administrative detention

BBC challenged for ignoring plight of Palestinian prisoners

Amena Saleem
London
25 April 2012
Hundreds of protesters in Glasgow, Scotland, converged on the BBC’s headquarters demanding an end to the media blackout of the ongoing hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners.

Mass hunger strike grows despite Israel's best efforts to repress it

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 17:16
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for support of the hunger striking prisoners.

Palestine football star seriously ill from four-week hunger strike

Rami Almeghari
Rafah
20 April 2012
Imprisoned by Israel, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has never been tried for any recognizable offense, and his detention has been continuously renewed every six months. He is one of many prisoners depriving himself of food to demand liberty and justice.

Interview: "counterrevolution" threatens mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
17 April 2012
The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada.

Amnesty joins global actions on Palestinian Prisoners' Day with Twitter campaign

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 13:26
Palestinian prisoners launch a mass hunger strike on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day - the day of the expected release of former hunger striker Khader Adnan. Amnesty International joins the events with a global Twitter campaign.

Take action on 17 April, call for freedom for Palestinian political prisoners

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 08:12
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, 17 April, events will take place around the world in support of Palestinian political prisoners.

Ex-hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi wants "mystery" of Gaza banishment deal "clarified"

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
8 April 2012
A week after her banishment to Gaza, Hana al-Shalabi spoke exclusively to The Electronic Intifada about the meaning of her 43-day-long hunger strike in Israeli detention.

How detention without charge links Israel and apartheid South Africa

Eron Davidson
6 April 2012
The use of administrative detention is just one of many similarities between apartheid South Africa and apartheid Israel.

Addameer, PHRI won't confirm Hana Shalabi ends hunger strike, warn of coercion in banishment deal

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 02:33

Just after 2AM Palestine local time, or around 7PM US East Coast time, Addameer, the Palestinian prisoner’s rights group, issued this important statement in Arabic via Facebook and in English on its website regarding Hana al-Shalabi, the Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for more than 40 days against her detention without charge or trial by Israel

In banishment to Gaza, Hana al-Shalabi would face Winnie Mandela's fate and hope

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:49

The anti-apartheid fighter, and former wife of Nelson Mandela, once shared Hana al-Shalabi’s fate under the South African apartheid regime – banishment to a distant region.

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