Amnesty International is calling for urgent action after an Israeli military commander renewed the administrative detention order against Ahmad Qatamesh by another six months last week. Read more about "Prisoner of conscience" Ahmad Qatamesh to be detained another 6 months without charge 

The Palestinian human rights group Addameer issued an appeal today urging supporters to take action on the administrative detention of Palestinian political scientist and writer Ahmad Qatamesh. Read more about Protest Israel's detention of Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh 

While Britain keeps Sheikh Raed Saleh as a political prisoner, another Palestinian citizen of Israel who has been persecuted for his work advocating for his community’s rights remains in Israeli prison. Read more about Janan Abdu on the detention of her husband, political prisoner Ameer Makhoul 

Coming right on the heels of the recent vote by the largest student union in Europe to support the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement — which called for “thorough research into [the University of London Union’s] investments and contracts” with companies guilty of “violating Palestinian human rights” as set out by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC) —  Read more about Largest academic union in UK passes key motions for Palestinian rights 

Amnesty International released an urgent action alert on Friday following Israel’s imposition on an administrative detention order on Palestinian writer and activist Ahmad Qatamesh. Amnesty writes: Palestinian academic and writer Ahmad Qatamesh is being held as an administrative detainee, which allows the Israeli authorities to detain him indefinitely without charge and denies him any real opportunity to challenge the detention order. Read more about Amnesty International: Ahmad Qatamesh a prisoner of conscience 

Ma’an News Agency reported today that the Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer is condemning the extended detention of Palestinian write and political activist Ahmad Qatamesh. The Electronic Intifada published a report on Qatamesh’s arrest yesterday; his wife told EI that Israeli soldiers raided their family home in al-Bireh, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on 21 April. Read more about Qatamesh's detention extended despite insufficient evidence 

The Alternative Information Center reports that writer Ahmad Qatamesh was arrested in his family’s Ramallah home by Israeli occupation forces and transferred to the Ofer detention center in Beitunia in the occupied West Bank: Read more about Will political arrest of Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh be protested?