Prisoners

Knesset approves bill to cut payments of Palestinian prisoners

Tuesday-6-March-2018

The Israeli Knesset approved on Monday the first reading of a bill to deduct welfare payments paid out by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Palestinian prisoners and martyrs’ relatives.

23 years behind bars exhausted his body and stole his youth

Tuesday-6-March-2018

The long years of imprisonment left its marks on the body of Taysir Najib Shami Samoudi from the town of Al-Yamoun west of Jenin in the northern West Bank as he turned 62 years old (born October 30 1955) while still in prison serving his last year there.

213 Palestinian prisoners die in Israeli jails

Wednesday-28-February-2018

More than 200 Palestinians have lost their lives in Israeli prisons since 1967 as a result of torture lack of medical care and gunshot wounds rights sources announced on Wednesday

Israeli forces assault Palestinian prisoners in Nafha jail

Monday-26-February-2018

Israeli troops have raided prisoners’ rooms in Nafha prison assaulted dozens of Palestinian inmates and then forcibly transferred a prisoner to solitary confinement.

Tens of Gazan families visit relatives in Nafha jail

Monday-26-February-2018

Dozens of relatives of Palestinian prisoners from the besieged Gaza Strip left the coastal enclave Monday morning through the Erez checkpoint after they were granted permission to visit their relatives being held in Israel’s Nafha prison.

Palestinian prisoner released after 15 years in Israeli custody

Wednesday-14-February-2018

The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Wednesday the Palestinian prisoner Khalil Abu Heshiya 40 after 15 years in prison.

Shepherd prisoner held behind Israeli bars for 21 years

Monday-12-February-2018

His eyes are wide open penetrating bars and prison wires overlooking the fields and farms of his city of Jericho and its famous palm trees.

The untold story of a family behind Israeli bars

Saturday-10-February-2018

When one approaches the family’s house of Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Al-Arda Mahmoud's features could be seen at every corner and it feels like he is present at the family’s gatherings where many prayers and wishes are made for his imminent release and freedom.

Palestinian administrative detainee suspends his hunger strike

Wednesday-7-February-2018

The Palestinian prisoner Ayoub al-Assa 33 suspended on Tuesday evening his hunger strike after Israeli Prison Service (IPS) agreed to end his administrative detention next September.