Tag: Administrative Detention

  • Take Urgent Action: Appeals Decision Delayed as Khader Adnan Dying to Live

    Take Urgent Action: Appeals Decision Delayed as Khader Adnan Dying to Live

    12 February 2012 | Samidoun- Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Khader Adnan, Palestinian political prisoner being held under administrative detention, is now entering his 57th day of hunger strike and facing a severe health crisis.  Despite the fact that Khader Adnan risks death with every minute that passes, the Israeli military court system is delaying decisions…

  • Israeli military court extends administrative detention for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq

    Israeli military court extends administrative detention for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq

    9 February 2012 | Tanweer Enlightenment Forum The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and the Cultural Coordinator for the Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum, currently detained in Ofer Prison…

  • In photos: On hunger strike in Gaza

    In photos: On hunger strike in Gaza

    by Mya Guarnieri 10 February 2012 | Alternative Information Center A number of Gazans have joined Khader Adnan’s hunger strike to protest the inhumane conditions that Palestinian political prisoners face in Israeli jails. Israel often holds Palestinians in administrative detention without charges, depriving detainees of their right to due process. Adnan has been on hunger…