Sahar Francis

Israeli guards fire tear gas into prisoner’s hospital room

Tamara Nassar 1 November 2019

Israel arrests Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar eight months after her release. Read more about Israeli guards fire tear gas into prisoner’s hospital room

Ali Abunimah 10 March 2016

Palestinians welcome major win, but warn that the security and incarceration firm’s role in Israel’s abuses continues Read more about Landmark boycott victory as G4S says it is leaving Israel

Rebecca Pierce Jerusalem 15 December 2015

A Jerusalem museum celebrates the Palestinian poetry which inspired US political prisoner George Jackson. Read more about How the sun of Palestine reached a Black Panther in jail

Maureen Clare Murphy 29 September 2015

Five Palestinians refused food for 42 days in protest of detention without charge or trial. Read more about Hunger strikers suspend protest after Israel yields to demands

Charlotte Kates Beirut 13 February 2015

Lina Khattab has been denied family visits since her arrest in December. Read more about Young dancer jailed by Israel for taking part in protest

Nora Barrows-Friedman 23 May 2013

Sahar Francis of Addameer speaks about holding Israel accountable for its violations of Palestinians’ rights. Read more about Sahar Francis on connecting Israeli jails, Guantanamo and US mass incarceration

Nora Barrows-Friedman 14 December 2012

Sahar Francis of Addameer, the Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy organization, says that the Israeli army’s recent raids on human rights groups in the West Bank is because of Palestinian civil society advocacy for human rights and BDS. Read more about Podcast: Israel wants to criminalize human rights defenders, says head of Palestinian group raided by army

Nora Barrows-Friedman 28 September 2012

Sahar Francis of Addameer warns current and former hunger strikers are not receiving urgently needed medical treatment in Israeli prison. Read more about Podcast: deportation of Palestinian prisoners a war crime, says rights defender

Nora Barrows-Friedman 15 June 2012

In this week’s podcast, an update on the case of hunger striking Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak; Israeli Knesset members incite racist attacks against African asylum-seerkers; and much more. Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 14 June 2012

Linah Alsaafin Ramallah 5 June 2012

Since the end of the mass hunger strike in the early hours of 15 May, rumors of Israel reneging on the agreement have solidified into facts. Read more about Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes continue as Israel violates agreements