Prisoners

Former hunger striker released from Israeli jails

Monday-12-December-2016

The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) released on Monday the former hunger-striking prisoner Bilal Kayed from Asira al-Shamaliya village in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus.

Palestinian prisoner having his first baby after years of detention

Monday-12-December-2016

The Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Mahroom from Jenin city to the north of the West Bank had his first baby "Adam" on Sunday after three decades of detention.

Prisoner Abu Sawaween sentenced to 5 additional years

Saturday-10-December-2016

Hamza Abu Sawaween was sentenced to 5 additional years (the total duration of his sentence is18 years now) by the Israeli Beersheba court and fined up to 25000 shekels.

Palestinian prisoner transferred to Ramla prison hospital

Saturday-10-December-2016

The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred the imprisoned professor Issam al-Ashqar 57 to Ramla prison hospital after his serious health deterioration.

Amman rally pushes for “dignified visit” to Jordanian in Israeli jail

Friday-9-December-2016

Dozens of activists rallied outside the headquarters of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry in Amman on Thursday afternoon calling for a “dignified visit” to prisoner Muneer Mar’i held in Israeli jail.

Hundreds of torture lawsuits against Israeli jailers unheeded

Thursday-8-December-2016

Despite hundreds of complaints of Shin Bet torture no single criminal investigation has been launched by the Israeli authorities Haaretz newspaper reported Wednesday.

IOA refuses open visit to prisoner Marei

Wednesday-7-December-2016

Shaheen Marei brother of the Jordanian prisoner in the Israeli jail Muneer Marei said that he and his sisters were unable to visit Muneer on Wednesday as agreed after the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) broke the promise of an open visit.

Palestinian prisoner Saeed al-Banna diagnosed with new cancerous tumor

Wednesday-7-December-2016

The Palestinian prisoner Saeed al-Banna 36 affirmed that his latest medical examinations showed a growth of new cancerous lumps in his bladder which require an urgent eradication surgery.

Jordanian citizen to meet jailed sibling in Israeli jail

Wednesday-7-December-2016

Brother and sisters of the Jordanian prisoner Muneer Mar’i headed to the occupied Palestinian territories on Wednesday morning to visit their sibling in an Israeli jail.

Pressures on two Palestinian prisoners to take vitamin supplements

Monday-5-December-2016

Doctors in the Israeli Assaf Harofeh hospital are exerting intense pressures on the hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners Ahmad Abu Farah and Anas Shadid to suspend their 72-day open hunger strike and to take vitamins the Quds foundation for prisoners said.