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19 November 2011
Loai Odeh is a former prisoner who is forced to accept their fate to be deported far away from their land and families. It’s true that those former prisoners, including Loai, are now out of Israeli prisons, but still their freedom is conditional and incomplete. Read more about Despite their release, their freedom remains incomplete
30 October 2011
Israeli police arrested 16 activists at a protest at HaSharon prison calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners Read more about Activists in Israel arrested for calling for release of prisoners
Gaza City 20 October 2011
No children were released from Israeli jails and detention centers as part of the recent prisoner exchange, while human rights agencies add that many Palestinian children in Israeli prisons are being tortured. Read more about More than 160 Palestinian children remain behind Israeli bars
Jerusalem 18 October 2011
Israel is deporting more than 140 released Palestinian prisoners to Gaza permanently, despite many being from Jerusalem and elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. Their families, therefore, remain unable to see their loved ones. Read more about Mother still restricted from visiting son after his release from prison
Gaza City 18 October 2011
As many families celebrate in Gaza and the West Bank, let us remember those Palestinians still being held in Israeli jails. Read more about "I was one day old when my father was jailed"
11 October 2011
The hunger strike movement for Palestine develops rapidly. The Palestinian BNC supports the demands of the Palestinian prisoners and calls for stepping up the BDS campaign to end Israeli impunity. Read more about Hunger strike movement for Palestine develops rapidly
4 October 2011
Thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip rallied in recent days in support of political prisoners who are protesting worsening conditions in Israeli detention. Thousands of prisoners are said to be taking part in the civil disobedience protests which began on 27 September. Read more about Action urged as Israel punishes dozens of hunger-striking political prisoners
28 September 2011
South African human rights defender and anti-apartheid activist, Ghadija Vallie, shares the lessons learned from resistance in apartheid South Africa, particularly involving political prisoners. Read more about Lesson from South Africa for Palestine: Support the political prisoners
Gaza City 12 August 2011
Access to education for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is getting worse. The 1,800 Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to complete their secondary school exams were not permitted to do so by the Israeli Prison Service. Read more about Gazans vent anger as Israel deprives prisoners of education
30 May 2011
Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority rights in Israel, and Nadi al-Aseer, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, filed a pre-petition on 11 May demanding an end to detention in prison facilities run by Israel’s secret service agency. Read more about Rights groups challenge Israeli secret service impunity