Ofer prison

Security firm G4S provides services to Israeli prisons, police and army

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 19:10

G4S has been severely criticized for its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in prisons and detention centers in Israel. Recently, Palestinian organizations called for action against G4S for its role in Israeli prisons.

Video: Palestinian woman "takes over" Israeli military vehicle at Ofer protest for hunger strikers

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:40

This video shows a Palestinian woman mounting an Israeli military vehicle amid protests near Ofer Prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 1 May, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. The video also shows Israeli occupation forces attacking female protestors with pepper spray directed into their eyes from close range as they lie on the ground.

8,000 West Bank children arrested since 2000, says new report

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Beit Sahour
26 March 2012

A new report examines the impact of Israeli arrests and detention on Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation.

Interview with Addameer's Mourad Jadallah: hunger strikes reignite prisoner movement

Asa Winstanley
London
1 March 2012

Mourad Jadallah discusses the case of Khader Adnan, the hunger striking Palestinian political prisoner who made administrative detention an international issue.

"Sometimes I feel my stomach will explode": Israel subjects teen prisoner to medical negligence

Emily Lawrence
Beit Ommar
5 January 2012

A Palestinian teenager describes the physical and psychological torture he endured while imprisoned in an Israeli jail for throwing stones, and how his chronic illness went untreated in what his family say was a deliberate attempt by the prison authorities as further punishment.

Now Israel indefinitely detains Palestinian activist whose siblings it killed

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 12:41

UPDATED: A leading Palestinian activist from Bil’in has become the village’s latest political prisoner. Ashraf Abu Rahmeh was kidnapped by Israeli occupation soldiers last week, and has now been indefinitely detained on the orders of an Israeli captain at Ofer prison.

#TweepStrike: A Call from Gaza to Support Palestinian Prisoners

Submitted by Rana Baker on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 00:28

In solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held under harsh conditions in Israel’s jails, a new twitter trend emerged today from Gaza. The trend is #TweepStrike and is an open invitation to everyone across the globe to go on a hunger strike on Wednesday Sept. 12th.

Hunger strikes will continue until prisoners' demands respected

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Haifa
10 October 2011

Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continue to hunger strike and commit other acts of civil disobedience to demand basic human rights. Meanwhile, activists in Palestine and around the world hold hunger strikes in solidarity.

"EU must do more than pay lip-service": Nariman Tamimi interviewed

Linah Alsaafin
Nabi Saleh
18 July 2011

Nariman Tamimi must not be characterized as just the jailed grassroots activist Bassem’s wife. Linah Alsaafin interviews for The Electronic Intifada.

Interview: Mazin Qumsiyeh on popular resistance and breaking the spell of fear

David Cronin
16 June 2011

David Cronin interviews Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of the new book Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, on the popular struggle in the occupied West Bank and his experience being arrested and detained by Israeli forces.

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