioration …

The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission on Monday said that the injuries of the Palestinian prisoner Israa Ja’abis are exacerbating due to deliberate medical neglect. The commission said that Ja’abis is suffering from severe burns and her body needs special kinds of fabrics and covers that should be changed regularly. The commission affirmed that Ja’abis, who is in need of …

Palestinian prisoner Khaled Farraj, from al-Deheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, on Thursday, entered day 23 of his hunger strike in protest at his detention administratively, with no trial or indictment. Journalist Najeeb Farraj, the prisoner’s uncle, said that the administration of the Negev jail locked up his nephew in an isolation cell with no regard for his worsening health condition. …

Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians, including minors, across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Tuesday. According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Hebron. They were identified as Muhammad Rateb Abu Sbeih and Yousef Ahmad al-Aqer. In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, five Palestinians were detained. …