Israeli authorities have intentionally denied ill Palestinian prisoners access to medical care, leaving them to face deteriorating health and potential death as a result, a new report says. The Palestinian …
Read More »Explaining the Term “Critical Condition” to an Eight-Year Old: Is There a Way?
Ramallah/PNN/ Rita, a beautiful 8-year-old girl asks her mother to explain to her what does “critical condition” mean? Rita wanted to know more than what Wikipedia provides as definition of …
Read More »Palestinians mark ‘day of rage’ over torture of detainee in Israel custody
Jerusalem/PNN/ Palestinian protesters have marked a ‘day of rage’ over the brutal torture of a Palestinian detainee during interrogation by Israel’s domestic spy service Shin Bet, in what Amnesty International …
Read More »Groups condemn IOF brutal torture of detainee al-Arbeed
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network and Palestinian Human Rights Council hold the occupying state of Israel in full responsibility for torturing and critically injuring of detained Samer al …
Read More »Two minors sent to administrative detention in Megiddo prison
PNN/ Jerusalem/ Israeli Occupation Authorities have transferred minors Nidal Amer and Hafez Zyoud, both aged 17, from Jenin, to administrative detention, the Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Affairs Commission said Tuesday. …
Read More »Palestinian cabinet confirms readiness to hold general elections
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Palestinian Cabinet confirmed readiness of the government to implement the decision of President Abbas to hold general elections, and announced that a large ministerial delegation will be …
Read More »Israel issues 101 administrative detention orders
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Commission said on Monday that the Israeli occupation authorities issued and renewed administrative detention orders for 101 Palestinian prisoners. According to the commisions, …
Read More »IOF attack dozens during reception of a released prisoner
PNN/ Nablus A number of citizens suffered from teargast inhalation on Sunday evening when Israeli Occupation Forces attacked the reception of a released prisoner in al-Lubban village, south of Nablus. …
Read More »Palestinian detainee subjected to brutal torture during investigation
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Addameer Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights on Sunday said that prisoner Samer Arbeed was taken to hospital in a critical condition as a result of …
Read More »Prisoners suspend hunger-strike following agreement with IPS
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Prisoners and Ex-prisoner Affairs Authority said on Thursday that the 100 prisoners on their 15th day of hunger strike in protest against jamming devices finally suspended their …
Read More »140 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for 14th day over cancer-causing devices
Bethlehem/PNN/ Dozens of Palestinian prisoners behind bars in Israeli jails are continuing their open-ended hunger strike for the 14th consecutive day to protest the presence of cancer-causing mobile phone jammers …
Read More »Prisoners return meals to demand handover of martyr Sayeh’s body
PNN/ Bethlehem/ Palestinian prisoners in all Israeli jails returned Monday meals to pressure the prison administration to hand over the body of Bassam al-Sayeh, 46, from Nablus, who died yesterday …
Read More »Ailing Palestinian political prisoner dies of Israeli medical negligence
Bethlehem/PNN/ An ailing Palestinian political inmate has died in an Israeli medical center after prison authorities denied him medical aid, the Palestinian Information Center has reported. The deceased prisoner, identified …
Read More »200 Palestinian prisoners suspend their hunger strike
PNN/ Ramallah/ 200 Palestinian prisoners at the Rimon detention camp suspended their hunger strike, which they started on Monday, to demand the removing of carcinogenic devices in the prison, and …
Read More »Palestinian minors ‘face physical, verbal abuse’ in Israeli jails
Bethlehem/PNN/ Palestinian children held in Israeli prisons are subjected to physical and verbal abuse by Israeli forces, a Palestinian commission says. The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs released a …
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