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 …
Read More »PPS: No serious solutions regarding the case prisoner Maher Al-Akhras
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) on Monday confirmed that there are no serious solutions regarding the case of the prisoner Maher Al-Akhras, who has been on hunger strike …
Read More »Palestinian women suffer sexual abuse in Israeli prisons: Report
Bethlehem /PNN/ A group of Palestinian women has reported sexual abuse, including exposition to extreme body searches, by Israeli prison officials and interrogators at detention centers across the occupied territories. …
Read More »7 prisoners in Ofer contracted COVID-19
PNN/ Ramallah/ The prison administration of “Ofer” prison informed the prisoners that (7) new prisoners had been infected with the Coronavirus in Sections (14) and (17), which are the so-called …
Read More »Prisoners battling 46°C at Gilboa Prison during extreme heatwave
By Najib Farraj, Translated by Nour Qudeimat- PNN/ Bisan/ Prisoner Muhannad Al-Azza, detained in Gilboa prison in the valley city of Bisan, north of Palestine, describes what he calls “innovative …
Read More »Palestinian prisoner martyred three months ahead of his release
PNN/ Ramallah/ Palestinian prisoner Dawud Talaat Al-Khatib, from Bethlehem, has passed away on Wednesday night in Ofer prison, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS). PPS said that prisoner Al-Khatib …
Read More »Two Palestinian detainees retract the Coronavirus
The Israeli Prison Administration in “Ofer Prison” reported that the prisoner Naim Abu Turki (38 years), from Hebron, was infected with the “Corona” virus, and was transferred to the cells …
Read More »Israel refuses to hand over body of Palestinian inmate
Bethlehem/PNN/ On July 6, Palestinian prisoner Sa’adi al-Gharably died at the hospital of the infamous Israeli prison of Ramla. The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission announced the death of …
Read More »IOF continue to detain prisoner Abu Wa’ar while suffering cancer and COVID-19
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) on Wednesday said that the prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’ar, who suffers from cancer and “Corona” virus, is still being held in the Israeli …
Read More »Cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee tests positive for coronavirus
Ramallah/PNN/ Palestinian detainee Kamal Abu Wa’ar, 46, a cancer patient, has tested positive for coronavirus, the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said on Sunday. The commission said that Abu …
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