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Released Palestinian Detainees Allege Abuse in Israeli Prisons
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Released Palestinian Detainees Allege Abuse in Israeli Prisons by On February 2, 2025, as an exchange of detainees brokered by the United States proceeded between Israel and the Hamas militia, freed Palestinians accused their Israeli captors of abusing them in detention. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu did not respond to …
Palestinian Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Conditions of Confinement, Prisoners-International
Palestinian Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Around 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails launched a hunger strike on April 17, 2017, a date also known as Palestinian Prisoners Day. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, the strike was meant to protest the …
The Response to ‘George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine’
Article • March 28, 2017
Filed under: Political Prisoners (International)
The Response to ‘George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine’ by “This is an important event for the Palestinian prisoner.” – Dr. Sari Nussibeh “We have to reinforce solidarity with freedom-minded people all around the world.” – Issa Qaraka “The Abu Jihad center does solidarity work movements for liberation.” – …
Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Fathers in Prison
Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives by Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives by Matt Clarke Authorities in Israel concede there is little they can do to stop a growing practice among Palestinian prisoners: smuggling their sperm out of prison in order …
Prisoners of Injustice -- Palestinian PoW Report, NLG, 2014
Publication • May 1, 2014
Filed under: Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International)
Prisoners of Injustice -- Palestinian PoW Report, NLG, 2014 PRISONERS OF INJUSTICE Report of the National Lawyers Guild Delegation to Palestine May 2014 Published November 2014 by the National Lawyers Guild. The National Lawyers Guild was formed in 1937 as the nation’s first racially integrated bar association to advocate for …
PRISON IS A CENTRAL FEATURE OF PALESTINIAN LIFE
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Bedding, Vermin, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, International Law, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Military, Military Prisons
PRISON IS A CENTRAL FEATURE OF PALESTINIAN LIFE by Audrey Bomse, Esq. Since 1967, when the West Bank and Gaza were first occupied by Israel, over 650,000 Palestinians have been detained for resisting the Israeli Occupation by political, military and other means. This constitutes approximately 20% of the total Palestinian …
Palestinian Prisoners and International Law
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: International, International Law, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International)
Palestinian Prisoners and International Law by By Audrey Bomse INTRODUCTION: Since 1967, well over 650,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have been detained by Israel for resisting the Occupation. This constitutes approximately 20% of the total Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories and 40% of the total male …
Palestinian Child Political Prisoners Detained by Israel
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, International Law, Political Prisoners (International)
Palestinian Child Political Prisoners Detained by Israel by Catherine Cook Palestinian Child Political Prisoners Detained By Israel by Catherine Cook Since the political process between Israel and the Palestinians was reinvigorated in May 2003, prisoners, including children, have been high on the Palestinian political agenda. With one of the highest …
Palestinians Still Imprisoned Despite Peace Process
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, International Law, Prisoners-International
Palestinians Still Imprisoned Despite Peace Process by Inaki Markiegi by Iñaki Markiegi Today Palestinians remain foreigners in their own land. Faced with the apathy of the international community, the nearly two and half million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, the million in the Israeli …
Kafka in the Desert: Palestinian Detainees Struggle
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Hunger Strikes, Prisoners-International
Kafka in the Desert: Palestinian Detainees Struggle by Imagine, if you will, an isolated prison in the desert. Surrounding the one conventional prison building is a large compound, divided into barbed wire enclosures, each holding several dozen prisoners in tents. The compound is walled in, and guarded by military police. …
Books Available: Barred: Women, Writing and Political Detention
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Political Prisoners, Reviews, Crime/Demographics, Crime
Books Available: Barred: Women, Writing and Political Detention by Barbara Harlow Barred: Women, Writing and Political Detention, by Barbara Harlow, examines and presents the writings of women political prisoners in Northern Ireland, Palestine, El Salvador, Egypt, South Africa and the United States. The book gives an analysis of the dynamics …
Palestinian Political Prisoners
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Organizing, Hunger Strikes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners-International
Palestinian Political Prisoners by Israeli prisons are in many respects a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As places of detention and physical and psychological suffering, they represent in starkest terms the violent essence of occupation. On the other hand, Palestinian prisoners have turned them into fronts of struggle and steadfastness. …
Palestinians Sue Tear Gas Maker
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Filed under: Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Prisoners-International
Palestinians Sue Tear Gas Maker by According to Al Fair of Nov. 23, 1992, in December, 1991, the New York based Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit on behalf of nine families of Palestinians killed by tear gas in Israeli occupied Palestine. The suit, Abu Zeinah v. Federal Laboratories, was …