International Committee of the Red Cross Archives

220 Palestinian prisoners join mass hunger strike on its 35th day

Palestinian leaders have warned the media to “remain cautious” regarding reports of alleged negotiations between Israeli officials and Palestinians towards reaching an agreement to end a mass prison strike that entered its 35th day on Sunday, as hundreds more joined the some 1,300 Palestinians currently forgoing food in protest of their conditions in Israeli prisons. Hunger-striking prisoners are calling for an end to the denial of family visits, the right […]

22 May 2017

International News

IPS forces assault, transfer hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners

As some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners entered the 11th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike, Israeli Prison Service (IPS) forces on Thursday attacked two hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in southern Israel’s Ashkelon prison, according to the Media Committee for Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike -- a joint committee formed by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs. A lawyer from the Palestinian Committee for […]

28 April 2017

International News

Yemen and Somalia ‘months away’ from famine

The world has as little as three months to save millions of people from famine in Yemen and Somalia, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. The medical charity needs $300m to bring emergency assistance to a total of five million people in Yemen, Somalia and northeast Nigeria, as well as areas of South Sudan where famine has already been declared. The funds will ensure that five […]

23 March 2017

International Committee of the Red Cross

220 Palestinian prisoners join mass hunger strike on its 35th day

IPS forces assault, transfer hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners

Yemen and Somalia ‘months away’ from famine

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