Israel engaged in extensive human rights violations in 2016, including detaining or continuing to imprison thousands of Palestinians without charges or trial, torturing many of those held in custody, promoting illegal settlements in the West Bank and severely hampering the movement of Palestinians, according to the Amnesty International Annual Report, published on Wednesday. The report […]

It’s cold. Really bitterly cold. The wind is whipping across the open countryside and the military compound I’m standing in is the first thing which breaks its path. It is the first week of January and I’m in Palestine, queuing to get inside so that I can see for myself the child detainees as they are […]

Palestinian child prisoner Huzaifa Ishaq Abdel-Jawad Taha, 17, a Jerusalemite from the village of Kafr Aqab, was ordered to 12 years in Israeli prison on Sunday, 12 February. He is the latest Jerusalemite Palestinian child to receive a lengthy prison sentence after being accused of attempting to carry out a Palestinian resistance action by stabbing […]

Palestinian child prisoner Mohammed Taha, 16, sent the following letter to his family from Israeli prison, where he is serving an 11-year sentence. A Palestinian refugee from Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp, Mohammed is one of a number of Palestinian children – especially Palestinian Jerusalemites – serving lengthy sentences in Israeli jails. Mohammed was accused along […]

Protesters in New York City gathered on Friday, 3 February outside the Best Buy in Union Square to demand freedom for Palestinian prisoners and call upon Hewlett-Packard (HP) to end its corporate contracts with Israeli institutions, including the Israel Prison Service. The protest focused on the case of Salah Khawaja, Palestinian human rights defender, member […]

New York City protesters gathered outside Best Buy on 27 January to demand freedom for Nael Barghouthi and all Palestinian prisoners and highlight the growing global boycott campaign against HP (Hewlett-Packard) for profiteering from the oppression and imprisonment of Palestinians. Photo: Joe Catron Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized the protest, which highlighted the case […]

Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi – the longest-held Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails – was injured in a fall inside the “Bosta” vehicle as he was taken from Ramon prison, reported Asra Voice, as New Yorkers plan to protest for his release on Friday, 27 January. Barghouthi, 59, is currently imprisoned while a secret Israeli military […]

Israeli authorities Friday evening returned the body of 18-year-old Majd al-Khadour to a Palestinian liaison and a representative of the family for burial in the village of Bani Naim in the southern occupied West Bank district of (Al-Khalil) Hebron. Her body was held for seven months. A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance took the body to […]

Events held across the world on Jan.12-14 demanded freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, the general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and for all Palestinian prisoners. Sa’adat has been imprisoned by Israel since 2006. “Sa’adat is not only a leader of the Palestinian left but a respected leader of the entire Palestinian […]

The international days of solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat and his fellow Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails saw events, statements and actions in cities across North America, Europe and the Arab world. Over 60 organizations signed the collective statement and call for the days of action, which marked the 15th anniversary of Sa’adat’s 2002 […]