Tag: Hunger strike
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Palestinian lawyers went on hunger strike in solidarity with Mohammed Allan and to protest against administrative detention
20th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil Team |Hebron, Occupied Palestine Last Tuesday Palestinian lawyers went on a hunger strike. Hatem Shahin, vice-president of the Palestinian Bar Association for lawyers, explains why thirteen of the Association’s members decided to take this radical step: “The main goals are to break the isolation of the Palestinian prisoners…
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Khader Adnan, an example for all prisoners and Palestinians
29th June 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Today, the weekly concentration in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails focused on the last victory of Khader Adnan. Spokesmen from different factions and committees pointed to Khader Adnan as an example for all prisoners and all Palestinians for…
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Photo story: Al-Fwar refugee camp shows support for the political prisoners on hunger strike
25th May 2014 |International Solidarity Movement, Khalil team | Al-Fwar, Occupied Palestine On the 24th of May, approximately 40 protesters gathered at Al-Fwar refugee camp. The protest was to support the 5,000 political prisoners of whom more than a 180, are on their 30th day of hunger strike. The protest was successful in the sense…
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Joint statement: solidarity groups call on Israel to stop administrative detention
25th May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service, Christian Peacemakers Team, International Solidarity Movement, | Occupied Palestine In support of Palestinian ‘administrative detainees’ on open-end hunger strike Over one hundred and twenty five Palestinian prisoners (ninety of whom are administrative detainees) have entered the fifth week of an open-end hunger strike to protest Israel’s practice…
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Palestinian hunger strike: “Either I go home – or I go in a plastic bag”
23rd May 2014 | International Women’s Peace Service | Occupied Palestine “What do you want from me?” a 70-year-old lawyer and professor of economics asked the Israeli military when they arrested him last year. “You are very dangerous,” was the explanation. Recalling his reply, the man laughs, his kind face lighting up: “I am dangerous to one of the most…
