Political Prisoners

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Saturday, 7th March, a group representing the families of political prisoners in the West Bank held a demonstration in front of the Juneid Central Prison in...

The number of Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel for more than 20 years continuously has reached 136, according to the Director of the Department of Statistics at the...

On 26 November 2010, six Palestinian political prisoners began a hunger strike to demand their release from a facility run by the Palestinian Authority's West Bank Security Forces; they...

A Cairo University political science professor has criticised the Palestinian Authority for continuing to hold political prisoners. Professor Hassan Nafaa said that the current hunger strike by detainees in...

The official spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Fawzi Barhoum, has said that the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah is responsible for the lives of political prisoners in its...

Qatari Foreign Minister, Khalid al-Atiyya, called for the release of all political prisoners in Egypt to facilitate a solution to the current political crisis. In a meeting broadcast on...

Zaki Bani Rsheid, deputy leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, accused the political regime in Jordan of "using events in Syria and Egypt to restrict reform and the fight...

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh confirmed that there is no room for Palestinian resistance in Egypt and denied any Palestinian interference in the Egyptian crisis. In a meeting with...

Social media activists have urged the Egyptian people to save around 250 women and girls who they claim are being detained in a central security facility in Al-Salaam town....

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday that it has serious concerns about the mistreatment of its officials and members being held by the coup authorities in Egypt. A statement...

A source close to Dr Ahmed Abdel Atti, the office manager for President Mohammed Morsi, who has been kidnapped by the military council, said that Dr Abdel Atti has...

The EU renewed its call on Monday for Egypt to release all political prisoners. The call follows the decision by Egypt's prosecutor to refer deposed President Mohammed Morsi and...

The peace process circus continued this week, as officials from Israel met in Jerusalem with negotiators from its Palestinian Authority puppet regime Wednesday night. Meeting in secrecy at the...