Palestinian detainees

Khudari’s family: Saudi King did not respond to our letter

Saturday-21-September-2019

Abdul-Majed al-Khudari said that his brother Mohamed the senior Hamas official who was arrested with his son in early April by the Saudi authorities had been exposed to maltreatment and psychological torture for three months in solitary confinement.

Euro-Med IRDG address HRC over forced disappearance of Palestinians

Tuesday-17-September-2019

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor and the International Institute for Rights and Development – Geneva (IRDG) have expressed their deep concern over the Saudi authorities’ illegal detention of dozens of Palestinians and cases of forced disappearance.

Palestinians demonstrate in al-Khalil over al-Sayeh’s death

Tuesday-10-September-2019

Dozens of Palestinian citizens marched on Tuesday in al-Khalil to protest the death of the Palestinian detainee Bassam al-Sayeh in Israeli jails due to deliberate medical neglect.

Israeli forces re-arrest Palestinian upon jail release

Sunday-8-September-2019

Israeli occupation forces on Sunday re-arrested a Palestinian detainee shortly after his release from Negev jail.

Euro-Med says Saudi Arabia forcibly hides dozens of Palestinians

Sunday-8-September-2019

The Euro-Mediterranean Monitor for Human Rights urged the Saudi authorities to immediately reveal the fate of dozens of Palestinians who have been subjected to enforced disappearance and to release them.

Israeli court extends detention of university student for sixth time

Thursday-5-September-2019

An Israeli military court on Thursday extended the detention of a Palestinian university student from Jenin for the sixth consecutive time.

10 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails

Monday-24-June-2019

10 Palestinian detainees have been on open hunger strike in Israeli lock-ups for different periods in protest at their detention conditions.

Ashqar calls his recent kidnaping “act of piracy and unlawful”

Tuesday-18-June-2019

Palestinian professor Abdul-Halim al-Ashqar has described his kidnapping by the FBI and the attempt to hand him over to Israel as an American act of piracy and a violation of the federal law.

His wife: Ashqar sent back to US following court order

Friday-7-June-2019

The wife of Palestinian professor Abdul-Halim al-Ashqar said that the lawyers defending her husband succeeded in extracting a court verdict ordering the US security authorities to bring him back immediately from Israel.

Tension flares up in Ashkelon jail over arbitrary transfer

Sunday-19-May-2019

The Palestinian Prisoner Society said that tension prevailed in Ashkelon jail on Sunday as the prisoners protested the arbitrary transfer of their representative Naser Abu Hmeid to another prison.