15 dec 2012
IOF kidnap two Palestinians from their homes in Tulkarem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped at dawn Saturday two Palestinians from Tulkarem and took them to an known destination.
Local sources said Israeli troops stormed the northern district of the city and kidnapped two Palestinian citizens, Masaoud Abu Zant and Mahmoud Abu Diya, from their homes.
In another incident, the IOF on the morning of the same day established several checkpoints south of Al-Khalil city and climbed onto the roofs of two houses in Yatta town.
Eyewitnesses told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Israeli troops erected barriers at the northern entrance to Yatta known as Ze'ev junction and at the entrance to Bani Naim town near the bypass road used by Jewish settlers.
They added that the troops obstructed the movement of citizens and vehicles, checked their IDs and handed a citizen a summons from the Israeli intelligence.
The IOF also stormed different areas of Jenin city at dawn today and raided several homes without any reported arrests.
They set up roadblocks and searched vehicles during this campaign, according to eyewitnesses.
Local sources said Israeli troops stormed the northern district of the city and kidnapped two Palestinian citizens, Masaoud Abu Zant and Mahmoud Abu Diya, from their homes.
In another incident, the IOF on the morning of the same day established several checkpoints south of Al-Khalil city and climbed onto the roofs of two houses in Yatta town.
Eyewitnesses told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the Israeli troops erected barriers at the northern entrance to Yatta known as Ze'ev junction and at the entrance to Bani Naim town near the bypass road used by Jewish settlers.
They added that the troops obstructed the movement of citizens and vehicles, checked their IDs and handed a citizen a summons from the Israeli intelligence.
The IOF also stormed different areas of Jenin city at dawn today and raided several homes without any reported arrests.
They set up roadblocks and searched vehicles during this campaign, according to eyewitnesses.
Israeli forces quell solidarity march, injure 15, arrest 5
Israeli soldiers used force to quell a peaceful solidarity march in Issawiye to the north of occupied Jerusalem on Friday evening in solidarity with detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi.
Palestinian sources said that the IOF soldiers arrested five Palestinians after breaking into the village and tore down a tent pitched in solidarity with Issawi.
They said that the soldiers used rubber-coated bullets and teargas to disperse the march and during storming of the village wounding 15 Jerusalemites in the process.
Palestinian sources said that the IOF soldiers arrested five Palestinians after breaking into the village and tore down a tent pitched in solidarity with Issawi.
They said that the soldiers used rubber-coated bullets and teargas to disperse the march and during storming of the village wounding 15 Jerusalemites in the process.
Ramla prison captives to file complaint against prison administration
Horriyet Center's lawyer, Ibtisam al-Anati, revealed that patient prisoners in Ramla prison hospital are planning to file a complaint against Israeli prison administration to demand providing them with necessary medical needs. The representative of Ramle prisoners, Issa Abd Rabbo, told the lawyer during her visit to the prison about the prisoners' plan to file the complaints.
He also told the lawyer that one of the prisoners had nearly lost his foot following a misdiagnosis of his illness by the prison doctor who had informed him that his foot should be amputated but a specialized doctor told him that his foot was not in need of amputation; stressing that the incident demonstrates the prison doctor's neglect and carelessness regarding the patient prisoners.
The prisoner Abed Rabbo pointed out that the main demands of the captives are to provide treatment and health care for every patient and allow them to see specialist doctors, noting that the prison doctor inhumanly treats the sick prisoners.
He also told the lawyer that one of the prisoners had nearly lost his foot following a misdiagnosis of his illness by the prison doctor who had informed him that his foot should be amputated but a specialized doctor told him that his foot was not in need of amputation; stressing that the incident demonstrates the prison doctor's neglect and carelessness regarding the patient prisoners.
The prisoner Abed Rabbo pointed out that the main demands of the captives are to provide treatment and health care for every patient and allow them to see specialist doctors, noting that the prison doctor inhumanly treats the sick prisoners.
Ahrar: 120 Palestinian teachers in Israel's jails
Ahrar center for prisoner studies and human rights said there are 120 Palestinian teachers detained in Israeli jails, calling on the union of Palestinian teachers and the ministry of education to pay more attention to their issue.
In a press release issued on the occasion of the teacher's day, director of the center Fouad Al-Khafsh stated that the Palestinian teachers in general have been exposed more than any segment of the Palestinian spectra to detention because of their leading role in the Palestinian struggle against the occupation.
"Everyone should honor this group of people which have given a lot and raised men on nationalism and heroism; they has set examples in steadfastness and fortitude in interrogation rooms and prisons," Khafsh stressed.
He cited as an example what happened to teacher Wael Hashash who was kidnapped from his school later this year and released after 10 months in jail before detaining him once again, calling for giving the issue of detained teachers priority.
In a press release issued on the occasion of the teacher's day, director of the center Fouad Al-Khafsh stated that the Palestinian teachers in general have been exposed more than any segment of the Palestinian spectra to detention because of their leading role in the Palestinian struggle against the occupation.
"Everyone should honor this group of people which have given a lot and raised men on nationalism and heroism; they has set examples in steadfastness and fortitude in interrogation rooms and prisons," Khafsh stressed.
He cited as an example what happened to teacher Wael Hashash who was kidnapped from his school later this year and released after 10 months in jail before detaining him once again, calling for giving the issue of detained teachers priority.
Wa'ed slams Israeli jailers for not settling issue of Sharawna and Issawi
Wa'ed society for detainees and ex-detainees strongly denounced the Israeli prison authority for manipulating the fate of hunger strikers Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi.
In a press release on Friday, Wa'ed society appealed to Palestinian official and popular institutions to save the lives of these two hunger strikers and pressure for their release.
It said that the issue of prisoners Sharawna and Issawi should be highlighted in every political move during the current stage, noting that the Israeli military courts keep sidestepping their issue.
The society pointed out that the hunger strikers were released as part of the prisoner swap deal with Israel, demanding the Egyptian sponsor of the deal to send an envoy to settle this issue before it is too late.
Palestinian human rights originations had warned that Sharawna and Issawi could die any moment after all the vital functions of their bodies failed to work properly.
Israeli officials from the prison authority and its courts visited them recently and gave them pledges to respond to their demands after the hunger strikers refused to undergo medical tests and take water or fluids, but the officials have not fulfilled any of their promises so far.
Electronic media campaign in support of hunger striking prisoners
Dozens of Palestinian activists have been organizing the largest media campaign to support the hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails via different social networking sites.
The campaigners said that next Monday will be an international day of solidarity with the hunger strikers in the Israeli jails, especially the captives Samer al-Issawi and Ayman Sharawna, who have been refusing food for nearly half a year.
Dozens of Palestinian and Arab pages on the social networking sites, as Facebook and Twitter, will participate in the campaign, in addition to the participation of the largest Arab networks, the local radio stations and the Palestinian satellite channels on the social networking sites.
The campaigners also said that the number of participants in the Facebook pages, which are preparing to launch the campaign, exceeds 10 million all over the world, adding that this electronic campaign is designed to re-activate the issue of the hunger striking prisoners, after being officially and popularly neglected.
They noted that this solidarity campaign will include introducing the hunger striking prisoners by publishing their photographs as well as the dissemination of news and human rights reports, in several languages around the world.
EMOHR calls on PA to prosecute occupation internationally
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights (EMOHR) called on the Palestinian Authority to prosecute the Israeli occupation for the violating the international law in dealing with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
EMOHR said, in a press statement from the Turkish capital Ankara on Friday, it is worried about the international failure to save Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi' lives in light of their health deterioration due to their months-long hunger strike protesting against their administrative detention.
EMOHR called on the high contracting parties in the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to bear their responsibilities and obligations they have undertaken to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances.
The observatory considered the international silence on the Israeli crimes and violations to the prisoners' rights as a clear violation of the international Convention.
The regional director of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Amani al-Sinwar, called on the Palestinian Authority to submit an official request to the Swiss government to hold a conference for the High Contracting Parties in the Fourth Geneva Convention, to discuss measures to implement the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories, and to develop operational mechanisms to ensure the Israeli respect of the convention especially in dealing with the civilian prisoners.
Al-Sinwar stated that according to Geneva convention each High Contracting Party shall be under the obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches, "depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in the present Convention", and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before its own courts.
EMOHR called on the Palestinian Authority and non-governmental organizations that support Palestine, to move seriously with the UN Human Rights Council to save the lives of the striking prisoners who reached the brink of death.
The observatory also called on the international community to pressure the Israeli occupation to release the prisoners on hunger strike or provide proof of having committed offenses.
Mass march in support of the striking prisoners in Jinin
Mass march was organized in Arraba village, south of Jenin after Friday prayers, in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike Jafar Ezzedine, Tarek Kaadan, Samer al-Issawi, Ayman Sharawna and Yusuf Yasin.
The march went to the house of the striker prisoner, Tarek Kaadan, where the participants talked about the need to support and advocate for the issue of the prisoners on hunger strike.
Mahmoud Kaadan, Tarek's brother, called for saving the lives of prisoners on hunger strike, adding that they are determined to continue the strike until their release and the end of administrative detention against them.
He also called on the international community and all human rights and humanitarian organizations carrying humanitarian and legal responsibilities to intervene and pressure the Israeli authorities to release prisoners on hunger strike, and to end the administrative detention and the aggressive policy against the captive movement.
For his part, Ahmad Mouradi, called on the national and Islamic forces "to support the prisoners by achieving national unity, which will help the people to respond to the Israeli policy and aggression until liberating all prisoners.
The liberated prisoner, Amro Naser, said in his speech that the prisoners have become in a real danger, calling for more solidarity marches and events with the prisoners' issue.
He also called on the international community to bear its responsibility to stop the aggressive policy practiced against Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli authorities. He also called for achieving national unity.
In a press release on Friday, Wa'ed society appealed to Palestinian official and popular institutions to save the lives of these two hunger strikers and pressure for their release.
It said that the issue of prisoners Sharawna and Issawi should be highlighted in every political move during the current stage, noting that the Israeli military courts keep sidestepping their issue.
The society pointed out that the hunger strikers were released as part of the prisoner swap deal with Israel, demanding the Egyptian sponsor of the deal to send an envoy to settle this issue before it is too late.
Palestinian human rights originations had warned that Sharawna and Issawi could die any moment after all the vital functions of their bodies failed to work properly.
Israeli officials from the prison authority and its courts visited them recently and gave them pledges to respond to their demands after the hunger strikers refused to undergo medical tests and take water or fluids, but the officials have not fulfilled any of their promises so far.
Electronic media campaign in support of hunger striking prisoners
Dozens of Palestinian activists have been organizing the largest media campaign to support the hunger striking prisoners in Israeli jails via different social networking sites.
The campaigners said that next Monday will be an international day of solidarity with the hunger strikers in the Israeli jails, especially the captives Samer al-Issawi and Ayman Sharawna, who have been refusing food for nearly half a year.
Dozens of Palestinian and Arab pages on the social networking sites, as Facebook and Twitter, will participate in the campaign, in addition to the participation of the largest Arab networks, the local radio stations and the Palestinian satellite channels on the social networking sites.
The campaigners also said that the number of participants in the Facebook pages, which are preparing to launch the campaign, exceeds 10 million all over the world, adding that this electronic campaign is designed to re-activate the issue of the hunger striking prisoners, after being officially and popularly neglected.
They noted that this solidarity campaign will include introducing the hunger striking prisoners by publishing their photographs as well as the dissemination of news and human rights reports, in several languages around the world.
EMOHR calls on PA to prosecute occupation internationally
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights (EMOHR) called on the Palestinian Authority to prosecute the Israeli occupation for the violating the international law in dealing with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.
EMOHR said, in a press statement from the Turkish capital Ankara on Friday, it is worried about the international failure to save Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi' lives in light of their health deterioration due to their months-long hunger strike protesting against their administrative detention.
EMOHR called on the high contracting parties in the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, to bear their responsibilities and obligations they have undertaken to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances.
The observatory considered the international silence on the Israeli crimes and violations to the prisoners' rights as a clear violation of the international Convention.
The regional director of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Amani al-Sinwar, called on the Palestinian Authority to submit an official request to the Swiss government to hold a conference for the High Contracting Parties in the Fourth Geneva Convention, to discuss measures to implement the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories, and to develop operational mechanisms to ensure the Israeli respect of the convention especially in dealing with the civilian prisoners.
Al-Sinwar stated that according to Geneva convention each High Contracting Party shall be under the obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches, "depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in the present Convention", and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before its own courts.
EMOHR called on the Palestinian Authority and non-governmental organizations that support Palestine, to move seriously with the UN Human Rights Council to save the lives of the striking prisoners who reached the brink of death.
The observatory also called on the international community to pressure the Israeli occupation to release the prisoners on hunger strike or provide proof of having committed offenses.
Mass march in support of the striking prisoners in Jinin
Mass march was organized in Arraba village, south of Jenin after Friday prayers, in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike Jafar Ezzedine, Tarek Kaadan, Samer al-Issawi, Ayman Sharawna and Yusuf Yasin.
The march went to the house of the striker prisoner, Tarek Kaadan, where the participants talked about the need to support and advocate for the issue of the prisoners on hunger strike.
Mahmoud Kaadan, Tarek's brother, called for saving the lives of prisoners on hunger strike, adding that they are determined to continue the strike until their release and the end of administrative detention against them.
He also called on the international community and all human rights and humanitarian organizations carrying humanitarian and legal responsibilities to intervene and pressure the Israeli authorities to release prisoners on hunger strike, and to end the administrative detention and the aggressive policy against the captive movement.
For his part, Ahmad Mouradi, called on the national and Islamic forces "to support the prisoners by achieving national unity, which will help the people to respond to the Israeli policy and aggression until liberating all prisoners.
The liberated prisoner, Amro Naser, said in his speech that the prisoners have become in a real danger, calling for more solidarity marches and events with the prisoners' issue.
He also called on the international community to bear its responsibility to stop the aggressive policy practiced against Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli authorities. He also called for achieving national unity.
14 dec 2012
Arab Front Condemns Attacks on Palestinian Prisoners
The Palestinian Arab Front in the Gaza Strip condemned the Israeli attacks on Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails, rummaging and confiscating their properties.
An official in the Palestinian Arab Front, Mohammad Abu Sultan, said that the movement considers these attacks, a flagrant violation for the human rights, calling the Human Rights institutions, to take a firm attitude toward Israel to force it stop its brutal attacks against prisoners.
An official in the Palestinian Arab Front, Mohammad Abu Sultan, said that the movement considers these attacks, a flagrant violation for the human rights, calling the Human Rights institutions, to take a firm attitude toward Israel to force it stop its brutal attacks against prisoners.
13 dec 2012
Blind Palestinian released from Israeli captivity
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released Sheikh Ali Hanun after 14 months of administrative detention, without trial or charge, the Ahrar center for human rights said on Thursday.
Director of the center Fuad Al-Khafsh said that despite Hanun’s blindness the IOA detained him on six separate occasions and held him in custody for five years on aggregate.
Khafsh said that Hanun was arrested from his home in Al-Mazra Al-Gharbia on 15/8/2011 then held in administrative custody, adding that he was transferred from Ofer to Negev and finally to Megiddo jail during his incarceration.
Director of the center Fuad Al-Khafsh said that despite Hanun’s blindness the IOA detained him on six separate occasions and held him in custody for five years on aggregate.
Khafsh said that Hanun was arrested from his home in Al-Mazra Al-Gharbia on 15/8/2011 then held in administrative custody, adding that he was transferred from Ofer to Negev and finally to Megiddo jail during his incarceration.
Raids and arrests in al-Khalil against liberated prisoners
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched, on Thursday morning, a wide raid and arrest campaign in the city of al-Khalil, targeting a number of liberated prisoners and former detainees, in addition to raiding a number of journalists' houses.
Al-Heimoni family told PIC that the IOF stormed and searched their house, on Wednesday night, and arrested her son Mo'az, taking him to an unknown destination.
Mo'az is a liberated prisoner who was released two months ago, and it is scheduled that his brother Muhannad would be released on Thursday morning after nine months in Israeli jails.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces raided the house of the liberated prisoner Ahmed Yosri Oweiwi, and damaged its contents, and they transferred him to the Etzion detention center, after leaving his family in the cold weather for more than two hours.
Occupation forces also arrested Moataz Hirbawi and Anas Sidqi al-Jobaa after raiding their homes.
Furthermore, Occupation forces stormed at dawn on Thursday the writer Lama Khater's house in the city of al-Khalil.
Sources told PIC reporter that the Israeli soldiers raided Khater's house in the city and searched it, confiscating her computer and important papers, after interrogating her and her husband about her participation in Hamas festival celebrating the movement's inception in West Bank.
For its part, the PA security apparatuses warned the movement's supporters and members in al-Khalil not to participate in the festival, in addition to summoning members of the movement to the headquarters of the security services.
These raids came in light of the movement's festivals in the different governorates of the West Bank celebrating its inception in West Bank for the 1st time in 5 years.
Al-Heimoni family told PIC that the IOF stormed and searched their house, on Wednesday night, and arrested her son Mo'az, taking him to an unknown destination.
Mo'az is a liberated prisoner who was released two months ago, and it is scheduled that his brother Muhannad would be released on Thursday morning after nine months in Israeli jails.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces raided the house of the liberated prisoner Ahmed Yosri Oweiwi, and damaged its contents, and they transferred him to the Etzion detention center, after leaving his family in the cold weather for more than two hours.
Occupation forces also arrested Moataz Hirbawi and Anas Sidqi al-Jobaa after raiding their homes.
Furthermore, Occupation forces stormed at dawn on Thursday the writer Lama Khater's house in the city of al-Khalil.
Sources told PIC reporter that the Israeli soldiers raided Khater's house in the city and searched it, confiscating her computer and important papers, after interrogating her and her husband about her participation in Hamas festival celebrating the movement's inception in West Bank.
For its part, the PA security apparatuses warned the movement's supporters and members in al-Khalil not to participate in the festival, in addition to summoning members of the movement to the headquarters of the security services.
These raids came in light of the movement's festivals in the different governorates of the West Bank celebrating its inception in West Bank for the 1st time in 5 years.
Tensions in Eshel prison
Wa'ed Society for prisoners and liberated prisoners received Thursday morning urgent appeal by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli "Eshel" jail saying they are suffering tragic situation since Wednesday morning , where Israeli forces of the prison denied them their stroll time and seeking treatment.
Wa'ed society explained, in its statement, that the Israeli escalation against the prisoners came as a retaliation for the prisoners’ refusal to accept an alternative committee to the original prisoners’ committee led by prisoner Jamal al-Hour, who is detained in Israeli Nafha prison.
Prisoners refused to talk to prison administration except through the representative committee, causing Israeli guards to declare alert and call heavily armed forces to suppress prisoners.
Wa'ed society noted that tension has moved from Nafha prison to Eshel, expecting it will spread to the rest of prisons if Israeli forces continue their repression policy, night raids, ban of hot water in this extreme cold weather and strip searches against prisoners in Israeli jails.
Wa'ed society explained, in its statement, that the Israeli escalation against the prisoners came as a retaliation for the prisoners’ refusal to accept an alternative committee to the original prisoners’ committee led by prisoner Jamal al-Hour, who is detained in Israeli Nafha prison.
Prisoners refused to talk to prison administration except through the representative committee, causing Israeli guards to declare alert and call heavily armed forces to suppress prisoners.
Wa'ed society noted that tension has moved from Nafha prison to Eshel, expecting it will spread to the rest of prisons if Israeli forces continue their repression policy, night raids, ban of hot water in this extreme cold weather and strip searches against prisoners in Israeli jails.
Israeli Occupation Arrests Four Palestinians from the West Bank
Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn, four Palestinians from the Jenin refugee camp and the village of Yamoun.
Security sources said that Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians from Jenin refugee camp: Wael Ahmed Ghazawi, Mohammad Ibrahim Naghnaghiya and Ashraf Jaradat, after they raided their houses, searched them and rummaged with the contents.
Israeli forces also arrested Ahmad Yousef Salim Abu al-Haiga', 24, after they raided his parent's house and rummaged with the contents.
IOF soldiers round up four Palestinians in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up four Palestinians in Jenin province at dawn Thursday, local sources said.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers stormed Jenin refugee camp and Yamon village and broke into homes and forced citizens out of their houses in the rainy, cold weather in order to search them.
They said that the soldiers nabbed three citizens in Jenin refugee camp after questioning them and forcing their families out of their homes for search, noting that the operation lasted for two hours.
Meanwhile, locals in Yamon village said that the soldiers arrested a young man and took him to the nearby Salem military camp, adding that the IOF soldiers were repeatedly storming the village over the past few days.
The sources pointed out that IOF soldiers swept four other villages in the Jenin region and combed open areas but no arrests were reported.
Security sources said that Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians from Jenin refugee camp: Wael Ahmed Ghazawi, Mohammad Ibrahim Naghnaghiya and Ashraf Jaradat, after they raided their houses, searched them and rummaged with the contents.
Israeli forces also arrested Ahmad Yousef Salim Abu al-Haiga', 24, after they raided his parent's house and rummaged with the contents.
IOF soldiers round up four Palestinians in Jenin
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up four Palestinians in Jenin province at dawn Thursday, local sources said.
Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers stormed Jenin refugee camp and Yamon village and broke into homes and forced citizens out of their houses in the rainy, cold weather in order to search them.
They said that the soldiers nabbed three citizens in Jenin refugee camp after questioning them and forcing their families out of their homes for search, noting that the operation lasted for two hours.
Meanwhile, locals in Yamon village said that the soldiers arrested a young man and took him to the nearby Salem military camp, adding that the IOF soldiers were repeatedly storming the village over the past few days.
The sources pointed out that IOF soldiers swept four other villages in the Jenin region and combed open areas but no arrests were reported.
Urgent court meeting to discuss issue of hunger strikers Issawi and Sharawna
The Palestinian prisoner society said the Israeli military court of Ofer prison decided to hold an urgent session on Thursday to discuss the issue of hunger strikers Samer Issawi and Ayman Sharawna.
Director of its legal units Jawad Boulos stated in a press release that the Israeli court told him they would embark on writing verdicts regarding prisoner Issawi and Sharawna .
The Israeli decisions in this regard came after pressures by different international human rights groups.
Boulos, who visited the prisoners, said Issawi and Sharawna were taken back to the infirmary of the Ramla jail after they were admitted to the hospital of Assaf Harofe because of their declining health status.
He added that the hunger strikers had refused at first to undergo initial medical tests in order to pressure their Israeli jailers to respond to their demands, but after pledges by prison officials, they agreed to receive tests and take water and fluids.
Director of its legal units Jawad Boulos stated in a press release that the Israeli court told him they would embark on writing verdicts regarding prisoner Issawi and Sharawna .
The Israeli decisions in this regard came after pressures by different international human rights groups.
Boulos, who visited the prisoners, said Issawi and Sharawna were taken back to the infirmary of the Ramla jail after they were admitted to the hospital of Assaf Harofe because of their declining health status.
He added that the hunger strikers had refused at first to undergo initial medical tests in order to pressure their Israeli jailers to respond to their demands, but after pledges by prison officials, they agreed to receive tests and take water and fluids.
UFree Network: 5 Palestinian Prisoners Are At Risk, Urgent Action Required
UFree Network to support rights of Palestinian prisoners, called on intensifying efforts and actions in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who are in hunger strike in Israeli jails. The emergency action is required to save lives of Palestinian prisoners, said the organisation.
This comes as prisoners on strike, Samer Al Essawi and Ayman al Sharawna are critically ill in one of Israeli jails. In a phone call with Network, Shereen Al Essawi, sister of prisoner al Essawi stated that both Ayman and Samer were admitted to Asaf Hroviah hospital on Tuesday, 11/12/2012.
"Samer is suffering from "Muscular dystrophy" and also dysfunction of the nervous system since a week. This is due to fainting and falling in the heartbeat and difficulty breathing beside blood vomiting and other serious symptoms he has" added Shereen Al Essawi
Samer was admitted Thursday last week to a hospital in Al Ramla. Yet, he refuses to take treatment as part of his hunger strike.
Ayman al Sharawna, 36, a resident from Dora village in Hebron, has been in hunger strike for 165 days while Samer, 33, from Esawya town in Jerusalem has been in strike for 136 days. It is reported that 3 other Palestinian prisoners joined the strike whom of which Ja'far Izeldin, 41, and Traiq Qadan, 40, both of them from Araba town in greater Jenin city. The third prisoner is Yousef Shaban Shafi' Yasin, 29, from Anin village in greater Jenin.
Chairman of UFree Network, Mohammad Hamdan, expressed his concerns about the lives of prisoners on hunger strike. His concern comes due to the fact that there not much awareness about this case. Hamdan stated that solidarity with those prisoners should meet their sacrifice and pain.
"It's unfair to set and watch Palestinian prisoners who are on a hunger strike since hundreds of days, its inexcusable act to remain silent," said Hamdan
On another side, UFree Network condemned the Israeli occupation army invasion, Tuesday morning 11/12/2012, in Ramallah city which targeted a number of civil society organisations like Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. UFree Network suggested that such storming of these premises and causing sabotage and equipment confiscation is part of the fierce campaign that targets prisoners, their families and organisations which take care of them.
To support the struggle of Palestinian prisoners, UFree Network continues its International Petition titled, "Save Ayman and Samer Freedom and Justice for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails". Therefore, UFree calls to support prisoners by signing the petition on the following link:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freedom-and-justice-for-palestinian-detainees-in/
This comes as prisoners on strike, Samer Al Essawi and Ayman al Sharawna are critically ill in one of Israeli jails. In a phone call with Network, Shereen Al Essawi, sister of prisoner al Essawi stated that both Ayman and Samer were admitted to Asaf Hroviah hospital on Tuesday, 11/12/2012.
"Samer is suffering from "Muscular dystrophy" and also dysfunction of the nervous system since a week. This is due to fainting and falling in the heartbeat and difficulty breathing beside blood vomiting and other serious symptoms he has" added Shereen Al Essawi
Samer was admitted Thursday last week to a hospital in Al Ramla. Yet, he refuses to take treatment as part of his hunger strike.
Ayman al Sharawna, 36, a resident from Dora village in Hebron, has been in hunger strike for 165 days while Samer, 33, from Esawya town in Jerusalem has been in strike for 136 days. It is reported that 3 other Palestinian prisoners joined the strike whom of which Ja'far Izeldin, 41, and Traiq Qadan, 40, both of them from Araba town in greater Jenin city. The third prisoner is Yousef Shaban Shafi' Yasin, 29, from Anin village in greater Jenin.
Chairman of UFree Network, Mohammad Hamdan, expressed his concerns about the lives of prisoners on hunger strike. His concern comes due to the fact that there not much awareness about this case. Hamdan stated that solidarity with those prisoners should meet their sacrifice and pain.
"It's unfair to set and watch Palestinian prisoners who are on a hunger strike since hundreds of days, its inexcusable act to remain silent," said Hamdan
On another side, UFree Network condemned the Israeli occupation army invasion, Tuesday morning 11/12/2012, in Ramallah city which targeted a number of civil society organisations like Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. UFree Network suggested that such storming of these premises and causing sabotage and equipment confiscation is part of the fierce campaign that targets prisoners, their families and organisations which take care of them.
To support the struggle of Palestinian prisoners, UFree Network continues its International Petition titled, "Save Ayman and Samer Freedom and Justice for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails". Therefore, UFree calls to support prisoners by signing the petition on the following link:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freedom-and-justice-for-palestinian-detainees-in/
12 dec 2012
120 prisoners to be transferred from Gilboa to Nafha desert prison
A Palestinian human rights source reported that a state of extreme tension prevailed at the Israeli Gilboa prison due to the prison administration's decision to transfer 120 prisoners in section 1 to the Nafha desert prison in southern occupied Palestine.
The Gilboa prison administration claimed that this procedure aims at closing the section for maintenance and repair works, adding that it will begin implementing the transfer process on Wednesday.
The Prison administration has informed 37 Palestinian prisoners to get ready for their departure, and threatened to use the force in case the prisoners refused to obey.
The Palestinian Prisoner Club reported in a press release, that the prisoners in the Gilboa jail rejected the resolution and threatened to launch wide protest steps and to declare an open hunger strike to express their complete rejection of their transfer to the southern prisons away from their families.
It stated that the prisoners will reject the meals as a protest step and "will not stop hunger strike until the cancelation of this arbitrary decision", urging the all institutions to support the captives, according to the statement.
The Gilboa prison administration claimed that this procedure aims at closing the section for maintenance and repair works, adding that it will begin implementing the transfer process on Wednesday.
The Prison administration has informed 37 Palestinian prisoners to get ready for their departure, and threatened to use the force in case the prisoners refused to obey.
The Palestinian Prisoner Club reported in a press release, that the prisoners in the Gilboa jail rejected the resolution and threatened to launch wide protest steps and to declare an open hunger strike to express their complete rejection of their transfer to the southern prisons away from their families.
It stated that the prisoners will reject the meals as a protest step and "will not stop hunger strike until the cancelation of this arbitrary decision", urging the all institutions to support the captives, according to the statement.
IOA sentences MP Qaraawi to administrative detention
The Israeli occupation military court at Ofer endorsed an administrative detention sentence against MP Fathi Qaraawi, from Change and Reform bloc, according to Human rights and media sources.
Umm Hamza, MP Qaraawi's wife, told Quds Press, that her husband was transferred yesterday to Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, to attend his trial to look into a six-month administrative detention he was served at Salem military court.
We have contacted the lawyer to clarify the trial's details, and he confirmed to us that the Ofer court reduced the MP's sentence to three months, adding that the occupation did not undertake not to extend the his administrative detention again.
The Israeli forces had stormed the house of the MP Fathi Qaraawi , 56, in Tulkarem on November 23, where they took him to Megiddo prison in northern 1948- occupied Palestine, and then sentenced him to six months in administrative detention.
The MP’s son, Hamza Qaraawi was arrested and detained by the IOF for nearly a year.
Umm Hamza, MP Qaraawi's wife, told Quds Press, that her husband was transferred yesterday to Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, to attend his trial to look into a six-month administrative detention he was served at Salem military court.
We have contacted the lawyer to clarify the trial's details, and he confirmed to us that the Ofer court reduced the MP's sentence to three months, adding that the occupation did not undertake not to extend the his administrative detention again.
The Israeli forces had stormed the house of the MP Fathi Qaraawi , 56, in Tulkarem on November 23, where they took him to Megiddo prison in northern 1948- occupied Palestine, and then sentenced him to six months in administrative detention.
The MP’s son, Hamza Qaraawi was arrested and detained by the IOF for nearly a year.
Israeli soldiers kidnap four Palestinians in Al-Khalil and Salfit
An Israeli force of troops and intelligence officers kidnapped four Palestinians at dawn Wednesday in areas near Al-Khalil and Salfit cities.
Two Palestinian citizens were kidnapped in Beit Awwa near Al-Khalil city. The Israeli army claimed they were wanted because of their connection with the Palestinian resistance.
The two others were two brothers working as policemen for the Palestinian authority and both of them were detained after a raid on their house in Kafr Addik near Salfit city.
In a separate incident, violent clashes broke out on Wednesday morning between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops in different parts of the southern neighborhoods of Dura town in Al-Khalil city.
Eyewitnesses told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a large force of Israeli troops stormed the areas of Hanina, Abahir, Kharsa, Tabaqa, and Abu Hilal in Dura town and clashed with young men who threw them with stones and empty bottles.
The confrontations lasted for more than two hours during which the troops fired a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the angry young men.
The invading troops also established a military checkpoint at the southern entrance of Dura town.
In an earlier incident on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men sustained injuries during clashes that took place in Ni'lin town, west of Ramallah city.
An official from Ni'lin anti-wall committee told Quds Press that Israeli military vehicles chased two Palestinian cars into the village, but young men surrounded one of the invading Israeli jeeps and attacked it with stones and a Molotov cocktail.
The Israeli troops, whose jeep was intensively attacked and caught fire, called for reinforcements which arrived at the scene and responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the young men.
Two young men were reportedly wounded during these clashes and transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
Two Palestinian citizens were kidnapped in Beit Awwa near Al-Khalil city. The Israeli army claimed they were wanted because of their connection with the Palestinian resistance.
The two others were two brothers working as policemen for the Palestinian authority and both of them were detained after a raid on their house in Kafr Addik near Salfit city.
In a separate incident, violent clashes broke out on Wednesday morning between Palestinian young men and Israeli troops in different parts of the southern neighborhoods of Dura town in Al-Khalil city.
Eyewitnesses told a reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a large force of Israeli troops stormed the areas of Hanina, Abahir, Kharsa, Tabaqa, and Abu Hilal in Dura town and clashed with young men who threw them with stones and empty bottles.
The confrontations lasted for more than two hours during which the troops fired a barrage of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the angry young men.
The invading troops also established a military checkpoint at the southern entrance of Dura town.
In an earlier incident on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men sustained injuries during clashes that took place in Ni'lin town, west of Ramallah city.
An official from Ni'lin anti-wall committee told Quds Press that Israeli military vehicles chased two Palestinian cars into the village, but young men surrounded one of the invading Israeli jeeps and attacked it with stones and a Molotov cocktail.
The Israeli troops, whose jeep was intensively attacked and caught fire, called for reinforcements which arrived at the scene and responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at the young men.
Two young men were reportedly wounded during these clashes and transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
Tension prevailing in Nafha jail
Tension is running high in a number of sections in the Israeli Nafha desert prison, the Waed society for prisoners said on Tuesday.
It said that the prison administration closed all rooms and barred prisoners from exercising their daily programs normally and even cut off power in those wards.
The society said that tension mounted after an Israeli prison officer provocatively toured the Hamas prisoners’ wards despite an earlier agreement with the administration that he should not appear in those wards for a certain period after he personally beat up a number of prisoners including Hamas leader Jamal Al-Hur.
Waed appealed to human rights organizations to urgently visit Israeli prisons and get acquainted with their administrations’ “criminal practices” against the Palestinian prisoners. It recalled in this regard that five attacks were recorded against Nafha prison wards in December.
It said that the prison administration closed all rooms and barred prisoners from exercising their daily programs normally and even cut off power in those wards.
The society said that tension mounted after an Israeli prison officer provocatively toured the Hamas prisoners’ wards despite an earlier agreement with the administration that he should not appear in those wards for a certain period after he personally beat up a number of prisoners including Hamas leader Jamal Al-Hur.
Waed appealed to human rights organizations to urgently visit Israeli prisons and get acquainted with their administrations’ “criminal practices” against the Palestinian prisoners. It recalled in this regard that five attacks were recorded against Nafha prison wards in December.
European network demands PA to withdraw from Iraqi conference on prisoners
The European network for the defense of the Palestinian prisoners' rights called on the Palestinian authority to withdraw its delegation from the conference on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails being held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The European network reasoned that the Iraqi regime is holding many Palestinian prisoners in its own jails illegally and without any guilt.
In a statement on Tuesday, the network stressed that the Palestinian authority should demand its Iraqi counterpart to disclose the fate of all Palestinian prisoners in their jails and release them immediately instead of attending such a conference.
"It is a serious mistake to participate in a conference to discuss the issue of Palestinian prisoners inside the Zionist occupation jails in Iraq, which is the same place where the Palestinians are exposed to arrest and detention just because they are Palestinians by the Iraqi authorities illegally and without any charge or offense," the network stated.
"The conference is being held simultaneously with the presence of dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Iraqi jails, where the Iraqi authorities keep their whereabouts, fate and their numbers secret as part of the policy of news blackout and secrecy which the Iraqi government pursues to hide its crimes against the Palestinian people in Iraq," it underscored.
The network slammed the PA for its silence on the Iraqi crimes against the Palestinians and said it had documented sworn testimonies from victims released from Iraqi jails proving that there are many Palestinian detainees exposed to excruciating torture by Iraqi interrogators.
The European network also criticized the Arab League for holding this conference in Iraq.
"The Arab League was supposed to hold this conference in a place that respects the right of the Palestinians to decent life first in addition to their other rights," the Oslo-based network said.
In a statement on Tuesday, the network stressed that the Palestinian authority should demand its Iraqi counterpart to disclose the fate of all Palestinian prisoners in their jails and release them immediately instead of attending such a conference.
"It is a serious mistake to participate in a conference to discuss the issue of Palestinian prisoners inside the Zionist occupation jails in Iraq, which is the same place where the Palestinians are exposed to arrest and detention just because they are Palestinians by the Iraqi authorities illegally and without any charge or offense," the network stated.
"The conference is being held simultaneously with the presence of dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Iraqi jails, where the Iraqi authorities keep their whereabouts, fate and their numbers secret as part of the policy of news blackout and secrecy which the Iraqi government pursues to hide its crimes against the Palestinian people in Iraq," it underscored.
The network slammed the PA for its silence on the Iraqi crimes against the Palestinians and said it had documented sworn testimonies from victims released from Iraqi jails proving that there are many Palestinian detainees exposed to excruciating torture by Iraqi interrogators.
The European network also criticized the Arab League for holding this conference in Iraq.
"The Arab League was supposed to hold this conference in a place that respects the right of the Palestinians to decent life first in addition to their other rights," the Oslo-based network said.
