Tag: Prisoner Rights
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Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison
15th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On 20 May, Obeida Shamali visited his father, Ahmad Abd Alraheem Shamali, in Israel’s Nafha prison. It was the first time they had seen each other since Israeli forces captured Ahmad in August 2008. “I was very happy,” the seven-year-old said. He was…
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What Thaer Halahleh’s family told me about his release brings joy, but raises troubling questions
by Lina Al Saafin 15 May 2012 | Electronic Intifada At around 1:30am Palestine local time I was lying on my side in my bed trying to sleep and doing my best to ignore the queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach as I thought about how the 64th commemoration of Nakba Day would…
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Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike
by Haitham Hamad 14 May 2012 | Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners agreed Monday to end a weekslong hunger strike after winning concessions from Israel to improve their conditions, the two sides announced. The deal ended a strike in which prisoners had gone without food for up to 77…
