Prisoners

Wounded Palestinian teenager sentenced to eight years in prison

Wednesday-4-January-2017

Israeli Magistrate Court sentenced Wednesday morning a wounded Jerusalemite teenager to eight and a half years plus a fine of 10000 shekels for an alleged stabbing attack.

Palestinian prisoner subjected to tough investigation

Tuesday-3-January-2017

The Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Afifa from al-Khalil was subjected to tough investigation for more than a month in Maskoubia detention center.

Mother of long-serving Palestinian prisoner dies

Tuesday-3-January-2017

The mother of Palestinian prisoner Abdullah Aradha from the northern West Bank town of Araba near Jenin died on Monday.

3 Prisoners injured in Israeli raid into Nafha prison

Tuesday-3-January-2017

Israeli Special Forces assigned for quelling prisoners stormed overnight section 1 in Nafha prison and assaulted Palestinian prisoners causing injuries among prisoners and damages to their personal belongings Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs revealed Monday.

Hamas: Israeli cabinet’s decisions are racist

Monday-2-January-2017

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas described the new decisions of the Israeli Cabinet to tighten sanctions on the Palestinian detainees and keep withholding the martyrs' bodies as "aggressive and racist".

Professor Ashqar suffers difficult health condition in Israeli jail

Monday-2-January-2017

The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) are still holding the Palestinian professor Esam al-Ashqar 57 in custody without charge or trial despite his difficult health condition.

Crackdowns endorsed by Israeli Cabinet materializing on ground

Monday-2-January-2017

General coordinator of the Kasr al-Kayd International Campaign Ahmad Abu Taha warned Monday that the Israeli occupation started to implement the decisions opted for by the cabinet on Sunday to crack down on Palestinian detainees.

Qaddura: Israeli crackdowns signs of gov’t bankruptcy

Monday-2-January-2017

Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Faris Qaddura dubbed the latest decisions by the Israeli cabinet to withhold the bodies of slain Palestinians as signs of bankruptcy.

Red Cross denies Israeli ban on prisoners’ family visits

Monday-2-January-2017

Spokeswoman for the Red Cross Society Suhair Zaqut denied that the Israeli authorities had banned family visits scheduled for Gaza prisoners on Monday.

3 Prisoners injured in Israeli raid into Nafha prison

Monday-2-January-2017

Israeli Special Forces assigned for quelling prisoners stormed overnight section 1 in Nafha prison and assaulted Palestinian prisoners causing injuries among prisoners and damages in their personal belongings Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs revealed Monday.