UNHRC criticises Israeli detention of Palestinians

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) called on Monday for an investigation into Israel's maltreatment of Palestinian prisoners and added that the viability of life in Gaza is at stake due to the Israeli blockade. The claim was made by the UN Special R....

Official autopsy report: Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh medically neglected

The autopsy on Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, died in Israeli jails on April 2nd, showed that he died medically neglected despite initial reports of having cancer. Director of the Palestinian Medico-Legal Institute Saber Al-aloul said in a press conference h....

New Israel's proposed Terrorism Law: legalising Administrative Detention

A new draft of “Terrorism Law” was recently proposed by the Israeli government. The new law seems to add to legalise the existing human rights violations especially the detention of Palestinians.  It also targets non-governmental o....

IPS isolates the prisoner Abu Khudair

The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has isolated on Sunday the hunger striker Iyad Abu Khudair, 38, after he stopped drinking water, Waed Society confirmed. Abu Khudair, 38, declared an open hunger strike since 15 days protesting the Israeli manipulati....

Prisoner Ayman Hamdan enters his 2nd month of hunger strike

Palestinian prisoner in the occupation jails Ayman Hamdan, from Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, enters his 31st day of hunger strike. Hamdan told the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) lawyer, who visited him at the Ofer detention center, tha....