Archive of Press Release
On Universal Children's Day, Israeli forces hold close to 400 Palestinian children some as young as 12 in Israeli prison and detention centers. More than 700 children are arrested by occupation forces every year, some of whom are placed under administrative detention without trial or charge claiming they pose a viable security threat. Israel’s ill...
Palestinian prisoners’ affairs institutions (the Prisoners’ Affairs Commission, Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association) issued the following monthly joint report, reviewing the situation of Palestinian prisoners in October 2016. The prisoners’ affairs...
Incriminating Poetry: The Case of Dareen Tatour On 11 October 2015, Dareen Tatour was arrested in Reineh near Nazareth. She was subsequently indicted at the Israeli Magistrate Court in Nazareth on 02 November 2016. She has been charged with “incitement to violence” (under article 144(d)2 of the Penal Code of 1977) and with “support for a terrorist...
PHROC Strongly Condemns the Attack Against Palestinian Civilians by PA Security Forces. The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) strongly condemns the beating of Addameer Prisoners Support attorney Muhannad Karajeh as well as other Palestinian civilians at the hands of Palestinian Security Forces dressed up in civilian clothing...
A joint report by Palestinian organizations working on prisoners’ issues: Prisoners Affairs Committee; Palestinian Prisoners; Society; Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, shows that Israeli occupation forces arrested 436 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in September 2016, including 73...
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) and the Palestinian Commission for Prisoners’ Affairs call for the immediate release of hunger striking administrative detainees Mohammad Al- Balboul , Mahmoud Al- Balboul , and Malek Al-Qadi, who are on hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention without charge or trial...
Since October 2015, the occupation forces intensified prosecution of Palestinian journalists, who impart, document and disseminate information on human rights violations committed against the Palestinian people, effectively silencing and repressing them. The Israeli occupation forces have arrested several Palestinian journalists since the...
With the start of the new academic year, there are approximately 350 Palestinian children held in Israeli detention and prison centers. [1] Approximately 700 Palestinian children under the age of 18 from the occupied West Bank are prosecuted every year through Israeli military courts after being arrested, interrogated and detained by the Israeli...
Kayed Ends Hunger Strike with Victory, but Battle of Empty Stomachs Continues Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association announces the victory of hunger striking administrative detainee Bilal Kayed, who suspended his 71-day hunger strike after an agreement was reached between Addameer attorney Mahmoud Hassan and the military...
Addameer Condemns Beating to Death of Palestinian in PA Custody Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association strongly condemns the beating to death of Palestinian Ahmad Izz Halaweh by Palestinian Security Forces early Tuesday morning, 23 August 2016. Mr. Halaweh was arrested by PA Security Forces and was taken to a Nablus’ Juneid...
Palestinian and Israeli NGO's Concerned by Recent Court Decision regarding Bilal Kayed On the 11th of August, the Beer Sheva District Court rejected the appeal of Bilal Kayed, who is completing 64 days of hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention, and whose condition is considered critical. The court ruled that he shall remain...
Following Visit to Palestine, European Parliamentarians Call for the Release of Bilal Kayed and End to Administrative Detention Responding to an urgent request by Human Rights’ Organizations, we, Parliamentarians and Politicians from 3 different European Countries, agreed to participate in an Ad Hoc International Delegation to Palestine in support...
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council Calls for Immediate Investigations into Threats against Human Rights Defenders The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) is gravely concerned with the continuing campaign of attacks and threats against human rights defenders and employees of PHROC member organizations, including Al-...
Across the Globe: Transnational Solidarity with Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike In light of the mass hunger strikes taking place inside Israeli prisons and detention centers in solidarity with hunger striking administrative detainee Bilal Kayed, Addameer, Samidoun, the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and Black4Palestine wish to express...