With no criminal record, the girl was charged with attempted voluntary murder. Almost two weeks after an Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian 12-year-old girl to prison, her parents are still not allowed to visit her. On Feb. 18, an Israel’s military court sentenced Dima al-Wawi to four and a half months in prison, making her […]

The report collected the witness accounts of 116 Palestinians detained at an interrogation centre in 2013 and 2014 Palestinians held in a detention facility run by Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency are subject to mistreatment amounting to torture, a report based on testimonies of more than 100 ex-prisoners has concluded. The joint report by two […]

Activists in New York protested outside the offices of security multinational G4S on Friday, 26 February, in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, focusing on the cases of Mohammed al-Qeeq and Omar Nayef Zayed. Al-Qeeq, 33, a Palestinian journalist held in Israeli administrative detention without charge or trial, announced an end to his 94-day hunger strike […]

UPDATE/11:44 am/26 February: Bulgarian media and police sources are reporting that Omar was killed by falling from a high story of the building. They have noted that him being pushed is “not excluded.”  “Israeli media have been the first to report explicitly that Omar was ‘assassinated.’ This comes as no surprise. They’re simply the most […]

Today marks the 90th day of Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq’s hunger strike. He is held under administrative detention, without charge or trial. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month to temporarily “suspend” al-Qeeq’s detention due to his deteriorating health, but the conditional suspension required that he remains in Israel’s HaEmek hospital in Afula. Mohammed Al-Qeeq […]

In this video, Fayha Shalash makes an urgent appeal on behalf of her husband, who is gravely ill and could die at any time after 85 days on hunger strike. Muhammad al-Qiq, a 33-year-old father of two, has refused food since 25 November to protest his detention without charge or trial by Israel. “Muhammad is […]

33-year-old journalist, Mohammed al-Qiq, is on hunger strike since November 25 2015, in protest against his imprisonment without charges or trial in Administrative Detention by Israel. Al-Qiq’s health has deteriorated to the point of facing imminent death. His Wife Journalist Fayha Shalash is calling on Journalists around the world and activists to act now to […]

Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al-Qiq, 33, has spent more than 80 days on a hunger strike to protest being held by Israeli prison authorities under administrative detention. He is near death. We must take action to demand the US State Department pressure Israel to end Mr. Al-Qiq’s administrative detention immediately and allow him to be treated […]

Call the White House on Mohammed al-Qeeq’s 85th day of hunger strike to demand his immediate release: 001-202-456-1111 After calling, post here about the White House operator’s response. Israeli forces captured al-Qeeq, a 33-year-old Palestinian journalist and father of two, in a 21 November nighttime raid on his Ramallah home. On 25 November, al-Qeeq launched […]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)- Fr Manuel Hanna Musallam, priest of the Latin Church in Palestine, said he will be fasting for three days in solidarity with journalist Muhammad al-Qeiq, whose hunger strike has entered its 78th day. Speaking in an exclusive statement to the PIC, Fr Musallam addressed al-Qeiq saying: “Dear hero your life is more precious to […]