Palestinian detainees

Palestinian freed from Israeli jail tests positive for COVID-19

Wednesday-1-April-2020

A Palestinian young man tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) only one day after his release from an Israeli jail Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainee Affairs Commission said on Wednesday.

Palestinian detainee with brain tumor in critical health condition

Tuesday-31-March-2020

Cancer-stricken detainee Eyad Jerjawi 34 is suffering grave health deterioration at Israel's Gilboa prison amid deliberate medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said on Tuesday.

Fears of potential coronavirus surge in Israeli jails

Monday-30-March-2020

Israeli occupation authorities on Monday announced that three Israeli jailers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus disease sparking fears of potential outbreak among Palestinians detained in Israeli jails.

Palestinian child young man kidnaped in police raids in Issawiya

Monday-30-March-2020

The Israeli occupation police at dawn Monday kidnaped a Palestinian young man and a child from their homes in Issawiya district east Jerusalem.

Hamas praises Houthi offer regarding Palestinians in Saudi prisons

Friday-27-March-2020

Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Thursday evening welcomed an initiative by the leader of Yemen's Houthi movement Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi to free a number of Saudi captives in exchange for Palestinians detained in Saudi Arabia.

Palestinian detainee held in solitary confinement fined 500 NIS

Friday-27-March-2020

Palestinian prisoner at Israel's Nafha jail Ayman al-Sharbati has been put in solitary confinement and fined 500 NIS over charges of setting fire to a prison room.

Haneyya asks Saudi King to release Palestinian detainees from jails

Monday-23-March-2020

Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya has appealed to King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to take a decision to release all Palestinian detainees in the country.

Families of Palestinians in Saudi prisons call for their release

Sunday-22-March-2020

Palestinian families and rights groups on Saturday called on the Saudi authorities to immediately release dozens of Palestinians in their jails given the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Palestinians in Israeli jails face neglect amid coronavirus spread

Wednesday-18-March-2020

Tension has prevailed in Israeli jails over the deliberate neglect pursued by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian detainees despite the intensified spread of coronavirus in the Palestinian territories.

Bahar asks Saudi Shura speaker to intervene for release of detainees

Monday-16-March-2020

Ahmed Bahar acting speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has appealed to Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh chairman of the Saudi Shura Council to intervene urgently to remove the injustice being inflicted on Palestinian detainees in Saudi Arabia and have them released.