Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS)
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Israeli court rejects a petition to release hunger-striking detainee Abu Hawwash
He has spent a total of eight years in Israeli prisons for resisting the occupation, including 52 months in administrative detention before deciding to go on hunger strike to force an end to his detention without charge.
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Israeli troops abduct fourteen Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli troops abducted, at least fourteen Palestinians, including siblings, a female journalist, and former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank.
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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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Al-Akhras continues hunger strike for 70th day
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Sunday, that Maher al-Akhras, a political prisoner held by Israel without charges or trial, is ongoing with the hunger strike for the seventieth consecutive day despite his seriously deteriorating health condition.
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Female Palestinian detained, PA official summoned, elderly man sentenced
The Israeli intelligence agency, Shin Bet, on Wednesday, detained Palestinian activist Aida as-Sidawi, from her home in the Old City of Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem), the Palestinian Information Center reported.
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Ten Palestinians detained, including a disabled man, child
The Israeli occupation forces, overnight Tuesday, arrested ten Palestinian civilians from the West Bank, including a young man with special needs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported.
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PPS Report: 95% of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons subjected to torture
The Israeli occupation authorities utilize physical and psychological methods of torture against Palestinian prisoners and detainees. According to the report, 95% of detainees and prisoners are subjected to torture, from the moment of their arrest, throughout interrogation, as well as in prison.
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Israeli troops abduct a Palestinian detainee minutes after he finished serving a 15-year prison sentence
The PPS stated that the re-arrest of the detainee, Salah Hussein, just minutes after his release, even before he was able to head back home to be with his family, is yet another serious Israeli violation to the basic rights of the Palestinian people, and is part of a systematic policy.
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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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Including an elected legislator, Israeli troops abduct 7 Palestinians in West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the troops invaded and ransacked the home of legislator Mohammad Abu Teir, 69 years of age, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and abducted him.