Tagged: Imprisonment

Beyond mission creep: Why Operation Brother’s Keeper isn’t working
Julie M. Norman, +972

Beyond mission creep: Why Operation Brother’s Keeper isn’t working

Israel’s “Operation Brother’s Keeper” is not working. It is also exploitative, legally questionable, and strategically absurd.

on June 24, 2014
Number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails ‘surpasses 250’
Ma'an News Agency

Number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails ‘surpasses 250’

The number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails has surpassed 250 in the wake of the ongoing military search campaign in the West Bank, a Palestinian Authority lawyer said Tuesday.

on June 24, 2014
Israel ‘doubles’ administrative detainees during arrest campaign
Charlie Hoyle, Ma'an News Agency

Israel ‘doubles’ administrative detainees during arrest campaign

Israel's military has fast-tracked over 100 administrative detention orders during a mass arrest campaign launched 10 days ago, a Palestinian prisoners group said Monday, nearly doubling the number of Palestinians held without charge.

on June 23, 2014
Red Cross warns Israeli doctors against force-feeding prisoners
Ma'an News Agency

Red Cross warns Israeli doctors against force-feeding prisoners

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday warned doctors in Israel against force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners, saying they could face international prosecution.

on June 23, 2014
Palestinian prisoners detained without charge or trial hunger for freedom
Daoud Kuttab, Huffington Post

Palestinian prisoners detained without charge or trial hunger for freedom

The hunger striking prisoners are fighting an uphill battle. (Photo: Jehad Saftawi/IMEU)

on June 12, 2014
Israel pushes force-feed law to break Palestinian hunger strike
Charlie Hoyle, Ma'an News Agency

Israel pushes force-feed law to break Palestinian hunger strike

Israel gave initial approval this week for a law which would legalize the force feeding of Palestinian hunger strikers, drawing condemnation from human rights groups who say the bill is tantamount to torture.

on June 11, 2014
Israel holding 9 Palestinian legislators without charge or trial
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada

Israel holding 9 Palestinian legislators without charge or trial

Israel has placed in administrative detention nine legislators belonging to the Change and Reform list, which won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council in elections held in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2006. The detained legislators were all arrested in late 2012 and throughout 2013.

on May 1, 2014
European Conference Call to Internationalize Prisoners’ Issue
Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA

European Conference Call to Internationalize Prisoners’ Issue

The Berlin-based first European conference on the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails called in its final statement on Monday to internationalize the issue of the prisoners to 'expose the grave violations being practiced against them.' (Photo: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills)

on April 28, 2014
Policing Apartheid: Israel’s Imprisonment of Palestinians Fact Sheets
IMEU

Policing Apartheid: Israel’s Imprisonment of Palestinians

According to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, there were 4881 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners in Israeli prisons as of January 31, 2014. According to Defense for Children International - Palestine, as of January 2014 there were 183 Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel. Of those, 20 were between the ages of 12 and 15.

on March 27, 2014
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