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Why we are on hunger strike in Israel’s prisons
Having spent the last 15 years in an Israeli prison, I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners. After exhausting all other options, I decided there was no choice but to resist these abuses by going on a…
Israel and Palestinian occupied territories : four hunger strikers face deterioration in their health as they continue strike for freedom
Four Palestinian prisoners continue on hunger strike to demand their freedom from administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, with two strikers reaching the 30-day mark without food and facing serious deterioration to their health.Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories : when hunger is the only option
Mariam al-Hih received a distressing phone call from her son Omar last month. Omar was going on hunger strike to protest how Israel had locked him up without charge or trial. As many other parents have done in similar situations, Mariam pleaded with Omar not to proceed with his hunger strike. “I to…Israël : de nombreux innocents sont probablement détenus dans les prisons du pays
Dans son rapport annuel publié dimanche, le Bureau du Défenseur des droits a dénoncé des problèmes systémiques qui empêchent d’exposer officiellement des condamnations injustifiées. Le rapport a noté le refus régulier de l’État de procéder à de nouveaux tests scientifiques pour apporter des preuves…