The father of Mahmoud Sarsak, a member of the Palestinian national football team jailed without charge or trial by Israel for almost three years, has called on the sporting world to speak out for his son who remains on hunger strike. Meanwhile Israel already violating deal that ended mass hunger strike. Read more about Footballer's dad asks sports world to speak out for hunger-striking son as Israel violates prisoner deal
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
Palestinian Authority police once again showed their true colors by repressing a protest of Mahmoud Abbas’s empty gesture toward the families of hunger striking political prisoners. Read more about Why the Palestinian Authority is afraid of the "intifada in Israeli jails"
A complaint has been lodged with the Israeli ministry of justice after the violent arrest of 17 demonstrators at a hunger strike solidarity protest near Ramle prison. Read more about Israeli police brutally arrest hunger strike demonstrators, threaten them with rape
A 66-year-old hunger striker at Gaza’s sit-in tent used to have three children; two of them were killed and one is locked behind Israel’s bars. Read more about Elderly Gaza man on hunger strike in solidarity with "only son left"
Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab, on their 71st day of hunger strike, are at immediate risk of death after Israel’s top court rejects a petition challenging their administrative detention orders. Read more about Addameer: urgent action needed as Israel's top court rejects appeal of men on 71st day of hunger strike
A roundup of images showing widespread solidarity throughout historic Palestine for the approximately 2,000 political prisoners on hunger strike. Read more about In photos: widespread solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoners
G4S has been severely criticized for its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in prisons and detention centers in Israel. Recently, Palestinian organizations called for action against G4S for its role in Israeli prisons. Read more about Security firm G4S provides services to Israeli prisons, police and army
An ex-detainee Loai Odeh has taken writing as a way to express himself as one who has had enough of Israel’s brutality. This is my translation of Loai’s diaries of hunger strike that he wrote as Facebook status updates recalling his experience in Israel’s jails. Read more about Hunger strike diaries: the fate of Palestinian political prisoners is "our shared responsibility"
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about The Month in Pictures: April 2012