12 May 2012
Yesterday marked Deported Palestinians’ Day, commemorating the anniversary of the siege of the Church of the Nativity 10 years ago. Read more about "I have never lived a settled life": Church of the Nativity deportees mark 10 years of exile
Kufr Aqab 6 May 2012
“You have three already, leave this one!” pleaded Samira Halabi when Israeli soldiers raided her West Bank home and arrested her remaining free son. Read more about Four brothers jailed by Israel for prisoner solidarity activism
4 May 2012
Twenty-five organizations from around the globe have added their voices to the call to free Ameer Makhoul. Read more about Ameer Makhoul is a prisoner of conscience and must be freed, say organizations across the globe
Ramallah 17 April 2012
The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Interview: "counterrevolution" threatens mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners
5 April 2012
A new report by Defense for Children International - Palestine section highlights the Israeli military’s routine arrests and detentions of children specifically in the village of Beit Ommar. Read more about Report on routine detention of children in Beit Ommar
Beit Sahour 26 March 2012
A new report examines the impact of Israeli arrests and detention on Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation. Read more about 8,000 West Bank children arrested since 2000, says new report
27 February 2012
The Palestinian prisoners advocacy group Addameer announced on Twitter yesterday that Israel had renewed an administrative detention order against Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh for an additional six months. This is the third consecutive administrative detention order issued against Qatamesh. Read more about Israel issues third consecutive detention order against prisoner of conscience Ahmad Qatamesh
Washington, DC 16 February 2012
Protests in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan made his plight impossible to ignore. Read more about Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan
9 February 2012
Popular resistance leader Mousa Abu Maria shared an Israeli prison cell with Khader Adnan, now completing his 55th day of hunger strike. Abu Maria recalls Adnan’s leadership in organizing and educating prisoners in this interview for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Interview: Ex-prisoner reflects on friendship with Khader Adnan and his hunger strike for justice
Gaza City 30 January 2012
A married couple, both former political prisoners from the occupied West Bank, recount their years in detention from Gaza, where the husband was deported to following last October’s prisoner swap. Read more about West Bank couple, deported to Gaza, recount difficult years in Israeli prison