Prisoners

Prisoners committee in Gaza boycotts the ICRC

Monday-6-February-2017

Prisoners Committee of national and Islamic factions in Gaza decided to boycott the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for its negligence regarding the issue of Palestinian prisoners.

Families of prisoners demand stronger position by ICRC

Monday-6-February-2017

Families of Palestinian prisoners in the Gaza Strip staged on Monday a protest condemning the negative position of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) toward the Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners.

300 Palestinian children among 7000 prisoners in Israel’s custody

Monday-6-February-2017

Approximately 300 children are among 7000 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails amid very difficult detention conditions rights sources revealed.

49 Gaza residents visit relatives in Israel’s Ramon prison

Monday-6-February-2017

Dozens of family members of Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip on Monday morning left the coastal enclave via Erez crossing to visit relatives in the Israeli Ramon prison.

Bahar calls for national unity for supporting prisoners

Sunday-5-February-2017

Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) First Deputy Speaker Dr. Ahmad Bahar called for national unity in support of the cause of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails where they face brutal violations.

Shadid reveals prisoners’ conditions to start dialogue with the IPS

Saturday-4-February-2017

Head of Prisoners’ Media Office in Gaza Abdurrhaman Shadid revealed on Saturday that Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails put conditions to start dialogue with Israeli Prison Service (IPS) on Sunday in order to end the state of tension prevailing at prisons.

Gaza: Factions launch week of activities in support of prisoners

Saturday-4-February-2017

Several Palestinian factions on Saturday morning announced the launch of activities that will be held until the end of the current week in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

PA forces arrest Palestinian summon another

Friday-3-February-2017

Al-Quds satellite channel reported Friday evening that the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) preventive apparatus summoned the director of its office Alaa al-Rimawi to be questioned on Saturday.

Three prisoners brought to court after attacking jailers

Friday-3-February-2017

Three Palestinian prisoners Friday were brought to Israeli magistrate court in Beersheba city in order to consider charges brought against them on attacking jailers in Israeli Negev and Nafha prisons.

Nassar family asks for information about fate of their sons in jail

Friday-3-February-2017

The family of Palestinian prisoners Ahmed and Mahmoud Nassar has expressed concern over the lives of its sons after jailers took them to an unknown place following the stabbing attack in the Negev jail.