PNN/ Ramallah/ Head of The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Qaddura Fares, held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the lives and fate of our prisoners, in light of the racist statements …
Read More »Prisoner Abu Sariya infected with COVID-19
PNN/ Ramallah/ This morning, Wednesday, the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority reported that the prisoner, Ahmed Abu Sariya, from Jenin Camp, had been infected with the Covid-19. The authority stated …
Read More »Minor detainee transferred to hospital due to severe beating
PNN/ Jerusalem/ The Israeli Prisons Administration today transferred the minor detainee, Muhammad Munir Moqbel (16 years) from Al-Arroub camp north of Hebron to Hadassah Hospital, after he was severely beaten …
Read More »Maher Al-Akhras free after 103 days of strike
PNN/ Nablus/ The Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday morning released prisoner Maher Al-Akhras at the Jabara crossing near Tulkarm after his legendary hunger strike, where he was taken to Al-Najah …
Read More »Shtayyeh holds Israel responsible for the death of Abu Waer
PNN/ Ramallah/ Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh condoled the family of the prisoner Kamal Abu Waer (46), who has dies on Tuesday evening due to medical neglect in Israeli jails. Shtayyeh, …
Read More »Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike after 103 days: Rights group
Bethlehem/PNN/ A Palestinian human rights group says a Palestinian prisoner who had been on hunger strike for over three months since he was arrested by Israeli military forces has ended …
Read More »PHROC condemns silence of int’l community as Al-Akhras faces threat to life
PNN/ Ramallah/ Entering his 99th day of an open hunger strike, Maher Al-Akhras, a 49-year-old Palestinian and a father of six, is facing a serious and imminent threat to his life …
Read More »Virus “likely to spread” as 12 prisoners contract COVID-19
PNN/ Ramallah/ The prison administration of “Gilboa” prison informed the prisoners that (12) prisoners had been infected with the “Coronavirus in Section (3). The number of prisoners in the section …
Read More »94 days of strike: Israel considers moving Al-Akhras to a Palestinian hospital
PNN/ Jerusalem/ Prisoner Maher Al-Akhras (49) continues his open hunger strike for the 94th consecutive day in protest against his administrative detention, amid a serious deterioration in his health. The …
Read More »UN calls on Israel to end administrative detention, swiftly free hunger striker Akhras
Bethlehem/PNN/ The United Nations has called on Israel to put an end to the practice of administrative detention and immediately release Maher al-Akhras, a Palestinian prisoner who is on hunger …
Read More »Prisoner Al-Akhras still detained despite life-threatening hunger strike
PNN/ Bethlehem/ Prisoner Maher Al-Akhras (49) from Silat Al-Dhaher town south of Jenin, continues his open-ended hunger strike for the 88th consecutive day in the “Kaplan” Israeli hospital as his …
Read More »Israeli prison administration transfers 60 prisoners to solitary confinement
PNN/ Bethlehem/ The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported on Sunday evening that the Israeli Prisons’ Administration has begun transferring 60 hunger striking prisoners to solitary confinement cells in several prisons. …
Read More »Human rights groups concerned about life of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike
Bethlehem/PNN/ Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups have expressed their concern over the critical condition of Palestinian prisoner, Maher al-Akhras, who is on a hunger strike for nearly 80 days. …
Read More »Al-Akhras facing possible health deterioration on 72nd day of hunger strike
PNN/ Bethlehem/ For the 72nd day in a row, prisoner Maher Al-Akhras continues his open hunger strike, in protest against the unjust administrative detention against him, amid warnings of the …
Read More »Israel sends 17-year-old Palestinian to jail for 5 years
Jenin city/PNN/ An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian minor from Jenin in the occupied West Bank to five years in prison. Samer Abdul-Karim Awais is 17 years of …
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