Prisoners

Barghouthi: Prisoners to resume strike if their demands not fulfilled

Wednesday-31-May-2017

Marwan Barghouthi the imprisoned Fatah leader who recently led a mass 41-day hunger strike said in a statement issued from his prison cell that the Freedom and Dignity Strike was suspended to give the opportunity for dialogue with the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).

Abu Tair: Prisoners movement should reassess its positions

Tuesday-30-May-2017

The released Jerusalemite MP Mohammed Abu Tair said on Tuesday that the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are living a difficult situation and that the prisoners movement should reassess its positions.

IPS returns transferred prisoners to their original prisons

Tuesday-30-May-2017

The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) returned on Tuesday the prisoners who were transferred in the beginning of the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike to their original prisons Palestinian official sources revealed.

Palestinian prisoner released after 12 years in Israeli custody

Tuesday-30-May-2017

The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released Tuesday the Palestinian prisoner Ali Bureijeh 40 from Negev prison after completing his 12-year prison sentence.

Palestinian MP Muhammad Abu Tair released

Tuesday-30-May-2017

The Jerusalemite lawmaker Muhammad Abu Tair was released Tuesday morning from Israeli jails after serving out a 17-month prison sentence a rights group revealed.

Commission publishes articles of the agreement to end hunger strike

Monday-29-May-2017

Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission published on Monday the most important humanitarian demands agreed upon during the negotiations between the leadership of the Palestinian prisoners movement and the Israel Prison Service (IPS).

Palestinian young woman released on bail

Monday-29-May-2017

Israel’s Salem military court released on Monday the Palestinian female prisoner Sujud Rayhan from Nablus on a bail.

Prisoners suspend hunger strike their mothers breathe life again

Saturday-27-May-2017

Following the dawn prayer of the first day in the holy month of Ramadan reports of Palestinian prisoners suspending their hunger strike in Israeli jails have reached their families.

PRC addresses UK foreign minister on prisoners and Gaza blockade

Friday-26-May-2017

The Palestinian Return Center (PRC) wrote a letter to the British foreign minister Boris Johnson urging his government to take measures to improve the conditions of the besieged Gaza Strip.

UN official slams Israel over Palestinian prisoners’ conditions

Thursday-25-May-2017

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein expressed Thursday deep concern over “the significant deterioration” of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners’ health condition as they enter their 39th day of hunger strike in Israeli jails.