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Aweidah Kollab after 24 years in Israeli prison
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Every Palestinian family has experienced the joy of a family member being released from an Israeli prison, no one more than the family of Aweidah Kollab, released as part of the prisoner exchange after 24 years in prison – 12 of which were in solitary confinement.
Aweidah's family, from Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood north of Gaza city, were...
Nov 01, 2011
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Obada Saeed Bilal (Jailed since April 2002)
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A native of Nablus in the West Bank, Obada is the son of Saeed Bilal. Obada was studying journalism at Najah University when he was seized, during the Israeli military campaign on the West Bank codenamed "Defensive Shield." He was charged with being a supporter military activities, It was just two weeks after his marriage to Nelly ...
Nov 12, 2011
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Ayman Kafishah (Jailed since April 1997)
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On April 5, 1997, Ayman was arrested by Israeli security forces and immediately transported to Ha Shikmah Prison in Israel. According to testimony he later delivered to the UN Commission on Human Rights and publicized by B’tselem, an Israeli human rights agency, Ayman was then interrogated nonstop for 36 hours. Tactics used to coerce him to t...
Nov 12, 2011
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