Spring leaves me anxious for its arrival. The smell of the blossoms and the perfect breeze that is neither hot nor cold. I would not be exaggerating when I say that this season crosses my mind everyday. The images do not blur with the passing of time. They are renewed with the passing of each […]

Israel’s administrative detention is inhumane BY Ben White On February 26, Palestinian journalist Mohammad Al Qeeq ended what has widely been reported as one of the longest hunger strikes on record. Al Qeeq was detained at his home in Ramallah by Israeli forces last November and subsequently placed under administrative detention without any charges, and […]

Friday, 4 March 4:00 pm G4S Secure Solutions, New York City – 17 W 44th St, NYC Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1260565637304426/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network British-Danish conglomerate G4S, the world’s largest security firm and second biggest private employer, plays a key part in Israeli settler-colonialism, ethnic cleansing, occupation and apartheid. From the barrier walls Israel uses […]

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 […]