Tag: Prisoner Rights
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#PalHunger protest in Ramallah
by Fadi Arouri 29 April 2012 | Fadi Arouri Photography Palestinians gather in Ramallah to protest in support of prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jail. While two have been on hunger strike for over 60 days, the majority of the estimated 3,000 participants have been on hunger strike since April 17th.
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The Battle of Empty Stomachs: Khader Adnan highlights the consolation of solidarity
by Sylvia 24 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of April, Palestinian political prisoners launched a mass hunger strike against the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) dismissal of the Fourth Geneva Convention and basic international law. The call for action comes on Palestinian Prisoners Day after a wave of high-profile hunger…
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“We will live in dignity:” Palestinian political prisoners begin mass hunger strike
17 April 2012 | Al Haq As an organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of Palestinian human rights, Al-Haq would like to take the opportunity of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day to highlight the ongoing violation of the rights of Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisons, many of whom are interned without charge or trial. The continuing…
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The price of intellectual resistance
by Sylvia 14 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “Our souls are not devastated, we are hanging on” On the 7th November 2011, founder of the Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment (Tanwer) and lecturer at the An- Najah University, Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, was arrested from his home at two o’clock in the morning. Dr. Yousef…
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42 days of hunger strike: Take action to save Hassan Safady from dying in administrative detention
by Silvia and Andreas 13 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Please SUBMIT pictures in solidarity with Hassan Safady FREE HASSAN SAFADY FREE ALL PRISONERS IN ADMINSTRATIVE DETENTION Today Hasan Safady entered into his 42nd day of hunger strike. Ten months ago, he was brutally arrested from his home in the old city…
