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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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