Six Palestinians on open-ended hunger strikes demand end of their illegal administrative detention
Palestinian prisoners have intensified a series of protest actions against mistreatment by Israeli authorities
Palestinian on two-month hunger strike to protest Israeli administrative detention hospitalized
Administrative detainee Khalil Awawdeh, one of approximately 650 Palestinians currently in Israeli administrative detention, launched a hunger strike to demand an end to his illegal detention without charge or trial
“Our decision is freedom”: Palestinians fight against administrative detention
Israel’s illegal practice of administrative detention has been met with a new form of resistance by Palestinian detainees: court boycotts
Palestinians continue boycott of Israeli military courts to protest their illegal administrative detention
The detainees began their collective boycott of the military courts on January 1. They are also boycotting appeal hearings in higher courts
Hisham Abu Hawwash to continue hunger strike until definitive release
Abu Hawwash has been on a hunger strike for 135 days protesting his illegal administrative detention and has vowed to continue until he is granted complete freedom
Israeli court rejects appeal to release administrative detainee on hunger strike
Palestinian detainee Hisham Abu Hawwash has been on hunger strike for 125 days now to protest his illegal administrative detention by Israel. His release has been rejected despite serious life-threatening health issues
Palestinian administrative detainee Loay al-Ashqar ends hunger strike after deal on release
Two other administrative detainees, Hisham Abu Hawwash and Nidal Ballout, continue to be on hunger strike against their illegal administrative detention by Israel. They have been on hunger strike for 104 and 31 days, respectively
Around the World in 8 minutes: Victories for political prisoners in Colombia and Palestine
Two political prisoners from Colombia and Palestine were released this past week in a major victory for people’s movements
Concerns of COVID-19 loom large on International Day of Palestinian Prisoners
The International Day of Palestinian Prisoners on April 17 is marked annually to remember and express solidarity with the thousands of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails and detention and interrogation centers
Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against negligence amid Coronavirus threat
Israeli prison authorities have failed to provide Palestinian prisoners adequate access to medical services, testing, protective gear and other essential sanitary items crucial to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in overcrowded Israeli prisons
Human rights groups in Palestine call on Israel to release prisoners amid COVID-19 outbreak
Prisoners are at an increased risk of infection owing to overcrowded prison facilities, living in unsafe, unsanitary and disease-prone conditions
4 Palestinian prisoners may have Coronavirus disease as Israel restricts access to medical care, supplies
Palestinian prisoners’ rights groups have accused Israeli prison authorities of engaging in gross medical negligence and abuse by not ensuring adequate protection for Palestinian prisoners against the Coronavirus
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