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2024 deadliest year in history for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons: Report
With a surge in death and increasing brutality against Palestinians in Israeli occupation prisons, Palestinian prisoners’ institutions declared that the year 2024 is the deadliest year in the history of the conflict…
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Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda released after 172-day hunger strike
Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda, who went on a hunger strike for 172-days last year in protest against his administrative detention, was released from Israeli imprisonment on Friday, September 15, Palestinian Informatiom Center…
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Palestinian prisoner Bashir Al-Khatib walks free after 35 years
Palestinian prisoner Bashir Abdullah Kamel Al-Khatib was released by Israeli authorities after being held in prison for 35 years, Wafa News Agency reported. Sixty-year-old Al-Khatib was detained on January 1, 1988, and…
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Campaign for release of terminally ill Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah launched
Social media users launched an online campaign to demand the urgent release of the Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah, following a sharp deterioration in his health condition. Palestinians and supporters took to social…
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Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan dies in Israeli jail 86 days post hunger strike
Palestinian prisoner Sheikh Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 86 days in Ramla prison in Israel, died on Tuesday. 44-year-old Adnan was found unconscious in his cell in the…
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Palestinian prisoner Maher Younis freed from Israeli jail after 40 yrs
The second longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, Maher Younis, embraced freedom on Thursday morning, after serving four decades in Israeli prisons, Palestinian News Agency reported. 65-year-old Maher was released from Eshel prison near Beer…
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74 Palestinian prisoners die due to medical negligence since 1967
Jerusalem: 74 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have died as a result of medical negligence since 1967, according to Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. The first was Khalil Al-Rashaida,…
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900 Palestinians in Israeli prison refuse meals in support of hunger strikers
900 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Ofer prison on Thursday returned meals in solidarity with the 30 administrative prisoners on hunger strike, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club Association. On September 25,…
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Israel imposes double isolation on 400 Palestinian prisoners
The Palestinian Prisoners Club on Sunday announced that the Israeli occupation authorities are imposing double isolation on more than 400 prisoners in their rooms. The club further pointed to the harsh conditions…
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Israeli court refuses to release Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda
The Israeli occupation court on Monday rejected a request for the release of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda, who has been on hunger strike for 156 days, in protest against his administrative detention.…
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Israeli forces detain 17 Palestinian journalists: JSC report
Jerusalem: Israeli forces have detained seventeen Palestinian journalists and media workers in its prison, according to an Arab human rights group on Monday. This came in a report released by the Beirut-based…
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‘Danger multiplies’ as Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda passes 70th day of hunger strike
Jerusalem: A 40-year-old Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda from the town of Idna, west of Hebron in the southern West Bank, who is in Ofer detention camp, has passed the 70th consecutive day of his…
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550 Palestinians sentenced to life imprisonment in Israeli jails: Report
Jerusalem: The number of Palestinians sentenced to life imprisonment in the Israeli prisons rose to 550, local media reported on Monday. This came in a report released by the Center for Palestinian Prisoner…
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Israeli forces detain 16 Palestinian Journalists: Report
Jerusalem: Israeli forces have detained sixteen Palestinian journalists and media workers in its prison, according to an Arab human rights group on Sunday. This came in a report released by the Beirut-based…
