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Prisoner Barghouti refuses to drink water after being isolated
Wa'ed Society for Detainees and Ex-detainees said that the Israeli authorities transferred on Friday evening captive leader Abdullah Barghouti, sent....
May 19,2013
UFree Network raises the prisoners' issue at the European Parliament on the 65th anniversary of Palestinian Nakba
UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners raises the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on the sidelines of the E....
May 17,2013
Number of detained cancer patients in Israeli jails rises to 26
Waed society for prisoners revealed on Tuesday that the number of cancer patients held in Israeli occupation prisons had risen to 26. It said in a ....
May 15,2013
The Israeli Administrative Dention
Administrative detention is a decrepit policy that Israel uses to hold Palestinians on secret information indefinitely without charging them or allowi....
May 13,2013
Occupation isolates hunger striking prisoners
The Israeli occupation continued to isolate three hunger striking prisoners in an attempt to break their will and pressure them to stop their strike....
May 12,2013
Israeli court extends remand of journalist
The Israeli military court in Salem has extended the remand of journalist Walid Khaled for two more days for further interrogation. The cou....
May 11,2013
Calls for the release of 13 MPs from Israeli jails
Ahrar Center for Prisoners' Studies and Human Rights called for an official and popular pressure for the release of 13 Palestinian MPs and 2 former ....
May 11,2013
Jordanian Prisoners in Israel Continue Hunger Strike
More Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails are expected to join their fellow incarcerated countrymen in a widespread hunger strike demanding freedom,....
May 10,2013
Halahle’s detention extended
The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday extended the detention of Thaer Halahle, from Kharas village in Al-Khalil, until Monday. Local sourc....
May 10,2013
Israeli Court refuses to release Jerusalemite female prisoner
The Israeli Magistrate Court has refused yesterday appeals to release the Jerusalemite female prisoner Inam Colombo. The detainee's lawyer af....
May 09,2013
Prisoner Abdullah Al-Barghouthi: Jordanian prisoners are continuing their strike until their demands are achieved
Prisoner Abdullah Al-Barghouthi confirmed to the PPS (Palestine Prisoners' Club) lawyer, who visited him at Gilboa prison, that he's continuing his op....
May 09,2013
Human rights calls for saving the life of Abu Sisi
Waed society for prisoners and ex-prisoners has called for saving the life of Dirar Abu Sisi, who has been in Israeli solitary confinement since his....
May 09,2013
Abdullah al-Barghouti joins the Jordanian prisoners' hunger strike
"To see my children is tastier than food, and being with other human beings is more stimulating than drink" Abdullah al-Barghouti is on hunger-stri....
May 08,2013
Protest torture and false imprisonment of Ameer Makhoul
Ameer Makhoul is human rights activist who was sentenced to nine years in prison on the basis of a confession that was obtained after tortur....
May 08,2013
Israeli Court Extends Isolation of Prisoner Abu Sisi
On Wednesday 8th May, Tadamun institute for human rights said that the Israeli Central Court decided to extend the isolation of the prisoner Dirar A....
May 08,2013
Captive Ayman Hamdan continues his open hunger strike
Captive Ayman Hamdan has continued his hunger strike since April 22 in protest at Israeli Military Advocate's decision to renew his administrative d....
May 07,2013
9,500 Palestinian children detained by Israel since 2000
Palestinian researcher and former prisoner Abdul-Nasser Ferwaneh released statistics on Tuesday showing that Israeli occupation forces have detained....
May 07,2013
A Palestinian child attempted suicide in an Israeli jail
Human rights lawyer Heba Masaleha said one of the Palestinian children detained in an Israeli jail tried to commit suicide as a result of the ....
May 06,2013
Palestinian released prisoner confirms the prisoners' difficult conditions
The liberated prisoner Imad Deeb Skafi, 35, who was released a few days ago after serving 7 years in Israeli jails, has confirmed that the Palestini....
May 05,2013
Prisoners in Raymond jail complain of systematic harassment
Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Raymond jail have addressed an urgent message calling for immediate intervention to stop the violent pr....
May 05,2013
IPS bars Jordanian hunger strikers from having fluids
The Israeli prison authority prevented the Jordanian hunger strikers from drinking any fluids except water in order to force them into endi....
May 04,2013
1227 Palestinians Kidnapped, 16 Killed since the beginning of 2013
The Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 1227 Palestinians, including children, women, ....
May 04,2013
PMF calls for prosecuting Israeli crimes against journalists
The Palestinian Media Forum (PMF) stressed the need to prosecute the Israeli war criminals in international courts for their continued crimes ag....
May 03,2013
Doctors discover two bullets in body of Palestinian prisoner
The Palestinian prisoner’s society in Al-Khalil said in a statement on Thursday that doctors discovered two bullets in the pelvis of Palestini....
May 02,2013
259 detainees and 4 martyrs during April
Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said in its monthly report that 259 Palestinians were arrested and 4 others were killed in the W....
May 01,2013
Prisoners Society Bare Israel Full Responsibility for Prisoners Life
Head of Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Raed Ammer, bare Israeli authorities the full responsibility for the life of prisoner Khaled Abu Hammad....
April 30,2013
Prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi still suffers from isolation
The international Tadamun society for human rights said that the Israeli regime still labels the case file of prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi as dange....
April 29,2013
Festival in Germany in support of prisoners
Representatives of institutions and solidarity activists in Germany announced developing their movements to make a qualitative leap in support of th....
April 29,2013
MADA Condemns Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Journalists
On Thursday 25th April,The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) said in a press release that the Israeli Occupation For....
April 26,2013
Photo gallery and drawings of Palestinian prisoners in Palestine 1948
UFree Network and Yousef Al-Sedeeq institute for prisoners' protection (YAAIP) organised today (Thursday 25 April 2013) a photo ....
April 25,2013
Palestinian female prisoners suffer harsh detention conditions
Bayaraq Center for Prisoners' Affairs confirmed that Palestinian female prisoners suffer harsh conditions in Israeli jails in light of the Israeli r....
April 25,2013
Tadamun: Abu Sisi, Saidi moved to worse isolation cells
The Israeli prison service (IPS) has moved the remaining two isolated Palestinian prisoners Dirar Abu Sisi and Awad Saidi to isolation cells worse t....
April 25,2013
IPS in Ashkelon prison denies patients medical treatment
The Israeli administration of Ashkelon prison stopped sending the sick prisoners to infirmaries and hospitals for medical treatment as part of its p....
April 24,2013
Israeli jailers conclude written agreement with Issawi ending his hunger strike
The will of Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi triumphed over the injustice of the jailers on early Tuesday and culminated in an Israeli court verdic....
April 23,2013
Media forum condemns Israeli assaults on journalists
The Palestinian media forum has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ assaults on journalists in the West Bank. The forum said in....
April 20,2013
Palestinian prisoner suffers speaking difficulty after wrong injection
A Palestinian captive in the Israeli occupation jails, sentenced to life imprisonment, is suffering from a serious health status after his jailers g....
April 20,2013
Israel injects Palestinian prisoners with dangerous viruses
Russian press sources revealed that the Israeli authorities inject Palestinian prisoners in its detention centers with "dangerous viruses" that lead....
April 19,2013
Letter from Samer Issawi on Palestinian Prisoners Day (full text)
Ramallah, April 17, 2013 From his room in Kaplan Medical Center, political prisoner Samer Issawi sent a letter via the lawyer of the Palestinian Pr....
April 19,2013
Israeli pressures on EU countries to deny entry to liberated prisoner Sarsak
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has sent diplomatic letters to the EU countries urging them to deny entry to the Palestinian liberated prisoner and foo....
April 18,2013
UFree Network intensifies its activities in defense of prisoners
UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners stressed the fairness of the issue of prisoners, criminalized the international silence ....
April 17,2013
A report on torture in Israeli jails based on interviews with former Palestinian prisoners and detainees
Torture in Israeli Jails The Legacy of Totalitarian Regimes A report on torture in Israeli jails based on interviews with former Palestinian....
April 16,2013
Liberated prisoner Sarsak the prisoners' ambassador to Europe
The liberated captive Mahmoud Sarsak, who went on hunger strike for 96 days, told the Prisoners Center for Studies that his tour in Europe is achiev....
April 16,2013
Occupation sends negotiators to captive Issawi's room
Palestinian human rights sources said that the Israeli authorities have continued attempts to persuade the Jerusalemite hunger striking prisoner Sam....
April 16,2013
Report: Israel arrested 1070 Palestinians since the beginning of this year
A statistics' report published today revealed that Israeli occupation authorities have arrested 1070 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of the c....
April 15,2013
Samer Barq interrogated by U.S. officers from FBI in Israeli jails
Palestinian human rights sources said that the hunger striking prisoner Samer Barq, from Jayous village near the city of Qalqilya northern West Ba....
April 14,2013
PHR warns of disaster in Israeli jails due to medical neglect
(PIC)-- Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in the occupied Palestinian territories accused the Israeli medical system inside the prisons of abusing....
April 13,2013
IPS uses cancerous cellphone jammers in its jails
Ahrar center for prisoners' studies and human rights said the Israeli jailers use cellphone jamming gadgets sending frequencies and waves that c....
April 13,2013
Israel offers deportation of Issawi to European country
Israel has offered the deportation of detained hunger striker Samer Issawi to a European country or any other UN member country, the AP reported on ....
April 12,2013
Samer Issawi’s Speech to Israelis
Hunger Speech by Samer Issawi Israelis: I am Samer Issawi on hunger strike for eight consecutive months, laying in one of your hospital....
April 12,2013
Israeli Military Court Allows Torture, Says Rights Group
On Wednesday 10th April, Addameer said in a press statment that an Israeli military court at Ofer camp, near Ramallah, extended the detention of two....
April 11,2013
Israeli Forces Re-arrest Released Handicapped Prisoner
On Thursday 11th April, Israeli forces rearrested 32-year-old released handicapped prisoner Mo'taz Obeidu from the city of Hebron, Palestinian offic....
April 11,2013
Letter of Issawi’s Mother to John Kerry
Please allow me first to introduce myself; I am Samer Issawi's mother who's in open hunger strike since August 1, 2012 aiming to obtain his freedom ....
April 10,2013
IOF kidnap Thaer Halahela once again
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday re-kidnapped ex-detainee Thaer Halahela from his home in Ramallah city after beating him sev....
April 10,2013
European efforts underway to have hunger striker Issawi released
The European commission said it started efforts to have Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, on hunger strike for about 261 days, released from an Isr....
April 09,2013
Autopsy shows Israel neglected prisoner
The results of an autopsy on the body of a Palestinian prisoner who died in Israeli custody show his death was caused by medical negligence, a Palesti....
April 04,2013
Funeral of Prisoner Starts in Hebron
On Thursday 4th April, the funeral of Prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh started in Hebron in a large military procession attended by thousands of Palest....
April 04,2013
Six Prisoners Wounded in Rimon Israeli Jail
On Tuesday 2nd April, six prisoners in Rimon Israeli prison were wounded after Israeli guards fired tear gas in their cells after Palestinian pr....
April 02,2013
4 journalists injured by Israeli fire
March has witnessed a serious Israeli escalation against journalists in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, where IOF targeted journalists....
April 02,2013
The arrival in France of Mahmoud Sarsak
We are pleased to inform you of the arrival in France of Mahmoud Sarsak, the young Palestinian football player who spent three years in prison witho....
March 22,2013
Prisoner prisoner refuses to apologize to Israeli officer
Israeli court has offered the isolated prisoner Awad Saidi to reduce his sentence that would be issued in the coming weeks if he apologizes to an Is....
March 21,2013
Issawi refuses to take vitamins
Ofer Military Court will hold today a hearing to look into the issue of Samer Issawi who went on a hunger strike since August 1st, 2012, PPS' lawyer....
March 21,2013
UFree Network participates at the UN 22nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council
UFree Network, to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners participates on Monday in the session to be held in Geneva by the UN 22nd Regular Session....
March 18,2013
Three Children Kidnapped In Hebron
Sunday March 17, 2013, the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West bank city of Hebron, ....
March 17,2013
EU concern at condition of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention
European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton said that the EU is following with "great concern" the situation o....
March 15,2013
IPS transfers hunger striker to solitary confinement
The Israeli prison service (IPS) transferred hunger striker Jamal Al-Nouri, who has been on hunger strike for 12 days, to an isolation cell in B....
March 14,2013
IOF re-arrests the liberated captive Mahmoud Shabaneh
Ahrar center denounced for Prisoners studies and human rights the arrest of the liberated captive Mahmoud Hamdi Shabaneh, 40, from Hebron by the I....
March 14,2013
Lawyer: Issawi stops drinking water
Hunger striking detainee Samer Issawi has stopped drinking water in an escalation of his 223-day protest, his lawyer said Tuesday. Jawad Bulou....
March 12,2013
Three Detainees Moved Into Solitary Confinement
Monday evening March 11, 2013, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that the administration at the Ofer Israeli prison moved three hun....
March 12,2013
A New Letter from Palestinian Prisoner Samer al-Issawi
My story is not different from many of the young Palestinians stories who were born and lived under the Israeli occupation. I was arrested for t....
March 10,2013
During February 151 Jerusalemites Arrested, Including 11 Women, 50 Children & 1Parliament member of PNC
Wadi Hilweh’s Information Centre-Silwan documented violations by the Israeli military against Palestinians in Jerusalem during February 2013....
March 10,2013
Palestinian Woman: Homage to Steadfastness and Sacrifice
In the International Women’s Day (8 March), Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights congratulates the Palestinian women who are ....
March 08,2013
11 Palestinian journalists in Israeli occupation jails
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) are incarcerating 11 Palestinian journalists the latest was taken from his home in Nablus at dawn Wednesd....
March 08,2013
IOF Deliberately Arrests Palestinian Journalists to Hide its Crimes
The Israeli Occupation Forces launched arrest campaigns targeting the Palestinian intellectual class aiming at silencing the voice of the truth.....
March 07,2013
ISESCO Denounces Child Abuse Perpetrated by Israel against Palestinian Children Detained in its Prisons
In a communiqué released today, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) denounced the ill and inhuman treatm....
March 07,2013
IOF arrests the activist Thamer Sabaana
Israeli occupation forces arrested today morning the liberated prisoner Thamer Saba’neh, 37, who is one of the most popular activist in th....
March 06,2013
Sharawne continues his hunger strike despite his serious health problems
Lawyer Jawad Bulous has said that detained hunger striker Ayman Sharawne was adamant on maintaining his hunger strike despite his serious health c....
March 06,2013
Why Palestinian prisoners are on hunger strike
1.1 - The issue of Palestinian prisoners is one of the worst consequences of the Israeli occupation. Since 1967, over 700,000 Pal....
March 05,2013
12 Palestinian Female Prisoners remain in 'Israeli' Occupation jails
Lina Jarbouni, she is the longest serving Palestinian woman political prisoner, she is from Arabba Al Batouf village, near the Palestinian City of....
March 04,2013
Ahrar slams Israeli harsh prison sentences against children
Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights strongly denounced the Israel military court of Ofer for issuing harsh prison sentences against....
March 04,2013
Occupation is holding five female prisoners without trial
Ahrar center for Prisoners studies and human rights said today that the Israeli occupation is still holding in the prisons five female prisone....
March 03,2013
Israeli Court Extends Remand of Cartoonist
The Israeli military court in Askalan decided to extend the remand of Palestinian cartoonist Mohammed Sabana for eight more days. The court tu....
March 02,2013
Jerusalem Child Sentenced To 19 Months
Thursday February 28, 2013, The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced a Palestinian child to 19-months imprisonment allegedly for throwing stones at....
March 01,2013
IOF arrests 382 Palestinians during February
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 382 Palestinians, including 10 women, in d....
March 01,2013
Ex-prisoners assert they were tortured in Israeli interrogation centers
Palestinian liberated prisoners asserted that the Israeli authorities have been practicing brutal torture and tyranny against them during interrogat....
February 28,2013
Two prisoners suspend their hunger strike till sixth of March
Palestinian prisoners Jaafar Izzuddin and Tareq Kaadan said they suspended their hunger strikers until the Israeli military court holds anot....
February 28,2013
Ahrar: Sick Palestinian prisoner’s family appeals to save his life
Ahrar–The family of the prisoner Fuad Akram Hamdiye (44) years from the city of Jerusalem has appealed through Ahrar center for prisoners st....
February 28,2013
Denmark calls on "Israel" to respect international human rights obligations towards all Palestinian prisoners
Danish Foreign Minister Willy Sondal called on the occupation authorities to respect international human rights obligations towards all the Palestin....
February 27,2013
Rights Group says Number of Striking Prisoners Up to 12
On Wednesday 27th February, a Palestinian human rights organization said that the number of prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has increase....
February 27,2013
The political Prisoners of Palestine
Samer Issawi has been detained by Israeli occupation authorities without any charge whatsoever. He had been released from prison in October 201....
February 27,2013
The Cartoonist Mohammad Saba’neh Still Kidnapped in Israeli Jails
The Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Saba'neh was arrested by “Israeli” occupation forces as he was returning from a visit to Jordan on....
February 26,2013
Captive Movement Organized Sit-in outside Meggido Prison
The Palestinian Captive Movement in the occupied territories in 1948 called for a demonstration outside Megiddo prison on Tuesday to protest the mur....
February 26,2013
Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Jails
Captive Movement continued its mass hunger strike for the second day in a row in the Israeli prisons protesting the murder of the prisoner Arafa....
February 25,2013
Palestinian Revolt following Jaradat's funeral
Thousand Palestinians have attended on Monday afternoon the large funeral procession of the Martyr Arafat Shailesh Jaradat in the t....
February 25,2013
Palestinian riot throughout West Bank
Violent clashes have erupted on Sunday in different parts of occupied West Bank following the murder of the Palestinian prisoner Ar....
February 24,2013
Updated information on Arafat Jaradat
Updated information on Arafat Jaradat, who was martyred in the Occupations jail today: Arafat was born on 14/1/1983, he had just turned 30 ....
February 23,2013
Former Irish Hunger Striker to Samer Al Issawi "Stay Strong"
It is with great sadness I learned the emergency hearing held yesterday in Israeli court for Palestinian Hunger Striker Samer Al Issawi has once aga....
February 20,2013
Rally for Palestinian prisoners in occupied West Bank
A public rally has been staged in support of Palestinian prisoners in the occupied city of Al Bierah, West Bank last Friday . The event ha....
February 17,2013
UFree Network: Rally to support Palestinian Prisoners and hunger strikers in West Bank
UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners along with a number of human rights' organisations are organising a rally in West Bank to ....
February 10, 2013
UFree Network condemns Israeli arrests of Palestinian MPs, call for urgent International action to release them
The European Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners (UFree Network) condemn the Israeli arrests of Palestinian members of parliament in....
February 4, 2013
Report: Samir Al Isawi health is at high risk, actions required
Thousands of Palestinians suffer the ramifications of different Israeli mechanisms of suppression, torture and intimidation. Far from the siege on Gaz....
February 2, 2013
Irish Hunger Striker Bobby Sand’s Words Ring True for Samer Al Essawi
Palestinian Political Prisoner and Hunger striker, Samer Al Essawi was wheeled into the Israeli magistrate court yesterday to hear the verdict on his ....
January 24, 2013
UFree Network: Israel should be held accountable for killing former prisoner Ashraf Abu Thra'
UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails expresses its deep sorrow and grief over the death of former Palestinian ....
January 22, 2013
Palestine 48 Delegation visit to Ireland continued today in Belfast
Members were first given a tour of West Belfast Murals and Monuments of Irish Martyrs, followed by a visit to the grave of Irish Hunger striker Bobby ....
January 14, 2013
'Palestine1948' prisoners' rights delegation visits Derry in Ireland
A Delegation from Palestine 48 comprised of Meezan Centre for Human Rights and Yousef Al Sedeeq Institute for Prisoners Protection, was today official....
January 13, 2013
NGO delegation from 'Palestine 1948' visits Ireland and UK, to lobby for Palestinian political Prisoners in 'Israel'
A delegation coordinated by UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners and Irish Friends of Palestine is commencing a trip to Ir....
January 12, 2013
UFree Network to join a 24-Hour mass hunger Strike in Solidarity with Palestinian hunger striker Samer al Essawi
UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails announced its full support and involvement in the 24-Hour mass hunger str....
January 6, 2013
UFree Network wishes you a Happy and Blessed New Year
UFree Network wishes you a Happy and Blessed New Year. Hopefully 2013 will be the Year we Set all our Palestinian political Prisoners and detainees FR....
December 31, 2012
UFree Network: Arab/European bodies tracked Abu Sisi, contributed to his kidnapping
UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails scrutinized the new information released by prisoner Dirar Abu ....
December 29, 2012
UFree Network to take part in Global ‘Electronic Day of Action’ in support of Palestinian Prisoners on hunger strike
UFree Network is due to participate in Global ‘Electronic Day of Action’ in support of Palestinian Prisoners and detainees ....
December 16, 2012
UFree Network: 5 Palestinian Prisoners are at risk, Urgent Action Required
UFree Network to support rights of Palestinian prisoners, called on intensifying efforts and actions in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who are ....
December 12, 2012
UFree Network: Baghdad Prisoner Conference is Hypocrisy
UFree Network expressed its concern anger over the Baghdad conference Palestinian prisoners. The organisation called on participants to withdraw from ....
December 11, 2012
Palestinian prisoners to launch another mass hunger strike on Tuesday
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Authority minister of prisoner affairs announced that prisoners in Israeli military prisons plan to launch a mass one-day hu....
3-12-2012
UFree Network launches International Campaign to save 2 Palestinian prisoners’ lives
UFree Network launched an Int. campaign titled, “International Campaign to save Ayman and Samir: Freedom and Justice for Palestinian detainees i....
2012-11-26
UFree Network: Kidnapping of Parliamentarians by Israel is a war crime
UFree Network condemned the renewed kidnapping of Palestinian members of parliament in occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. This condemnation comes upon ....
2012-11-23
Hamdan: As Israeli air force bombs Gaza, army arrests 170 in West Bank
UFree Network reported a number of arrests carried out by the Israeli army against Palestinian civilians. The arrests came amid an escalating war agai....
2012-11-21
ACTION ALERT: UFree Network condemns renewed solitary confinement of prisoner Abu Sisi
The European Network to Support Rights of Palestinian Prisoners (UFree) expresses its profound condemnation over the ruling of an Israeli occupation c....
2012-11-01
UFree Network starts an International Campaign to release Palestinian-Ukrainian resident, Dirar Abu Sisi from Israeli Jails
An international petition has been announced by UFree Network to free a Ukrainian resident of Palestinian origin from Israeli jails, Dirar Abu Sisi. ....
Oct 16, 2012
UFree Network: Israeli military court system is “kangaroo court”, implements Israeli intelligence agenda
The family of, Abdulfattah Soubhi Dola, a Palestinian detained eight years ago and convicted for twelve years, appeals through UFree network to the In....
Oct 13, 2012
Mahmoud Al-Sarsak rejects invite to El Clasico match
Palestinian footballer and former hunger striker Mahmoud al-Sarsak told a prisoners group on Monday he will not accept an invitation to the watc....
Oct 01, 2012
Including Fouad Al Khafish, UFree denounces arrest of released prisoners by Palestinian national authority
UFree network denounces all arrests conducted by Palestinian National Authority (PNA) security forces for tens of Palestinians in different areas of t....
Sep 20, 2012
Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees in the Israeli Jails
UFree Networks sends letters of concerns to the Norwegian foreign minister, the Norwegian government and Members of the European Parliament to raise....
Sep 13, 2012
Families of Palestinian detainees call for urgent actions to support hunger strikers
The families of Palestinians detained by Israel called for a week of urgent actions to support a mass hunger strike on 13 September, as well as ongo....
Sep 11, 2012
UFree Network: Israeli occupation intentionally causes physical and psychological hurt to hunger strikers
Hamdan: Medical ignorance of Shirwana is flagrant violation against humanity UFree Network called both International Committee of the Red Cro....
Sep 02, 2012
UFree Network: Breaking in and arbitrary transfer of prisoners at Ramon jail are serious escalations
Hamdan: Punishments are signs of weakness and prisoners will defeat them as they did with solitary confinement UFree network condemne....
Aug 30, 2012
Israeli Guards Injure Eight Palestinian Prisoners in Violent Clashes
Eight Palestinian prisoners were injured in a fight with Israeli prison guards at Ramon prison on Wednesday, the Palestinian Authority Minister ....
Aug 25, 2012
Eid Mubarak from UFree Network
Eid Mubarak from UFree Network A day of happiness... Joy and Togetherness We still remember those imprisoned Pale....
Aug 18, 2012
Urgent: Hunger striker Hassan Safadi’s head violently slammed against cell door by prison guards
Palestinian hunger strikers Hassan Safadi and Samer Al-Barq continue to be severely mistreated by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), in the forms of ph....
Aug 18, 2012
Updated: Urgent Action: Abducted Palestinian Athletes Omar Abu Rouis and Mohammed Nemer
UFree Network has expressed deep concerns over the abduction of Palestinan athletes Omar Abu Rouis and Mohammed Nemer by Israeli Occupation ....
Aug 11, 2012
Visits to Palestinian hunger strikers reveal mistreatment by Israeli Prison Service
Four Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention remain steadfast in their open hunger strikes as their health conditions continue to deterio....
Aug 07, 2012
Prisoners group: 4,423 detainees held in Israeli jails
There are 4,423 Palestinian prisoners currently being held in twenty different Israeli detention centers, according to a report released by the Palest....
Aug 06, 2012
Prisoners group: 4,423 detainees held in Israeli jails
There are 4,423 Palestinian prisoners currently being held in twenty different Israeli detention centers, according to a report released by the Palest....
Aug 06, 2012
Updated: UFree Network: Concerns over the kidnapping of Abu Rouis and Nemer and we call upon the international Olympic committee to save them
UFree Network expressed its deep concerns and worries towards the continuing kidnap of Omar Khaled Abu Rouis, goalkeeper of Palestinian national Olymp....
Aug 02, 2012
Hamdan UFree Network website was hacked by Israeli hackers’ team
Mohammed Hamdan, UFree network chairman, said that UFree website was hacked by Israeli hackers’ team, which totally paralyzed the website. ....
Aug 06, 2012
UFree Network: Solidarity campaign with Akram Rikhawi succeeded
UFree network said that it managed to conduct a solidarity campaign with 103-day hunger striker prisoner Akram Rikhawi since his hunger strike on 12 A....
Jul 25, 2012
UFree Network welcomes the release of Dr. Dowik and calls upon releasing other PLC members.
UFree Network welcomes the release of Dr. Aziz Dowik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), after being detained in January at an Isra....
Jul 20, 2012
UFree Network exclusive: After 96 days of hunger strike, Sarsak "I was released from prisons and I declare victory"
The Israeli authorities sat political prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak free after the longest individual hunger strike that lasted for 96 days. In a p....
Jul 10, 2012
UFree Network succeeds in internationalising Palestinian prisoners' plight
UFree Network welcomed the European Union recent policy, especially after the success in making Palestinian prisoners' plight international and puttin....
Jul 08, 2012
Palestinian hunger striker Akram Rikhawi ends hunger strike after 103 days
Palestinian hunger striker Akram Rikhawi stops his hunger strike after his historic 103 days, in a deal that will set him free on 25/1/2013 instead of....
Jul 10, 2012
MPs' respond to UFree's Mahmoud Sarsak's letter campaign
Latest Update: A reply from Nick Clegg, British dupty prime minister in regards to the letter campaign: Correspondence Assistan....
Jun 28, 2012
Report on treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law
Children in Military Custody assess the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law, examining each stage in the process: arr....
Jun 27, 2012
UK ready to take on Israel over fate of children clapped in irons
The Foreign Office revealed last night that it would be challenging the Israelis over their treatment of Palestinian children after a report by a dele....
Jun 27, 2012
26 June 2012, International Day Against Torture
On 14 and 15 May, an agreement was concluded between hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners and detainees and the Israeli Prison Service (IPS). Its pro....
Jun 26, 2012
UFree Network: Al Rekhawi’s life in danger after 73 days of hunger strike
UFree Network holds the Israeli occupation responsible for the deteriorating health condition of Palestinian prisoner Akram Al Rekhawi, who st....
Jun 23, 2012
UFree Network celebrates the victory of prisoner Sarsak after 95 days of hunger strike
UFree celebrates the new victory brought by the hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak after 95 days, such strike is the longest in the history of Palestinian ....
Jun 19, 2012
UFree ACTION ALERT: Support Palestinian footballer – Mahmoud Sarsak!
As you enjoy the Euro2012 games please give thought to Sarsak, a skillful footballer who once played for the Palestinian National team. He urgently ne....
Jun 14, 2012
UFree Network: Israeli occupation arrests 21 university students during May 2012
UFree Network reported 21 arrests of Palestinian university students by the Israeli occupation. According to UFree Network's statistics, such detenti....
Jun 13, 2012
Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak is in a deteriorating health situation
UFree Network holds the Israeli occupation responsible for the critical health situation of Palestinian detainee Mahmoud Sarsak, who launched a hunger....
Jun 11, 2012
Time running out for hunger striking footballer as rights groups demand urgent pressure on Israel
After 80 and 56 days of hunger strike respectively, the critical situation prompted 12 human rights groups making up the Palestinian Cou....
Jun 07, 2012
Report: UFree Network, the Israeli occupation tries to renounce prisoners' agreement to void it from its content
On 17th April and by pursuant to an agreement signed by the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and the Palestinian prisoners, the open hunger strike, which ....
Jun 06, 2012
UFree Network calls for an international action after death of Palestinian prisoner Labada
A detainee released to hospital last week by the Israeli occupation dies today due to complications from an ongoing illness whilst being in dete....
May 31, 2012
Palestinian MPs held in Israli jails, by: Martin Linton
It is strange that Israel can still get away with calling itself ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ when it does everything it can to....
May 30, 2012
4600 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails
Ramallah, May 29 (Petra)--The Number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails currently stand at 4600, including 215 children and 302 administr....
May 29, 2012
Israeli jailings continue after prisoner deal
* Detention terms extended for more than 25 Palestinians * Two prisoners still on hunger strike By Noah Browning RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 28 ....
May 28, 2012
Israeli administrative detention continues after prisoner deal
An Egyptian-brokered deal that ended a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has failed to meet Palestinian expectations that I....
May 29, 2012
A Seminar on Palestine’s Prisoners: A Lament on Injustice
This week a sobering and highly informative closed door seminar was held on the plight of Palestinian Prisoners in the elegant surroundings of L....
May 26, 2012
Resounding victory Israel reduces number of prison meals for Palestinian childrenfor the hunger strikers
Child detainees in Israeli jails have accused the prison authorities of implementing a "starvation policy" against them as the number of mea....
May 28, 2012
Conference discussing the plight of over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners
A major new conference discussing the plight of over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners currently incarcerated in Israeli jails will be held at St Mary&rsquo....
May 21, 2012
UFree Network weekly update: Palestinian prisoners’ news in Israeli jails from 19-26th May 2012
Israeli occupation arrests 45 Palestinians from different areas in West Bank. A number of women and minors were amongst them. Isr....
May 27, 2012
Resounding victory for the hunger strikers
Palestinian Prisoners’ Committee has signed an agreement with the Israeli prisons’ service to end the 28 day prisoners’ hunger strik....
May 16, 2012
Hamdan: Palestinian prisoners achieved a heroic victory
Hamdan: Palestinian prisoners achieved a heroic victory Mohammad Hamdan, UFree Network chairman, has confirmed that the prisoners’ ....
May 15, 2012
Letter from Thaer Halahleh to his daughter Lamar on 75th day of hunger strike
A letter from Thaer Halahleh, on day 75 of hunger strike against his detention without charge, to his two-year-old daughter Lamar, who he has ne....
Petition in Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli jails
This petition is now closed. We thank you for your contribution in our campaign, we have used the information provided in orde....
Apr 17, 2012
Statement: Israel government should free Ameer Makhoul on the second anniversary of his arrest
More than 25 organisations around the world have combined to urge Israel to free imprisoned human rights defender Ameer Makhoul on the second annive....
May 04, 2012
Urgent action needed to save lives of Palestinian hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, doctors warn
Two Palestinian hunger strikers are at grave risk of death unless urgent action is taken, two human rights organizations, Addameer and....
May 01, 2012
Palestinian Political Prisoners Subject to Collective Punishment as Mass Hunger Strike Continues
Joint Call for Action 3 May 2012 As organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian....
Ameer Makhoul: still shaking the foundations of Israeli apartheid after 2 years in jail
Two years ago, Janan Abdu’s life changed forever. “It’s not [just] one issue, the political prisoners; it became ....
May 03, 2012
Act now: more Palestinian hunger strikers in hospital with serious health problems
Yesterday, Palestinian lawmaker and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmad Saadat has been moved to Ramleh pr....
Apr 30, 2012
UFree Network: Palestinian political prisoners and detainees go on hunger strike to claim for their legitimate rights
Hunger strikes have been the only means of protest possessed by Palestinian political prisoners and detainees to claim their basic rights; it is the o....
Apr 27, 2012
Take action, join the demonstrations for Palestinian hunger strikers
International solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners who are on an open-ended hunger strike is growing. Around 2,000 Palestinian&nbs....
Apr 27, 2012
Request for media coverage on the international seminar in Jerusalem tomorrow
You are invited to cover the second international seminar on Palestinian Political Prisoners and detainees in Jerusalem. The seminar is organised by U....
Apr 22, 2012
Second international seminar on Palestinian Political Prisoners and detainees in Jerusalem
UFree Network is organising an international seminar on Palestinian Political Prisoners and detainees in Jerusalem. Speakers include Martin Lint....
"Hunger strike a signal to world's oppressed"
When Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan called his mother at 11:30pm on Tuesday night, s....
Apr 20, 2012
320 International Organization Launches International Appeal to Support the Demands of the Prisoners on Hunger Strike
The Eruo-Mediterranean Observer for Human Rights announced the launch of the biggest international appeal to support the demands of the Palestinian pr....
Apr 17, 2012
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to go on hunger strike
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are expected to embark on hunger strikes this week to draw attention to imprisonment without charge....
Apr 15, 2012
An international conference to draw the world's attention to the suffering of Palestinian political prisoners languishing in Israeli jails
The event, the first of its kind, was organized by "UFree Network" an international organization which highlights the suffering of Palestini....
Apr 07, 2012
International Seminar on Palestinian Political Prisoners and detainees
In commemoration of the Day of Palestinian Political Prisoners UFree Network is organising an international seminar in the Gaza strip to d....
What Palestinian political prisoners are fighting for
The case of the freedom fighter Khader Adnan reminds us of where the strength of the Palestinian people lies. This is the strength tha....
Mar 22, 2012
Important Update: Serious Danger to Health of Administrative Detainee Hana Shalabi, on Day 27 of Her Hunger Strike
Joint Statement, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel A Physicians for Human Rights-....
Mar 13, 2012
Important Update: Serious Danger to Health of Administrative Detainee Hana Shalabi, on Day 27 of Her Hunger Strike
Joint Statement, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel A Physicians for Human Rights-....
Mar 13, 2012
11 prisoners injured in Israeli jail raid
Eleven Palestinian prisoners were injured Monday when Israeli security officers raided Ashkelon prison in southern Israel, the PA Ministry of Prisoner....
Mar 12, 2012
Calling for the Release of All Palestinian Female Political Prisoners
Join Addameer and call for the immediate release of all female political prisoners and detainees from Israeli prisons on Women’s Day, 8 March 20....
Mar 10, 2012
Israel punishes hunger striking prisoners by transferring them to other end of country
Approximately 80 political prisoners have been transferred from Gilboa prison to Nafha prison in the Naqab [Negev] desert, according to the news site&....
Mar 06, 2012
Women's Day is a day of solidarity with the administrative detainee Hana Al-Shalabi
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 a....
Mar 03, 2012
Palestinian prisoners welcome call for international day of action on 17 April
Political prisoner Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and civil society leader currently held in Gilboa prison, says tha....
Feb 28, 2012
Take Action Today for Hana al-Shalabi
Hana al-Shalabi, an imprisoned Palestinian held under administrative detention without charge or trial, has been engaged in an open-ended hunger strik....
Feb 26, 2012
Rearrested Palestinian Hana Shalabi on hunger strike
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 ....
Feb 25, 2012
The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call: Make Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day, 17 April 2012, A Day of International Action
The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call: Make Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day, 17 April 2012, A Day of International Action Organiz....
URGENT: Heed Randa Adnan’s call. Military court rejects Khader Adnan’s appeal in de facto death sentence
“My husband is dying inside an Israeli jail. The world should make sure I am able to see him,” she said. “And it should pressure the....
Feb 19, 2012
Hundreds in Israeli jails join hunger strike (Take Action)
Palestinian inmates join Khader Adnan, who has gone 56 days without food or water to protest his pre-trial detention. Hundreds of Palestinian prisone....
Feb 12, 2012
Hunger strike highlights forgotten tragedy of Palestinian prisoners
Khader Adnan’s hunger strike reached its 52nd day with little international attention. Some might think this is due to his association with....
Feb 07, 2012
Urgent Action: Israel kidnaps 27 Palestinian lawmakers
(Click above on 'Take Action' to send a letter directly to UK MPs and MEP's across the European Parliament) Israel’s violent seizure....
Jan 24, 2012
10 More Detainees Join Hunger Strike in support of detainee Sheikh Khadar Adnan
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....
Feb 06, 2012
Khader Adnan, a Palestinian political detainee in isolation, ACT NOW
On 16 January 2012, Khader Adnan entered his 30th day of hunger strike and speaking strike in protest of his administrative detention. His healt....
Jan 19, 2012
Internationalizing the Palestinian Prisoners Question
The success of internationalization can be gauged by the extent to which the issue or question concerned becomes a global concern. This means cr....
Jan 21, 2012
UFree Exclusive: More than 40 Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (MPLC) kidnapped since 2006
“UFree Network: Israeli occupation keeps until today 23 MPLCs in detention" Israeli occupation authorities continue to captive twe....
Jan 02, 2012
International strategy for Palestinian prisoners needed
Political prisoners, their families, and their concerns and causes enjoy massive support in Palestinian society. Palestinians who may have never joine....
Feb 05, 2012
Israel’s long-term isolation of Mahmoud Issa is sickening
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,....
Jan 18, 2012
IPU discusses Palestinian parliamentarians in Israeli Jails
The IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians said on Tuesday that it examined, recently, the cases of Palestinian parliamentarians held i....
Jan 17, 2012
"Sometimes I feel my stomach will explode": Israel subjects teen prisoner to medical negligence
Palestinian youth in Beit Ommar face regular repression, arrest and detention by Israeli soldiers during demonstrations against encroaching ....
Jan 08, 2012
Israeli forces arrest 16 people across West Bank
Israeli military forces arrested 16 people overnight Wednesday and early Thursday, the army and local officials said. An Israeli army spokesw....
Israeli ban on family visits to Gazan prisoners violates international law
Palestinian human rights organization Addameer condemned Israel’s ban on family visits to prisoners from Gaza in Israeli jails in a&nb....
Jan 01, 2012
Press TV interview with UFree coordinator in London on the release of 550 Palestinian prisoners
The prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas has been completed with the release of 550 Palestinians. On October 18....
Dec 25, 2011
Report on the first international conference on the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Geneva
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 ....
Dec 25, 2011
Israeli policies disconnect Palestinian political prisoners from their families
Prison officers have unleashed a new wave of oppression against prisoners. Letters to families sent by Palestinian political prisoners have ‘dis....
Dec 29, 2011
No delay in the release of female prisoners – Bushra Altaweel finally freed
A number of Palestinian prisoners including women and children were released on Sunday as part of the final phase in the prisoners exchange deal betwe....
Dec 20, 2011
Separated as prisoners, reunited in Gaza on release
On 19 December, the second and last group of Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged for a captured Israeli soldier is expected to be released....
Dec 16, 2011
Second phase of prisoner swap on Sunday 18/12
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society said Wednesday that the Israeli prison service has notified the detainees who will be released in the secon....
Dec 15, 2011
Detainees expect word of releases in days
Palestinians detained in an Israeli jail say they expect to be informed on Tuesday which of them will be released in the second stage of a prisoner re....
Dec 12, 2011
Family fears their son is dying within Israeli prison
Mohammad Awad is a 16 year old Palestinian boy, he is in an Israeli jail and he is gravely ill – his family believe that he is not receiving the....
Dec 07, 2011
UFree "Israeli occupation prevents families of 20 released prisoners from meeting their loved ones"
Israeli occupation authorities continue to prevent some relatives of the released prisoners, as per the Prisoner Exchange Deal, from travelling outsid....
Dec 05, 2011
Palestinian children imprisoned in violation of international law
In September 2009 Israel established the Military Youth Court. Two years later, in September 2011 Israel finally met its obligations under internation....
Dec 04, 2011
40 disabled Palestinian prisoners behind Israeli bars
A newly released report revealed that Israeli occupation authorities detain more than 40 handicapped Palestinians in jails and detention centers. T....
Nov 30, 2011
Patients in Israeli jail suffering after ward move
Invalids in an Israeli prison hospital are facing worsening conditions which harm their health, the prisoner affairs ministry in Ramallah said M....
Nov 21, 2011
Ali, released after 23 years in Israeli jails: “I have to learn life”
Israel locks up Palestinian political prisoners with Israeli citizenship, including Ameer Makhoul, in Gilboa jail. On 18 October, three fellow ....
Nov 28, 2011
Child Prisoners (Report)
The imprisonment of Palestinian children is a common feature of Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Defence for Children International (DCI) e....
Nov 15, 2011
Freed prisoner re-united with his children after 24 years – family prepare lawsuit against Israeli occupation
UFree exclusive from Gaza City Friday 28.10.2011 Every Palestinian family has experienced the joy of a family member being released ....
Oct 28, 2011
UFree launches a campaign of solidarity with a Palestinian detained Bushra Altaweel 17 years old
Bushra Altaweel, a 17 year-old teenager was arrested on July 6th 2011, during a dawn raid at her home in Al-Bireh, near Ramallah in West Bank. ....
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