A call for collective global action in support of Palestinian prisoners
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A call for collective global action in support of Palestinian prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Israel must be held accountable for the crimes it is committing against Palestinians in detention camps and prisons. This day is dedicated to highlighting Israeli crimes and violations of Palestinian prisoners’ rights and the continuing genocide in Gaza. Shortly after Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced that Israel was cutting off food, water, electricity and fuel to Gaza, effectively announcing the start of the genocide, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir launched his own war against Palestinian political prisoners and detainees held in Israeli jails and camps, by declaring a policy of “overcrowding”. By using mass detention, Israel, the occupying power, has systematically destroyed Palestinian social, economic and psychological fabric since 1967. Over one million Palestinians have been arrested since then, thousands have been held hostage for extended periods under administrative detention and 255 detainees have died in Israeli prisons.

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Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
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1 month ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily  

A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. "They are being killed, injured, …

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
Trending News
1 month ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-21 09:26 A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. …

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
1 month ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily  

A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. "They are being killed, injured, …

UN War on Gaza: Expert Panel Accuses Israel of Crimes Against Humanity
2 months, 2 weeks ago

UN War on Gaza: Expert Panel Accuses Israel of Crimes Against Humanity

Associated Press  

A U.N. commission has accused Israel of destroying Gaza's health care system through relentless and deliberate attacks in its yearlong war with Hamas. The report found that Israel deliberately killed, detained and tortured Palestinian medical staff, of targeting their vehicles and of restricting permits for medical evacuations from Gaza. It said those amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The U.N. human rights office …

UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, dogs set on them, and other forms of torture and mistreatment. The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 “security detainees” as of the end of June, and some have …

Israel subjecting Palestinian detainees to torture and abuse: UN report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel subjecting Palestinian detainees to torture and abuse: UN report

Al Jazeera  

The report says ‘thousands’ of Palestinians detained arbitrarily by Israel during the war in Gaza. Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians during the war in Gaza and stands accused of numerous cases of torture, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says in a new report. Based primarily on interviews with released detainees and other victims …

Detained Palestinians subjected to waterboarding, electric shocks and other forms of torture in Israeli prisons, UN report says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Detained Palestinians subjected to waterboarding, electric shocks and other forms of torture in Israeli prisons, UN report says

ABC  

Thousands of Palestinian prisoners have been subjected to waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, the release of dogs on them and other forms of torture and mistreatment, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office. The report on detention, released on Wednesday local time, said Israel's prison service held more than 9,400 "security detainees" as of the end of …

50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN
6 months, 1 week ago

50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN

Al Jazeera  

UNRWA warns people in Gaza face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger because of Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid. Over 50,000 children require treatment for acute malnutrition@UNRWA teams work tirelessly to reach families with aid but the situation is catastrophic. #CeasefireNow pic.twitter.com/FwmsjrqmRW — UNRWA June 15, 2024 UNICEF spokesperson James Elder also described how difficult it is to not only get aid …

UN says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in a deadly raid
6 months, 1 week ago

UN says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in a deadly raid

The Hindu  

The U.N. human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over the weekend and killed hundreds of Palestinians. Office spokesman Jeremy Laurence expressed concerns about possible violations of rules of proportionality, distinction and precaution by the Israeli forces in a …

UN says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in a deadly raid
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in a deadly raid

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over the weekend and killed hundreds of Palestinians. Office spokesman Jeremy Laurence expressed concerns about possible violations of rules of proportionality, distinction and precaution by the Israeli forces …

Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: How many are still in Israeli detention?
8 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian Prisoner’s Day: How many are still in Israeli detention?

Al Jazeera  

Why are thousands of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons without charge? Every year, April 17 marks Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, a day dedicated to the thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israel. The Palestinian National Council chose April 17 as Palestinian Prisoner’s Day in 1974 because it was the date that Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi was released in the first prisoner exchange …

The thousands of Palestinians Israel arrests, tortures, holds even in death
8 months, 1 week ago

The thousands of Palestinians Israel arrests, tortures, holds even in death

Al Jazeera  

As Palestinians mark Prisoner’s Day, Israel continues to hold and mistreat thousands of Palestinian captives. As a Palestinian, I’m always thinking that the occupation forces see us all as terrorists.” ‘Always a target’ As a former prisoner, Nada is paying tribute to the thousands of Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails on Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, a national day commemorated annually on …

Israelis protest food shipments to Gaza
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Israelis protest food shipments to Gaza

CNN  

Video Ad Feedback 'No single loaf of bread': These Israeli protesters are trying to prevent aid from going into Gaza 04:47 - Source: CNN Israel-Gaza War 14 videos Video Ad Feedback 'No single loaf of bread': These Israeli protesters are trying to prevent aid from going into Gaza 04:47 Now playing - Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback Hear why some …

‘Heinous’: Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza aid seekers condemned
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Heinous’: Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza aid seekers condemned

Al Jazeera  

Leaders from Palestine and neighbouring countries speak out against the ‘massacre’ of more than 100 people seeking aid. The office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said an “ugly massacre conducted by the Israeli occupation army” had taken place, following reports on Thursday that Israeli forces opened fire on people receiving aid southwest of Gaza City. “We condemn the inhumane …

‘Systematic torture’: To be Palestinian in an Israeli prison
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Systematic torture’: To be Palestinian in an Israeli prison

Al Jazeera  

Israel stepped up its arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank, and mistreatment of prisoners in its overstuffed jails. In the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, it arrested about 7,000 people, sometimes without charges, making the total number of Palestinian prisoners nearly 10,000, adding serious overcrowding to the challenges they face. Beaten brutally Jaafar Obayat, who recently left Megiddo …

Israel-Hamas War Day 72: ‘Israel is as committed as ever to war,’ says Netanyahu
1 year ago

Israel-Hamas War Day 72: ‘Israel is as committed as ever to war,’ says Netanyahu

Live Mint  

On the 72nd day of the Israel-Gaza war, Israeli military officials stated on Saturday that three Israeli hostages, mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, were killed despite waving a white flag and being shirtless, as reported by AP. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationwide address that the killings “broke my heart, broke the entire nation’s …

What is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day?
1 year, 8 months ago

What is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day?

Al Jazeera  

Marked every year on April 17, the event is dedicated to the centrality of prisoners to the Palestinian cause. Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is commemorated every year on April 17 – a date approved by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 as a national day dedicated to the freedom of prisoners and support for their rights. In late March 2008, the …

Tensions simmer among Palestinian prisoners as Israel cracks down
1 year, 10 months ago

Tensions simmer among Palestinian prisoners as Israel cracks down

Al Jazeera  

Prisoner group says deal has been reached after tough measures were imposed amid escalation of violence. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – After Hamas’s armed wing in the besieged Gaza Strip launched rockets towards Israel on Wednesday night, it explained its reasons; chief among them was the treatment of what it termed a “red line”: female Palestinian prisoners. But Israeli prison …

Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity
2 years, 5 months ago

Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group said Friday. Human Rights Watch called in its report for donor countries to cut off funding to Palestinian security forces that commit such crimes and urged the International …

Some 600 Palestinians held by Israel without charge, group says
2 years, 7 months ago

Some 600 Palestinians held by Israel without charge, group says

Al Jazeera  

So-called administrative detainees are held based on ‘secret evidence’, and are held for renewable six-month periods. Israel is holding about 600 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2016, an Israeli rights group said. HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said on Monday that as of May there were 604 detainees …

Palestinian prisoners protest Israeli ‘collective punishment’
2 years, 10 months ago

Palestinian prisoners protest Israeli ‘collective punishment’

Al Jazeera  

Ramallah, Occupied West Bank – Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention have taken a series of actions against recent restrictions imposed on them by authorities, prisoner rights groups said, adding that Israeli measures amounted to collective punishment. All prisoners are refusing to step out of their cells for their allocated yard time since Israeli prison authorities on February 5 decreased the …

Palestinian prisoners launch boycott of Israeli military courts
2 years, 11 months ago

Palestinian prisoners launch boycott of Israeli military courts

Al Jazeera  

Ramallah, occupied West Bank- Palestinian prisoners held without trial or charge have launched a boycott of Israel’s military courts in the occupied West Bank, as prisoner groups warn that one detainee on hunger strike faces “imminent danger of death”. Human rights groups describe Israel’s use of the practice as “systematic and arbitrary”, and as a form of collective punishment, noting …

Tensions boil as Palestinian prisoners face collective punishment
2 years, 11 months ago

Tensions boil as Palestinian prisoners face collective punishment

Al Jazeera  

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Tensions have reached boiling point in several Israeli prisons holding Palestinian prisoners, with rights groups saying authorities are keeping a number of inmates, including several injured by Israeli forces, in unknown conditions. “The situation in the prisons is critical and very dangerous,” Milena Ansari, international advocacy officer for Addameer, a Ramallah-based prisoners rights group, told …

Palestinians demand mobilisation to save hunger-strike prisoners
3 years, 2 months ago

Palestinians demand mobilisation to save hunger-strike prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Families of prisoners call for the release of their sons, held in Israeli jails under ‘administrative detention’. The six prisoners embarked on open-ended hunger strikes to protest being held on “administrative detention” orders – an Israeli policy that allows detaining Palestinians indefinitely based on “secret information” – without pressing formal charges or putting them on trial. Qadura Fares, head of …

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