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Petition in Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli jails
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The cause of Palestinian and Arab political prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails is now more critical than ever, urgently requiring immediate international support.
Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners have started an open-ended hunger strike appealing for urgent and immediate international support to alleviate their suffering. Many ...
Oct 30, 2012
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Israel punishes hunger striking prisoners by transferring them to other end of country
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Approximately 80 political prisoners have been transferred from Gilboa prison to Nafha prison in the Naqab [Negev] desert, according to the news site Arabs48. The transfer follows a solidarity hunger strike undertaken by the prisoners, which I reported in my blog of 28 February. I wrote that the prisoners in Gilboa prison welcomed th...
Mar 06, 2012
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Women's Day is a day of solidarity with the administrative detainee Hana Al-Shalabi
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A call for women's and feminist organizations to announce Women's Day to be a day of solidarity with the administrative detainee Hana Al-Shalabi and all female prisoners and women in the families of Palestinian prisoners .
Women's Day, which marks the eighth of March, is a symbolic day to remind us of the struggle that women of the world go t...
Mar 03, 2012
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Israel’s long-term isolation of Mahmoud Issa is sickening
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Mahmoud Issa Moussa Dar Issa has been held in isolation in Israeli prisons for several periods since his detention in 1993. At the time of his arrest, Mahmoud acted as manager of the Jerusalem office of a newspaper published in Umm al-Fahm, Haifa. He was sentenced to three life terms and 49 years in September 1993. By way of comparison, Israel sent...
Jan 18, 2012
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Take Action Today for Hana al-Shalabi
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Hana al-Shalabi, an imprisoned Palestinian held under administrative detention without charge or trial, has been engaged in an open-ended hunger strike since her re-arrest on February 16, 2012. Now that Khader Adnan’s heroism has opened the eyes of the world to the struggles of Palestinian prisoners, it is imperative to keep the pressure on f...
Feb 26, 2012
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Rearrested Palestinian Hana Shalabi on hunger strike
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Hana Shalabi was among more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in October 2011 in a trade for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held by Gaza-based militants for more than five years.
She was re-arrested on February 16 and ordered to be detained under administrative detention without trial for six months
Hana Shalabi, from the West Bank vil...
Feb 25, 2012
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Feb 20, 2012
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Hundreds in Israeli jails join hunger strike (Take Action)
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Palestinian inmates join Khader Adnan, who has gone 56 days without food or water to protest his pre-trial detention.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have joined a fellow inmate on a hunger strike, after human rights groups reported the original protester's life was in danger.
Khader Adnan, has been refusing food and wate...
Feb 12, 2012
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10 More Detainees Join Hunger Strike in support of detainee Sheikh Khadar Adnan
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Ten more Palestinian detainees at the Ofer Israeli prison, decided to join the open-ended hunger strike of Sheikh Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike since 50 days, and his health condition has sharply deteriorated.
Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, stated that six Is...
Feb 06, 2012
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Report on the first international conference on the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Geneva
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I am pleased to share with you our report of our inaugural conference held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva this year. The conference was the first of its kind – with participants from all over the world – to discuss the plight of Palestinian prisoners and agree a Europe wide strategy.
The report includes highlights...
Dec 25, 2011
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No delay in the release of female prisoners – Bushra Altaweel finally freed
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A number of Palestinian prisoners including women and children were released on Sunday as part of the final phase in the prisoners exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian factions.
One of the released prisoners includes 18 year old female Bushra Altaweel, for whom UFree had been campaigning for since her illegal detention. She had been under ...
Dec 20, 2011
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Apr 27, 2012
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UFree Network: Palestinian political prisoners and detainees go on hunger strike to claim for their legitimate rights
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Hunger strikes have been the only means of protest possessed by Palestinian political prisoners and detainees to claim their basic rights; it is the only pressure tool against the Israeli occupation authorities in order to meet their basic demands. These strikes were capable of seizing dozens of demands and rights that many martyrs sacrificed their...
Apr 27, 2012
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The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call: Make Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day, 17 April 2012, A Day of International Action
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The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call:
Make Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day, 17 April 2012, A Day of International Action
Organizational endorsements are welcome for this statement. Please click here or emailapril17@palestinianprisoners.org to endorse.
“I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers n...
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