A woman holds a placard depicting prisoner Hana Shalabi during a rally in support of her hunger strike as well as calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in front of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City March 24, 2012. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) JENIN (Ma’an) — Ofer military court on Sunday rejected [...]
Yahya Shalabi, father of prisoner Hana Shalabi, holds a poster of his daughter during a protest in front of their family house in Burqin, near Jenin March 16. (Reuters/Abed Omar Qusini) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Thirty Palestinian prisoners have joined the hunger strike of Hana Shalabi, who has consumed only water for 33 days, the head [...]
Lebanese and Palestinians carry banners and Palestinian flags as they take part in a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, near the International Committee of Red Cross offices in Beirut, on October 14, 2011. (Reuters/Sharif Karim) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities told Palestinian prisoners they will end solitary confinement [...]
Palestinian Authority Minister of Detainees Issa Qaraqe speaks at a sit-in tent supporting the prisoners’ hunger strike in Abu Dis on Oct. 9, 2011. (MaanImages) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The main goal of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails is an end to solitary confinement policies, the Palestinian Authority prisoners’ affairs minister said [...]
Forty-Four Years of Occupation by STEPHEN LENDMAN on JUNE 4, 2011 Spread it! 1Share| 32Share 1 inShare email print By Stephen Lendman * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On March 7, Palestinian Prisoners Society head Qadura Fares presented a paper to the UN International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, addressing the plight of political prisoners in Israeli prisons and [...]
