Israeli prisons
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Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Hmeid still in a coma
The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission had urged all human rights and international institutions to urgently intervene and pressure the Israeli occupation authorities to release the Abu Hamid, who is battling cancer.
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Foreign Ministry urges international community to press Israel over Hesham Abu Hawwash
Abu Hawwash, a father of five, has been on an open-ended hunger strike for five months in protest of his detention without a charge or trial under Israel’s controversial administrative detention policy.
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Palestinian prisoner with cancer is denied access to badly needed healthcare
The Israeli Prison Service’s reluctance to allow Muatan access to healthcare has exacerbated his medical condition.
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Israel extends Al-Aqsa Mosque cleric travel ban
The so-called Israeli interior minister has issued an order to ban Sabri from travelling outside the country for another four months.
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Palestinian burnt to death at an Israeli checkpoint
The army refused to turn over the charred body of Mousa to his family for burial and decided to hold on to it, possibly to use it, like other bodies of Palestinians its forces have killed and withheld, as a bargaining chip in future prisoners exchange negotiations.
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Twelve Palestinian detainee’s contract COVID-19 in Israel prison
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority has announced that 12 Palestinian political prisoners, held in Section 3 of Galboa Israeli detention facility, are infected with the coronavirus.
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Report: “Israeli troops Killed 27 Palestinians, Injured 1070, in first half of 2020”
The Center stated that the troops killed 17 Palestinians in the West Bank, including occupied al - Quds, and ten in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli prison
The PPS stated that the detainee, Nour Jaber Barghouthi, 23, was from ‘Aboud town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and added that he was abducted by the soldiers four years ago, and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
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Israel holds 200 Palestinian children in its jails
The commission announced the news in a statement on the eve of the Palestinian Child's Day on April 5, saying that these minors, who are from the occupied West Bank and eastern sector of Jerusalem al-Quds, are kept in three Israeli prisons, namely Damon, Megiddo and Ofer.