Tag: Prisoner

  • Action Alert: Palestinian reports sexual harassment in Israeli jail

    Women’s Organization for Political Prisoners (WOFPP) 19 September 2009 Since the last month WOFPP has accompanied, with deep concern, the minor political prisoner who complained of sexual harassment by one of the guards in Hasharon Prison where she was held. WOFPP’s lawyer, Taghreed Jahshan, visited the prisoner many times during the recent period and has…

  • Palestinians hold iftar outside Ofer prison

    10 September 2009 On Thursday, Palestinians, international and Israeli solidarity activists gathered to break the Ramadan fast with the iftar meal on a hilltop overlooking the Israeli prison, Ofer. After the meal, a series of speeches were given voicing opposition to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands and brutal detention policy, noting that there are…

  • A mass demonstration will be held outside Ofer prison in the West Bank

    For Immediate Release: Monday, 24 August 2009 at 9am: A mass demonstration will be held outside Ofer prison in the West Bank. Palestinians, alongside Israeli and international solidarity activists will gather in front of Ofer (on the Palestinian side) to protest against Israeli arrest and intimidation campaigns of Palestinians. Israeli forces have conducted arrest and…