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'Don't tell my mother that I am blind': Muhammad Brash grasps for light in the darkness of Israeli jail

Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Brash suffers severe disabilities due to injuries. His story – and moving words – case heartbreaking light on the medical neglect of prisoners in Israeli jails.

“Are they waiting for him to return in a coffin?”: Akram Rikhawi's family urges action from Gaza

Shahd Abusalama meets the hunger striker Akram Rikhawi’s desperately worried family in Rafah, as his hunger strike passes 100 days.

Meeting Mahmoud Sarsak: "It's not my victory, it's yours"

Last Friday, I had the honor to meet with Mahmoud Sarsak, the ex-detainee Palestinian football player was bravely on a hunger strike for three months.

Think of Others: In Gaza's darkness, Mahmoud Darwish's words provide inspiration

The author writes this article while sitting in the darkness during the a Gaza power cut and, with the inspiration of Mahmoud Darwish’s words, remembers the Palestinian political detainees, especially Dirar Abu Sisi and Mahmoud Sarsak.

An ex-prisoner's engagement day turns into a funeral for his beloved mother

Samer Abu Seir’s mother passed away this morning. Samer was to get engaged this evening to make his mother happy before she died but destiny stood against his intentions.

"Graves for the living": my father's memories of an Israeli jail

My father was detained in Israel’s prisons for 15 years in total.

"I have never lived a settled life": Church of the Nativity deportees mark 10 years of exile

Yesterday marked Deported Palestinians’ Day, commemorating the anniversary of the siege of the Church of the Nativity 10 years ago.

Elderly Gaza man on hunger strike in solidarity with "only son left"

A 66-year-old hunger striker at Gaza’s sit-in tent used to have three children; two of them were killed and one is locked behind Israel’s bars.

Hunger strike diaries: the fate of Palestinian political prisoners is "our shared responsibility"

An ex-detainee Loai Odeh has taken writing as a way to express himself as one who has had enough of Israel’s brutality. This is my translation of Loai’s diaries of hunger strike that he wrote as Facebook status updates recalling his experience in Israel’s jails.

"The first day is the hardest": Ex-prisoner Loai Odeh's hunger strike diary

What is it like to be on hunger strike? Loai Odeh is a former prisoner and hunger-striker. This is my translation of the diaries of he wrote about his experience.

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