Israeli Prison Service

"Every minute matters" for gravely ill hunger striker Samer al-Barq, says father

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 18:55
Samer al-Barq may have only minutes to live, his father explains in a telephone call with The Electronic Intifada blogger Shahd Abusalama.

Bilal Diab and Woroud Qasem released as hunger strikes for freedom go on

Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 23:03
Bilal Diab is released from Israeli prison following 77 days of hunger strike; meanwhile Palestinian Authority forces arrest brother of hunger striking prisoner Hassan Safadi.

“They enjoy breaking mothers' hearts over their sons”: Gaza mourns a detainee’s mother

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 19:38
Aisha Islieh, a detainee’s mother, died on the bus on her way to see her son Yahya after 5 years of a ban on family visits by Israel.

Life of Akram Rikhawi, father of 8, in grave danger after 85 days of hunger strike

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 20:30
The life of Akram Rikhawi is in grave danger 85 days into his hunger strike, human rights groups warned today.

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

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 02:51
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.

How hunger strikers "tied the hands of the occupation": a view from Israeli prison

Ameer Makhoul
Gilboa Prison
9 June 2012
Palestinian political prisoner Ameer Makhoul provides an insider’s take on the historic mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons.

Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes continue as Israel violates agreements

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
5 June 2012
Since the end of the mass hunger strike in the early hours of 15 May, rumors of Israel reneging on the agreement have solidified into facts.

"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.

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