Palestinian political prisoners

Separated from family, Gaza hunger striker accepts expulsion deal

Joe Catron
Beach refugee camp
10 July 2013

Israel continues to exile Palestinian prisoners in exchange for an end to solitary confinement and administrative detention.

Israel invades privacy of campaigner Frank Barat

French national had his email account searched by Israeli security officer on arrival in Tel Aviv.

Prisoner Maysara Abuhamdia dies; son accuses PA of betrayal

The Palestinian Authority refused to help Maysara Abuhmadia, his son has alleged.

Israel “tried to banish me for 28 years,” says hunger striker Ayman Sharawna

Joe Catron
Gaza City
25 March 2013

During the last month of his protest, Sharawna’s captors only allowed him use the bathroom twice a day.

Exile in Gaza is not the victory we want for our heroic prisoners

While Ayman Sharawna was forcibly deported to Gaza for ten years in exchange for his release, Samer Issawi issues a statement on deportation showing his refusal of this policy under any circumstances.

Veteran prisoner Maher Younis goes on hunger strike

Maher Younis has been in prison for 31 years; in a message from Gilboa jail, his fellow detainees are demanding his release.

Arafat Jaradat

Political prisoner Arafat Jaradat died last week in an Israeli interrogation and detention center quipped by G4S.

Podcast: Shocking Instagram photos show Palestinian children are targets, says Ali Abunimah

Ali Abunimah on the Israeli soldier Instagram photos that have caused shock around the world, and the level of impunity within the Israeli army.

Will Samer Issawi be the next victim of medical neglect by the Israeli Prison Service?

Medical neglect is one of the major brutal policies the Israeli Prison Service practices intentionally against Palestinian political prisoners.

Jerusalem family anxiously awaits return of son after 25 years in Israeli prison

Palestinian detainee Jihad al-Obeidi will soon be freed after 25 years in Israeli prison.

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