Israel force-treats hunger-striking Palestinian journalist: Rights group
A medical rights group says Israeli authorities are force-treating Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad al-Qiq in defiance of international law that considers the practice a violation of human rights....
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 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 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 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 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 ArticleMass hunger strike looms against Israeli detention
More to this story In pictures: Palestinian prisoners freed Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike 'to be released' Israel authorises force-feeding of prisoners Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails...
View Article48 Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike in Israeli jails
Nearly 50 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike for days at detention facilities in the occupied territories in a protest action against the Israeli regime’s practice of administrative...
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 ArticlePalestinians demand release of hunger-striking journalist from Israeli jail
A group of Palestinians have gathered outside an Israeli prison in the occupied West Bank, demanding the release of a hunger-striking journalist who is in a critical health condition, Press TV reports....
View ArticlePalestinian 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 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 ArticleWeekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied...
(Source: PCHA - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights) Print Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (14- 20 April 2016) Israeli forces continued to use...
View ArticleIsraeli force-feeding law pits doctors against state
Hospital-bound and shackled, Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan was 60 days into his hunger strike, launched in protest of his detention without charge in an Israeli jail, when he slipped into...
View ArticlePalestinian hunger striker tests Israeli force-feeding law
EINABOS, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allan spent his college years as an activist and leader in the student wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group at a West Bank...
View ArticleIsraelis clash with Palestinians supporting hunger strikers
Scuffles have broken out between Israeli forces and Palestinians protesting in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners in the occupied West Bank, leaving several demonstrators injured. The...
View ArticlePalestinians prisoners in Israel end 62-day hunger strike after deal
RAMALLAH (Palestinian Territories): Dozens of Palestinian prisoners who had refused food for 62 days have suspended their hunger strike after reaching a deal with the Israel Prisons Service, their...
View ArticlePalestinian hunger strikes: 'My husband is dying'
Closer to death than life, Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq has been refusing food for nearly three months to protest against his ill treatment by Israeli authorities while in administrative...
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...
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