Israel has claimed that it is fighting “human animals” in Gaza. But now, Israeli society’s own monstrous sadism, deriving from a deep hate of Palestinians, is on display for the rest of the world to see. Source Views: 0
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Israeli rape of detainees is the result of a society that sees Palestinians as ‘human animals’
Robert Inlakesh Interview – The Ongoing Rafah Massacre, Oct. 7 Detainees/Hostages & Is Iran Next?
Joining me today is TLAV writer Robert Inlakesh, here to discuss the ongoing Rafah massacre and genocide in Gaza. We discuss the unrelenting attacks on civilians in areas designated as safe by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), as well as the active participation of western governments. We discuss October 7th and the many lies that […]
Testimony from prison: unprecedented brutality against Palestinian detainees
An Arabic version of this testimony first appeared in the Institute for Palestine Studies and was translated by Ruba Bakeer and republished with permission. This testimony is from our daily life in prison. I hastily prepared it amidst difficult imprisonment conditions, especially deliberate power cuts, a shortage of essentials like cigarettes, a lack of our […]
Israel cuts off electricity, water supplies to over 5,000 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails
Israel has cut off electricity and water for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, in an apparent step to prevent them from aiding the conflict between occupation forces and Palestinian resistance fighters on the outside. According to Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, which cited senior officials in the country’s Prison Service, “electricity has been cut off for […]
Palestinian detainees plan hunger strike to protest Israeli restrictions
Palestinian detainees in Israel plan an open-ended hunger strike as of Sept. 14 to protest Israeli restrictions, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the strike aims to pile pressure on the Israeli prison authorities to reverse restrictions against the detainees. “The prisoners want all restrictions imposed against them reversed,” the NGO […]
Egypt frees 46 pretrial detainees, including activist Haitham Mohamadin
Egyptian authorities yesterday ordered the release of 46 pretrial detainees, including lawyer and leftist political activist Haitham Mohamadin. Member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, Tariq Al-Awadi, announced the release on Twitter, noting that the 45 detainees have been held in pretrial detention over cases dating back to 2020 and 2021. Al-Awadi went on to thank […]
Commission of the Detainees Spox: Open Hunger Strike Is Response to “Israeli” Mistreatment of Palestinian Detainees
August 28, 2022 By Fatima Haydar Beirut – In the past few days, the “Israel” Prison Service [IPS] announced its intention to take measures against Palestinian life imprisoned detainees – some 560 prisoners – which included the arbitrary transfer of detainees from their sections and rooms to new sections and rooms and different prisons. This […]
Climate Justice Alliance joins call for Egypt to release detainees ahead of COP27
The Climate Justice Alliance has joined a call by Egyptian human rights movements for the release of arbitrary detainees ahead of COP27 which will be held on the Red Sea of Sharm El-Skeikh in November. CJA are also calling on the Egyptian government to end the persecution of civil society activists and organisations, and to […]
ISM co-founder refuses to show in court in solidarity with Palestinian administrative detainees
An Israeli court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli anti-apartheid activist Neta Golan, after she refused to appear in court in solidarity with a months-long boycott of Israeli courts by Palestinian administrative detainees. The magistrate court in Ashdod issued a warrant for Golan, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), on February 21st after she […]
FOA calls for release of all Palestinian administrative detainees
FOA supporters gather outside the Israeli Embassy in London to call on Israel to comply with international law and end its unfair use of administrative detention, on 6 Jan 2022 [Friends of Al-Aqsa] A campaign calling for an end to the administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – of Palestinians by occupation forces […]
Administrative detainees boycott Israel courts
Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails have decided to boycott Israeli courts from next month, Arab48 reported yesterday. The announcement was made during a press conference held in the head office of the PLO’s Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Commission in Ramallah. According to the announcement, all Palestinian prisoners announced they would support the measure carried out by administrative […]
Urgent Appeal to Protect the Lives of Palestinian Administrative Detainees on Hunger-Strike in Israeli Prisons
November 16, 2021 By KhamakarPress News – Israel’s Terrorism Against Human Rights NGOs Since its founding in 1948, the “State of Israel” has promoted an intense campaign to erase Palestinian history, culture and resistance on all its fronts. Human rights organizations such as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) and activists around the world are the […]
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas Warn ‘Israel’: Detainees’ Lives Redline
Posted on November 4, 2021 by indigoblue76 Nov 3, 2021 By Staff Palestinian ‘Islamic Jihad’ and ‘Hamas’ resistance movements threatened to escalate once again hadn’t the detainees’ sufferings in the ‘Israeli’ occupation prisons been finished, especially amid the news circulating that the hunger strike might lead to the martyrdom of some of them. The resistance […]
Myanmar’s military systematically torture its detainees: AP
An Associated Press investigation revealed that Myanmar’s military uses systematic torture on detainees across the country since it took over the government in February. An estimated 1,200 people have been killed by security forces, including around 131 tortured to death. The military has also abducted thousands, including young men and boys, has used the bodies […]
Egypt denies claims political detainees seek to reconcile with the state
An Egyptian security source denied the existence and circulation of a letter calling for reconciliation between political detainees and the regime of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The source, whose identity was not revealed, accused the Muslim Brotherhood of promoting this story through the media. This comes after news sites circulated a message attributed to detainees […]
‘Justice for J6’: Protesters Call for Due Process for Capitol Attack Detainees
Despite reports of potential violence and beefed up security, including the National Guard and fencing, Saturday’s “Justice for J6” rally attracted a few hundred demonstrators and ended without major incidence. Photos and video taken around the Capitol show media and police, many heavily armed and in riot gear, vastly outnumbered protesters, who were gathered in support […]
Arkansas sheriff convicted of assaulting two detainees in custody
Accused of beating detainees who were not resisting or fighting back, an Arkansas sheriff was recently convicted on two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. On November 21, 2018, Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen pushed a detainee identified as “B.E.” onto the floor and grabbed his hair or beard during an interrogation. […]
Palestinian Detainees Stage Hunger Strike to Protest “Administrative Detention”
23 July 2021 By Staff The Palestinian Prisoners Club announced that 5 Palestinian detainees have staged a hunger strike, in support of 8 other prisoners who are currently on an open hunger strike in protest of the “administrative detention” policy. The club stated that the prisoners, Alaa El-Din Khaled Ali, Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Abu Sale, Muhammad […]
Jan. 6 Detainees Confined 23 Hours a Day, Attorneys Say
Dozens detained in federal prison awaiting trial following the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building are being subject to solitary confinement, lack of required medical care, and restricted access to defense counsel, according to two attorneys and the father of a defendant. Of the close to 500 arrests made so far in connection […]
Iraq refuses to deport foreign detainees to their countries
The Iraqi government has confirmed its refusal to deport foreign citizens convicted for terrorism so that they can serve the rest of their sentences in their own countries, Anadolu has reported. “Arab and foreign terrorists arrested according to Article 4 [of the Anti-Terrorism Law], will not be deported to their countries until they have fully […]