Bassem Khandakji: a cultural front that transcends captivity
Together with other prominent Palestinian prisoners, Khandakji came to represent a combative cultural and intellectual front, forging an anti-colonial counter-knowledge from within the prisons that transcended its walls.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Movement: the struggle behind bars
The issue of prisoners is a cornerstone of the Palestinian liberation struggle and a driver of major uprisings against the Israeli occupation
How Walid Daqqah has kept the struggle for dignity alive behind the bars of Israeli prison
A global campaign is demanding the freedom of Palestinian writer, intellectual, and activist Walid Daqqah, who has been imprisoned in Israeli jails for over 37 years, and is facing severe health issues. Sahar Francis, the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, talks about Daqqah’s life of resistance and the importance of the campaign
Israeli authorities are trying to kill Walid Daqqa inside prison, claim Palestinians
Walid Daqqa has been inside an Israeli prison since 1986. The 61-year-old needs intensive medical care after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year and suffering a blood clot-induced stroke this year in February
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