Israeli jails

Two leading human rights groups in Israel have released a report that severely criticises Israel for detaining Palestinians for long periods of time without charges. The report says more...

A Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Yellowish, from Nubani farms near Ramallah, who is serving a 13 year sentence has reported that, "Raymon Prison management is imposing sanctions on the prisoners...

"Our Sons are not terrorists, the real terrorists are the Zionist child-killers" From Khalid Amayreh in al-KhalilAbu Yasser is an elderly Palestinian farmer living in the southern part of...

On Monday hundreds of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip whose parents are held in Israeli jails staged a candle lit vigil in the courtyard of the Unknown Soldier...

A spokesman for Hamas has said that Qatar, Syria and Turkey have expressed their willingness to accept some of the Palestinian prisoners who will be sent into exile as...

The political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement has met with the Director of the Egyptian intelligence services to discuss the implementation of the prisoner exchange deal with Israel...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has spoken to the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al Faisal, to provide an update on the prisoner swap deal struck with Israel....

As Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails approach the second week of their hunger strike, the doyen of the detainees has said that they will continue with the strike...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons have embarked on a hunger strike in protest over poor conditions of detention and ill-treatment. Yesterday, Israeli prison authorities took...

A joint Egyptian-Palestinian Committee for Supporting Arab Prisoners in Israeli Jails has been launched at a ceremony in Cairo. The new group will be active in defending the rights...

The Mandela Institute has reported that a Palestinian girl has been subjected to "cruel interrogation and detention" following her abduction by Israeli Occupation Forces. The Institute, which is concerned...

A Palestinian rights centre has called for an investigation into the high incidence of illness and disease among Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails. A significant number die very soon...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A tree planting campaign was launched on Sunday, 27 March, in Nablus' Samaa Gardens under the auspices of the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs to support Palestinian prisoners...

A Palestinian human rights organization has said that a few days ago, the managing authority of Israeli jails began a wide scale transfer campaign among prisoners, particularly in Megiddo,...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The families of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails protest in front of the Red Cross headquarters to highlight the conditions in which their loved ones are...

Ahrar Centre for Prisoners' Studies and Human Rights has demanded the release of Palestinian MPs and ministers being held in Israeli jails. The Centre called upon the Secretaries General...

Mohammed al-Dayf, the Commander-in Chief of Hamas's military wing, the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigade, has said that Israel has committed a grave strategic and tactical error in its estimation of...

The President of Tunisia has affirmed that the Arab nation and Tunisians are standing by the Palestinian issue now more than at any other time in the past. President...

Senior Hamas member Dr Salah Al-Bardaweel has praised Tunisia for hosting an international conference focusing on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Al-Bardaweel described the sponsorship as a "natural outcome" of...

The Palestinian Ministry for Prisoners' Affairs has revealed that Israel has stopped family visits for Palestinians from Gaza who are being held in Israeli jails. "Those visits which were...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) ended its bureau meeting in the Gaza Strip yesterday, 30 September, with a declaration affirming that Israeli actions in the...

Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have deplored Israel's ongoing violations against Palestinians and called for an immediate halt to Israeli disregard for human rights...

A former senior Palestinian security official has revealed that around 25 per cent of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are there as a direct result of collaboration between the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Israeli occupation authorities have released the Chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr Aziz Dweik. Dr. Dweik was handed over yesterday (Thursday) at the Beit Sira...

Following the refusal of the Israel authorities to allow Palestinian and international medical teams into their prisons, a call has been made for an international inquiry into the conditions...

A Palestinian Authority report has recorded an increase in the number of prisoners suffering from loss of vision and deteriorating sight in Israeli jails as a result, it is...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The National Committee for Supporting Detainees organised a demonstration on Wednesday in front of the International Red Cross office in Nablus in solidarity with prisoners on hunger...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip and called for a permanent and comprehensive truce that would guarantee security and stability for the people...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Islamic Resistance Movement has organised a record breaking human chain in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The demonstration in Gaza lasted for two hours....

Reports from Israel claim that more than 40 Palestinian prisoners were injured on Tuesday morning in Israel's Eshel prison, with 16 placed in solitary confinement, after Israeli soldiers with...

The International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip has said that it has not received any information from the Israeli authorities regarding visit schedules for Gazan...

Child detainees in Israeli jails have accused the prison authorities of implementing a "starvation policy" against them as the number of meals they receive daily has been reduced to...