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August 1, 2011

Week 19: Siddqui Suliman Ahmed Al Maqt Palestinian political prisoner

Prisoner Siddqui Suliman Ahmed Al Maqt, 44, from Majdal Shams, a village in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights has been detained since 23rd August 1985. He was sentenced to...
July 26, 2011

Week 18: Haza'a Al Sa'adi Palestinian political prisoner

Haza’a Mohammed Haza’a Al Sa’adi, 44, is the second oldest prisoner from the province of Jenin. He was arrested on 28th July 1985 at the age of 17. He...
July 19, 2011

Week 17: Ziad Ghunimat Palestinian political prisoner

Ziad Mahmoud Mohammed Ghunimat, 45, from Surif in Hebron is a true patriot who is currently serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison. He was arrested on the...
July 11, 2011

Week 16: Talal Abu Kabash Palestinian political prisoner

Many long-term Palestinian prisoners have been in Israeli jails since their children were very young. A generation has grown up not really knowing their fathers beyond second-hand information. In...
July 4, 2011

Week 15: Rafe'a Karajeh Palestinian political prisoner

Some people are able to relish a struggle, no matter how difficult it is, or how serious the situation. So much so, in fact, that they set others a...
June 29, 2011

Parliamentary event will go ahead despite detention of Sheikh Raed Salah

Sheikh Raed Salah, Palestinian political leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel was detained by the UK Border Authority Police late Tuesday night. He was invited by the Middle...
June 27, 2011

Week 14: Ahmed Fareed Muhammad Shehadeh Palestinian political prisoner

It is possible for a prisoner to make the most of an appalling situation. One man who has done so has completed university studies and brightened his surroundings with...
June 20, 2011

Week 13: Issa A Rabbo - Palestinian political prisoner

It is said that cometh the hour, cometh the man. Heroes are born in times of suffering in order to stand up against those who violate their dignity and...
June 13, 2011

Week 12: Hafez Qundos - Palestinian political prisoner

Although they have a life of pain in common, individual life stories of Palestinian prisoners are all very different. Prisoner Hafez Qundos has taught us many lessons about patience...
June 6, 2011

Week 11: Salim Kayal - Palestinian political prisoner

In Israeli prisons there are men and women who have not only been deprived of their freedom but also the most basic human rights. Some maintain their hope of...

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