Bethlehem/PNN/ Tareq Barghouthi, a lawyer for the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, said in a statement issued Thursday that the hunger striker Muhammad Balboul’s health had seriously worsened, adding that …
Read More »PPS: 25 Palestinian journalists in Israeli jails
PNN/ Bethlehem/ The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Israel is currently detaining 25 Palestinian journalists, seven of whom are imprisoned under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial. According to …
Read More »IOF explode home of Palestinian prisoner in Dura
PNN/ Hebron/ Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Tuesday dawn have exploded the family home of Palestinian prisoner, Mohammed AbuRyoosh, in Dura town south of Hebron, Southern West Bank. Eyewitnesses said …
Read More »Kayed ends 71-day hunger strike in exchange with release deal
PNN/ Bethlehem/ Administrative prisoner and hunger striker, Bilal Kayid on Thursday has suspended his hunger strike, which lasted 71 days, after reaching an agreement to be released reportedly in December at …
Read More »UN deeply concerned at deteriorating health of striking prisoner Bilal Kayed
PNN/ Geneva/ The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday expressed deep concerns regarding the deteriorating health of Bilal Kayed, a 35-year-old Palestinian man, who has been on hunger strike …
Read More »IOA transfers Palestinian captive to hospital after worsening of his health
Bethlehem/PNN/ Issa Qaraqe, Head of Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, said that the Palestinian hunger striker prisoner Mahmoud al-Balboul was transferred Sunday evening to Assaf Harofe Hospital after the deterioration of …
Read More »IOA extends administrative detention order against Palestinian journalist
RAMALLAH/PNN/ The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) extended the illegal administrative detention order against member of the general secretariat of the Palestinian journalists syndicate Omar Nazzal. The captive’s wife, Marline, said …
Read More »PPS:Health of 4 hunger-strikers takes turn for worse in Israeli jail
RAMALLAH/PNN/ Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) on Wednesday raised alarm bells over the exacerbated health status of four Palestinian hunger-strikers held in the Israeli Ofer jail. PPS lawyer said the health …
Read More »Palestinian ex-prisoner succumbs to disease caught in Israeli jail
Hebron/PNN/ Former Palestinian prisoner Naim Shawamreh, who developed muscular dystrophy while serving his sentence in Israeli jails, has succumbed to his illness three years after he was released. The Prisoners’ …
Read More »Prisoners to lead one-day hunger strike in Solidarity with strikers
PNN/ Ramallah/ Palestinian prisoners in four Israeli jails have decided to go on a one-day hunger strike next Tuesday in Solidarity with the hunger strikers and in protest at Israeli measures …
Read More »Kayed may not stand another two months of hunger strike
GAZA/PNN/ The Palestinian Prisoner Center for Studies (PPCS) has strongly denounced the Israeli court decision to hold a hearing for hunger-striking prisoner Bilal Kayed in two months from now, describing …
Read More »AMNESTY : Palestinian detained without charge on day of release from 14 year prison sentence
Bethlehem/PNN/ The Israeli authorities must charge or release Bilal Kayed, who they placed under administrative detention on the day he was due to be released after serving a 14 and …
Read More »14 Palestinians kidnapped in W. Bank IOF campaigns
West Bank/PNN/ The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Monday kidnapped 14 Palestinians from their homes in different West Bank areas. A report released by the Israeli army said that …
Read More »PPS : 80 detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails
Bethlehem/PNN/Over 80 Palestinian detainees are on hunger strike staged across different Israeli jails in protest at Israel’s arbitrary detention policies, a rights group said Sunday. According to the Palestinian Prisoners …
Read More »Farwana: 2,320 Palestinian minors arrested since last October
Bethlehem/PNN/ Head of the studies and documentation unit at detainees and ex-detainees committee in Gaza Strip, Abed Al Naser Farwana, revealed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 2,320 Palestinian …
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