Palestinian inmates on hunger strike in support of fellow prisoners
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) says 50 Palestinian prisoners from the movement of Fatah and Islamic Jihad have gone on an open hunger strike in solidarity with their fellow inmates Muhammad...
View ArticleIsrael re-arrests Palestinian hunger striker Allan
The Israeli regime has reinstated the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan who has recently been on a two-month hunger strike. "Mohammed Allan, whose condition has improved,...
View ArticlePalestinian hunger striker tests Israeli force-feeding law
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015 file photo, Palestinian girls, from left, Ghofran, Lane, and Mary stand next to a poster showing their uncle Mohammed Allan at the family...
View ArticleRights groups call for Palestinian artist’s release from Israeli jail
A number of human rights organizations have called for public support to press the Israeli regime to release a Palestinian circus artist held under administrative detention. The UK-based Amnesty...
View ArticleMore Palestinian prisoners join mass hunger strike on 8th day
Scores of Palestinian prisoners have joined a mass hunger strike underway in Israeli prisons in a protest campaign which entered its eighth day on Monday. The media committee established to support the...
View ArticleIsrael remands 38 Palestinians in administrative detention
Israeli officials have issued 38 new administrative detention orders against Palestinians, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council as well as two former hunger strikers. The...
View ArticleAt least 65 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails
At least 65 Palestinian prisoners have reportedly gone on hunger strike at detention facilities in the occupied territories in a show of protest at the Tel Aviv regime’s practice of administrative...
View ArticleIsraelis imprison 34 Palestinians without charge or trial: Rights group
Israeli authorities have reportedly issued the so-called administrative detention order for 34 Palestinian detainees in defiance of widespread criticisms against the practice. The rights group...
View ArticleIsrael relocates Palestinian hunger strikers to different jail
The Israeli regime has transferred to a different prison at least six Palestinian inmates who have been staging a hunger strike over their detention. According to reports on Tuesday, five of the...
View ArticleHunger strike by Palestinian inmates enters 5th day
A hunger strike launched by Palestinian detainees in protest against their dire conditions in Israeli custody has entered its fifth day, with more prisoners expected to join the action. At least 120...
View Article250 Palestinian detainees begin mass hunger strike
Some 250 Palestinians being held in Israel’s Negev prison have begun an open-ended hunger strike in protest to their administrative detention. The hunger strike will go on “until Israel’s policy of...
View ArticleScores of jailed Palestinians launch hunger strike
At least 120 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel have launched a hunger strike against their forced removal from one section to another inside a notorious jail. The prisoners launched their hunger...
View ArticlePalestinian prisoners continue hunger strike
Several Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are currently on hunger strike in protest at their illegal detention. The Palestinian National Authority's Committee for Prisoners' Affairs said on Friday...
View ArticleFemale Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike backing Allan
A female Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail has joined her brother and fellow inmate in an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with hunger-striking prisoner Muhammad Allan, who is in a coma due...
View Article50 Palestinians go on hunger strike in Israeli jail
Tens of Palestinian inmates have reportedly gone on hunger strike at an Israeli prison to protest against mistreatment as well as poor conditions at the detention facility. The Palestinian Prisoners'...
View ArticlePalestine committee calls for ending child detentions
At least 1,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year, says the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs. “Some of these minors were held under...
View ArticlePalestinian hunger striker's health critically worsening: Committee
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's health conditions have been critically deteriorating during the past week after he joined a hunger strike with over a thousand other Palestinian inmates in Israeli...
View ArticleIsrael to force-feed 1st Palestinian hunger striker following law approval
Israeli officials have announced a decision to force-feed a Palestinian detainee who has been on hunger strike for nearly two months, his lawyer says. Jamil al-Khatib said on Saturday that Israeli...
View ArticlePalestinian Authority slams Israel’s refusal to talk to hunger-striking...
The Palestinian Authority’s head of detainees' affairs says that the death of any hunger-striking prisoner may lead to a “new Intifada.” Issa Qaraqe...
View ArticleLonger jail imprisonment expected for two Palestinian hunger strikers
Israel’s Supreme Court is highly expected to prolong the imprisonment of two Palestinians, who have gone on hunger strike for more than two months in protest against their administrative detention in...
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