Palestinian Prisoner Day

Activists tear down pieces of barbed wire from the separation wall surrounding the village of Rafat near Ofer military prison in commemoration of the death of Bassem Abu Rahmeh ("Phil") and Palestinian prisoners day, April 17, 2013, Rafat, West Bank. Bassem Abu Rahmah was hit with a tear gas canister shot directly at him at close range by Israeli army forces during a demonstration against the separation barrier in Bil'in, on April 17, 2009.
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By Activestills April 19, 2013
Palestinian prisoners’ rights activist detained, tortured in Israeli prison
Ayman Nasser, a researcher for the Palestinian prisoners’ rights NGO Addameer, has himself become a detainee in an Israeli prison, having been charged with several counts of membership in an illegal organization and of partaking in illegal assembly. According to Physicians for Human Rights, he has been tortured during his 39-day-long interrogation. Nasser, 42, was…
By Haggai Matar December 7, 2012
Prisoners' Day demonstration in Ramallah (Hamde Abu)
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day: Hundreds join hunger strike
 3,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails fasted today as part of a growing protest against conditions in prison. 1,200 declared they will continue fasting, joining several administrative detainees on hunger strike; Thousands demonstrated throughout the West Bank and Gaza; Administrative detainee Khader Adnan, who went on a 66-day hunger strike, was released. Palestinian Prisoners’ Day…
By Haggai Matar April 17, 2012
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Bassem Tamimi (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills)
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day: Bassem Tamimi, over a year in prison
Bassem Tamimi has been sitting in an Israeli prison for over a year. Tamimi is a prominent Palestinian activist from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, where he has led the small village’s popular unarmed struggle against Israeli occupation and takeover of land since its beginnings at the end of 2009. Tamimi was arrested…
By Mairav Zonszein April 17, 2012
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