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Recent Articles about Palestine Prisoners
Female detainee released from administrative detention Sep 01 08 Detainees in Al Jalama Israeli prison on hunger strike Aug 29 08 Abbas: “No peace agreement until all detainees are freed” Aug 25 08 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli High Court allows extremist right wingers to protest in Um Al Fahim Arab city 06:50 Fri 05 Sep Israeli Defense Minister hints at handover of East Jerusalem 03:54 Fri 05 Sep PCHR Weekly Report: 18 Palestinians injured, including 9 children 22:31 Thu 04 Sep Israeli policeman sentenced to only 6.5 years for killing a Palestinian in 2002 22:25 Thu 04 Sep New “Break the Siege” ship to sail to Gaza 21:24 Thu 04 Sep IMEMC joins a partnership of TV, Radio and News Network under the name “United” 18:14 Thu 04 Sep Palestinian toddler almost dies due to Israeli checkpoint 17:02 Thu 04 Sep Palestinian president to meet with his Israeli counterpart Thursday evening 15:49 Thu 04 Sep The Israeli military forces kidnap 2 civilians from Hebron 13:53 Thu 04 Sep Israeli military forces kidnap 2 civilians from Bethlehem 13:51 Thu 04 Sep Full StoryNafha detainees society visits a number of detainees in Israeli prisonsThe Nafha Society, which is active in the rights of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, visited recently dozens of detainees held by Israel is several prisons, detention and interrogation centers . Lawyers of the Society also managed to visit some of the kidnapped Palestinian legislators and officials. The society stated that its lawyers also visited legislator Hamid Al Betwai, Dr, Hatim Jarrar, head of Jenin municipality, legislator Yasser Mansour, and legislator Hosny Al Boureeny. They all suffer from chronic diseases and need medical attention. The lawyers also visited at least 32 detainees from the West Bank who are imprisoned in Al Jalama Israeli prison and Huwwara detention facility. Huwwara detention facility is one of the worst Israeli prisons where Israeli prison authorities continuously carried collective punishment against the detainees and barred them from having regular showers in addition to repeatedly attacking the detainees and humiliating them. Mohammad Bsharat, head of the Nafha Society, appealed all international human rights groups to intervene and stop the Israeli violations and illegal practices against the detainees, especially the policies of medical neglect, and demanded Israel to release all sick detainees especially 260 detainees who are in very critical conditions and not receiving the needed medical attention and treatment. Since 1967, at least 182 dies of torture or medical neglect in Israeli prisons, |