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Palestinian prisoners welcome call for international day of action on 17 April

Adri Nieuwhof 28 February 2012

Political prisoner Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and civil society leader currently held in Gilboa prison, says that Palestinian prisoners welcome the call for an international day of action on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. He also says that Palestinian political prisoners at Gilboa held a one-day hunger strike on 13 February, for which they were punished by the prison authorities. 

Israel issues third consecutive detention order against prisoner of conscience Ahmad Qatamesh

Maureen Clare Murphy 27 February 2012

The Palestinian prisoners advocacy group Addameer announced on Twitter yesterday that Israel had renewed an administrative detention order against Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh for an additional six months. This is the third consecutive administrative detention order issued against Qatamesh. 

Palestinian woman on 11th day of hunger strike, as parents join her to protest no-charge detention by Israel

Ali Abunimah 26 February 2012

As Palestinian “administrative detainee” Hana Al-Shalabi, 29, entered her eleventh day on hunger strike, her parents announced they had begun their own hunger strike in solidarity, against their daughter’s imprisonment without charge or trial by Israel.