PNN/ Ramallah/ Israeli soldiers on Thursday attacked and arrested a Palestinian youth who was participating in a prisoner solidarity stand in front of Ofer prison near Ramallah, northern West Bank. …
Read More »More Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike against administrative detention
Bethlehem/PNN/ Thirty Palestinians in Israeli jails have joined a hunger strike in solidarity with six detainees who have themselves been refusing to eat or drink to protest their illegal detention …
Read More »July: IOF arrested 420 Palestinians, including women and children
PNN/ Jerusalem/ Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested during last July 420 Palestinians; including 62 children, 10 women, and one member in the Palestinian legislative council, according to a report issued …
Read More »Report: Deliberate disregard for health conditions of prisoners in Israeli jails
PNN/ Ramallah/ Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Prisoners, many of whom are wounded, in Israeli jails are suffering from extremely worrying health conditions and their numbers are increasing due …
Read More »Prisoner’s Club: Death of Nassar Taqatqa result of torture
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club released new information on the circumstances of the death of captive Nassar Majid Taqatqa, 31, on Wednesday. They have confirmed that he was martyred …
Read More »Video: Mother of martyr Nasser Taqatqa speaks to PNN
PNN/ Bethlehem/ Through tears, the mother of martyr Nassar Taqatqa expressed her devastation at the loss of her son who died in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison. In an …
Read More »Human rights groups: IOF detained 2,759 Palestinians since beginning of year
PNN/ Ramallah/ Israeli Occupation Forces detained 2,759 Palestinians during the first six months of 2019, including 446 minors and 76 women, Palestinian human rights groups announced yesterday. The Prisoners Affairs …
Read More »MOFA calls for international investigation into death of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jail
PNN/ Ramle/ Head of the prisoners and ex-prisoner affairs committee, Maj. Gen. Qadri Abu Bakr, announced on Tuesday the death of Nassar Taqatqa while in solitary confinement in the Israeli …
Read More »Prisoner Fadi al-Harb joins hunger strikers to protest administrative detention
PNN/ Ramallah/ Fadi Yousef al-Harb, a prisoner from Deir Samet near Dura, south of Hebron, began a hunger strike at the beginning of this month to protest against the administrative …
Read More »IOF arrest two young men west of Bethlehem
PNN/ Bethlehem/ Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested two young men from Husan village, west of Bethlehem, on Wednesday morning. According to security sources, the IOF arrested two men in their …
Read More »Israel issues 432 administrative detention orders since start of 2019
PNN/ Gaza/ Israeli occupation authorities have issued 432 administrative detention orders against Palestinians since the start of 2019, the Palestine Prisoners’ Centre for Studies (PPCS) reported yesterday. Administrative detention is …
Read More »IOF arrest 25 people in West Bank and Jerusalem
PNN/ West Bank & Jerusalem/ Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 25 Palestinian citizens from different parts of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem on Sunday night and the early hours …
Read More »‘Israel has arrested 16,500 Palestinian minors since 2000’
Bethlehem/PNN/ Israel has arrested some 16,500 Palestinian children since the outbreak of the Second Intifada (uprising) in late-2000, a study says. Abdul-Naser Farwana, a Palestinian ex-prisoner and researcher at the …
Read More »Five Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails on hunger strike for several days
Bethlehem/PNN/ Five Palestinian prisoners have been on open-ended hunger strike for several days in protest at their detention administratively, with no trial or indictment. According to Prisoners Media Center, the …
Read More »On Prisoner’s Day: Over 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails
PHROC- PNGO/ Ramallah/ Palestinian prisoners at the prisons of the Occupation called off their open hunger strike, which had lasted for eight days, as they made victory by getting their …
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