arrest and detention

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. Read more about Israel's prison regime can no longer go unnoticed

Shahd Abusalama 12 May 2012

Yesterday marked Deported Palestinians’ Day, commemorating the anniversary of the siege of the Church of the Nativity 10 years ago. Read more about "I have never lived a settled life": Church of the Nativity deportees mark 10 years of exile

Asa Winstanley Kufr Aqab 6 May 2012

“You have three already, leave this one!” pleaded Samira Halabi when Israeli soldiers raided her West Bank home and arrested her remaining free son. Read more about Four brothers jailed by Israel for prisoner solidarity activism

Maureen Clare Murphy 4 May 2012

Asa Winstanley Ramallah 17 April 2012

The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Interview: "counterrevolution" threatens mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners

Nora Barrows-Friedman 5 April 2012

A new report by Defense for Children International - Palestine section highlights the Israeli military’s routine arrests and detentions of children specifically in the village of Beit Ommar. Read more about Report on routine detention of children in Beit Ommar

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. Read more about 8,000 West Bank children arrested since 2000, says new report

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. Read more about Israel issues third consecutive detention order against prisoner of conscience Ahmad Qatamesh

Nehad Khader Washington, DC 16 February 2012

Protests in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan made his plight impossible to ignore. Read more about Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan

Bekah Wolf 9 February 2012

Popular resistance leader Mousa Abu Maria shared an Israeli prison cell with Khader Adnan, now completing his 55th day of hunger strike. Abu Maria recalls Adnan’s leadership in organizing and educating prisoners in this interview for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Interview: Ex-prisoner reflects on friendship with Khader Adnan and his hunger strike for justice