As of the end of January 2016, Israel held 568 Palestinians in administrative detention, among them two minors, two women, and one clown. Over 6,000 Palestinian “security prisoners” were being held in Israeli prisons as of the beginning of February, according to statistics published by the Israel Prison Services (IPS). This is the highest number […]

G4S, the world’s largest security firm, is selling its entire business in Israel in a move that it said on Thursday was for “commercial reasons.” The global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has claimed that it was responsible for the decision because of pressure it applied on the British firm. G4S noted in its […]

Security company reports 40% fall in pre-tax profits and reveals contract to house asylum seekers has already cost it £31m The private security giant G4S has warned its shareholders that it may lose £57m if the Home Office extends its contract to house destitute asylum seekers for a further two years. The warning came as […]

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 […]