Israeli Prison Service

"We must sustain hunger strike solidarity," says leading prisoner rights campaigner

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
18 May 2012

Sahar Francis, director of Addameer, analyzes the hunger strike agreement signed by Palestinian political prisoners.

Israel's prison regime can no longer go unnoticed

Safa Joudeh
18 May 2012

The demands at the heart of the historic hunger strike in Israeli prisons are only the tip of the iceberg.

Israel puts "every possible obstacle" in way of respecting hunger strikers' rights, say doctors

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
14 May 2012

More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners are weeks into an open-ended hunger strike in protest against worsening conditions in Israeli jails.

Israeli police brutally arrest hunger strike demonstrators, threaten them with rape

Sawsan Khalife'
the Galilee
11 May 2012

A complaint has been lodged with the Israeli ministry of justice after the violent arrest of 17 demonstrators at a hunger strike solidarity protest near Ramle prison.

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

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 14:25

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.

Football activism group in solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian footballer and all hunger strikers

Submitted by nora on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 00:13

Football Beyond Borders has issued a letter of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike. They also officially announced their boycott of the UEFA 2013 Under-21 European football championships, which Israel is set to host.

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

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 05:11

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.

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.

Video: Raymond McCartney, former Irish hunger striker in message of support to Khader Adnan

Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 20:55

Raymond McCartney, the former Irish hunger striker and current Member of Northern Ireland’s Legislative Assembly for Sinn Féin is the latest from Ireland to send a message of solidarity to Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan, who is entering his 63rd day of hunger strike protesting administrative detention, a policy started by the British and which is illegal under international law.

A 2:30-Minute Video Dedicated to Khader Adnan

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 12:10

My vocal, visual and written tribute for Khader Adnan and all Palestinian political prisoners in a 2:30-minute video. You should watch.

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