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France, Netherlands urge nationals to leave Iran

France and the Netherlands have urged their nationals to leave Iran and for others not to travel to the country, warning of political instability caused by the ongoing protests and the risks of arbitrary detention. According to the Dutch news agency ANP, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra yesterday called on all Dutch nationals in Iran to leave the country and advised against all travel there. France issued a similar warning yesterday, with its Foreign Ministry stating […]

today9 October 2022

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Israel extends administrative detention of female Palestinian journalist for third time

Israeli occupation authorities yesterday extended the administrative detention of female Palestinian journalist, Bushra Al-Taweel, for the third time in a row, for a period of three months. Twenty-nine-year-old Al-Taweel, a resident of the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, was arrested on 21 March at the Zatara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank. Bushra has been arrested on numerous occasions and spent about 3.5 […]

today20 September 2022

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Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike after agreement reached for release

INTERNATIONAL Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has suspended his nearly six-month hunger strike after an agreement was reached for his release from Israeli administrative detention. Awawdeh is now set to be released from detention on 2 October, according to the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Office (Addameer). The Palestinian Prisoners' Club also confirmed the news of his release date, sharing a video of Awawdeh on Facebook. It said he will remain in the Shamir Medical Center […]

today1 September 2022

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400 Palestinian children detained by Israel since start of 2020

At least 400 Palestinian children have been arrested by Israeli authorities since the beginning of the year, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PSS) said. In a statement released to mark International Children's Day which will be marked tomorrow, the PSS stated: "The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested 400 Palestinian children under the age of 18 since the beginning of this year, most of them from East Jerusalem." "The Israeli authorities continue […]

today20 November 2020

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Three Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike to protest administrative detention

Three Palestinian prisoners imprisoned at Ofer Detention Centre, southwest of occupied Ramallah, launched an open-ended hunger strike to protest against their administrative detention, reported the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The Prisoners Affairs Commission announced that Maher Al-Akhras, Mohammad Wahdan, and Musa Zahran, are under administrative detention, a system that allows Israeli authorities to arrest and hold people without charge for prolonged periods. Al-Akhras, a 49-year-old father of six children from […]

today22 August 2020

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