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Israel's cruel practice of isolation of prisoners should be banned

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 20:34
Solitary confinement should be banned says UN Special Rapporteur on torture. Israeli continues this cruel practice.

Imprisoned PFLP leader Ahmad Saadat hospitalized after 20 days of hunger strike

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 14:03
The Israeli government and the Palestinian movement Hamas today began implementing their agreement to release 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for one captured Israeli soldier. Meanwhile, PFLP leader Ahmad Saadat has been taken to Al Ramla Prison hospital due to health complications following 20 days of hunger strike.

Prison service transfers Ameer Makhoul to Megiddo jail

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 14:07
Israeli Prison Service transfers Ameer Makhoul. Hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners enters its 20th day. Jordan joins hunger strike.

You Might Take My Life, But You Can't Take My Soul*

Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 23:11
I’ve struggled with writing about the hunger striking Palestinian prisoners. How to blend in the personal, the observations, the analysis, the facts, and the flowery writ all in one cohesive go? My scrambled thoughts below.

The Most Important Prisoner in the Whole Wide World

Submitted by Jaime Omar Yassin on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 20:16

Its possible that there is a name more well-known than Gilad Shalit this week, but not likely. For the last two days, media of all kinds have been tripping over themselves trying to describe, explain, hagiographize, and contextualize Shalit, who is to be released soon after a five year detention by Hamas in a prisoner swap.

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