Palestinian prisoners Archives

Hamas condemns Palestinian prisoner conditions in Israeli detention

By Kouthar Sambo Several Palestinian prisoners have come forward to convey their accounts in Israeli detention, noting abuse, torture, rape, and deprivation of food and drink being the order of the day. "The spread of infectious diseases among Palestinian detainees inside the occupation jails, along with the decision by the occupation prison administration in Rimon and Nafha prisons to prevent lawyers from visiting prisoners, is new evidence of the extent […]

4 September 2024

International

Heatwave in Israeli jail: An ‘unbearable’ life for Palestinian prisoners

The past five years of sweltering summers remind Yacoub Abu Asab of the Israeli prisons where he spent 15 years of his life. For Palestinian detainees, the hot season is itself a prison within a prison. Israel's restrictive measures compound the woes of prisoners made to suffer through yearly heatwaves in prisons located in the desert or near hot, humid valleys that make life unbearable, the 51-year-old former detainee told Middle East Eye. Abu […]

13 August 2023

International

The City of Geneva has decided to forbid a Palestinian exhibition that depicts the suffering of Palestinian prisoners

By Kouthar Sambo Based on recent reports yesterday, the City of Geneva has decided to forbid a Palestinian exhibition that depicts the suffering of Palestinian prisoners within Israeli prisons. This comes after pressure from the Israeli Embassy in Switzerland and various pro-Israel organizations. Middle East Monitor reported that Secours Rouge Geneva was working in close collaboration with Samidoun Geneva to prepare for the show, which is believed to have run […]

31 May 2023

International News

Eid holidays especially difficult time for Palestinian mothers in Israeli prison

Fifty four Palestinian women are currently held as prisoners in Israeli jails, according to a statement from a lawyer from the Palestinian Committee of Prisoner’s Affairs. Lawyer Hanan al-Khatib said on Wednesday that the 56 prisoners -- 13 of whom are mothers and 10 who are minors -- “are going through very difficult living, humanitarian and health conditions.” Al-Khatib said that their suffering “increases as holidays come and go, with […]

22 June 2017

International News

IPS meets with strike leaders as female prisoners denounce detention conditions

A meeting was held on Monday between the Israel Prison Service (IPS) administration and Palestinian prisoners representing a mass hunger strike movement which ended more than a week earlier after hundreds went without food for 40 days, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reported. The meeting, the details of which remained unclear as of Monday evening, took place as reports emerged that some female Palestinian prisoners were planning civil disobedience measures […]

6 June 2017

International News

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

Committee: IPS moves all hunger strikers to prisons with field hospitals

Head of Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqe released a statement Wednesday evening, saying that all hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, whose numbers are estimated to be around 1,300, have been transferred to three Israeli prisons "due to their proximity to Israeli hospitals." Qaraqe said that all prisoners participating in the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike, which entered its 31st day on Wednesday, were transferred from across dozens of Israel’s […]

18 May 2017

International News

Israeli authorities continue attempts to break mass hunger strike on 24th day

As some 1,600 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons entered their 24th day on hunger strike on Wednesday, the prisoners have reported severe health deterioration -- including several hunger strikers coughing up blood -- and continued repressive measures imposed on the prisoners by the Israel Prison Service (IPS). Israeli authorities have also escalated their delegitimization campaign against Marwan Barghouthi, an imprisoned Fatah figure and the main leader of the strike.Palestinian prisoners […]

11 May 2017

International News

Palestinian prisoners having difficulty standing on 23rd day of mass hunger strike

As some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners marked their 23rd day on hunger strike on Tuesday, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs warned that hunger strikers had entered a dangerous stage, reporting that health conditions were deteriorating considerably. The political prisoners are calling for an end to the denial of family visits, the right to pursue higher education, appropriate medical care and treatment, and an end to solitary confinement and administrative detention […]

9 May 2017

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