Political arrests

MP Tafesh: PA and Fatah not serious about the national reconciliation

Sunday-25-March-2018

Palestinian lawmaker Khaled Tafesh has said that the exposure of Palestinian citizens to politically motivated arrests by the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the West Bank reflects that the PA and Fatah are not serious about ending the national division and seek to increase the suffering of the Palestinian people under occupation.

PA preventive security forces arrest Hamas leader in Jenin

Saturday-24-March-2018

The Palestinian Authority (PA) preventive security forces on Saturday evening apprehended the Hamas leader Ibrahim Nawahda after storming his home in al-Yamoun town to the west of Jenin city in the northern West Bank.

Hamas: PA security arrested 10 citizens illegally in the last few days

Saturday-24-March-2018

The Hamas Movement said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces arrested during the last three days 10 Palestinian citizens mostly ex-detainees in the context of its security cooperation with the Israeli occupation state and persisted in detaining others illegally.

Abu Aoun: PA’s systematic arrest of ex-detainees targets Hamas

Friday-23-March-2018

Senior Hamas official Nazih Abu Aoun has condemned the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) persistence in arresting citizens released from Israeli jails and university students as "illegal and part of a systematic targeting policy aimed at Hamas."

Child among three Palestinians summonsed by PA security forces

Wednesday-14-March-2018

The Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces on Wednesday summonsed three Palestinian citizens including a child for interrogation.

PA forces arrest ex-prisoner refuse to release 4 hunger strikers

Saturday-3-March-2018

The PA security forces arrested Friday evening an ex-prisoner and continued to detain others over their political affiliation including four hunger strikers.

MP Qarawi: Political arrests increase human suffering in W. Bank

Tuesday-6-February-2018

Palestinian lawmaker Fathi al-Qarawi has condemned that the ongoing political arrests taking place in the West Bank at the hand of the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces describing their actions as “antinational.”

Political prisoner brutally tortured in PA jails family says

Monday-30-October-2017

Mother of political prisoner Mohamed al-Jabraeen managed on Sunday to visit her imprisoned son in PA Jericho prison accompanied with his lawyer.

PA forces attest nine citizens over political reasons

Friday-27-October-2017

PA security forces detained during the past two days nine Palestinian citizens including ex-prisoners over their political affiliation.

MP Abu Baker calls on PA to halt political arrests in W. Bank

Friday-27-October-2017

Palestinian lawmaker Najat Abu Baker from Fatah has appealed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop its political arrest campaigns and provide more space for freedoms in the West Bank as a goodwill gesture towards the Cairo reconciliation agreement.