ADDAMEER PRESS RELEASES
2003 Archive
November 1, 2003 - Press Release:
Palestinian
Female Prisoner Amneh Mounah Begins Open Ended Hunger Strike After Attacks
Against Her
Palestinian female prisoner Amneh Mounah has begun
her sixth day of an open ended hunger strike, protesting against physical
attacks against her and her continued isolation. On October 27, Mounah
began refusing to drink water.
October 20, 2003 - Press Release:
Israeli
Military Appeals Court Considers Illegal Deportation of 18 Administrative
Detainees to Gaza Strip
On 19 October 2003, three military appeals court
sessions heard legal arguments in protest of the proposed illegal deportation
of 18 Palestinian administrative detainees to the Gaza Strip. Detainees
scheduled for "assigned residence" were given only 48 hours to appeal
the deportation order.
August 25, 2003 - Urgent Action:
Grave
Concern for health of detainees after 15 days of hunger strike
Ahmad Talab Mustafa Barghouthi, a 27-year-old resident
of Ramallah, and Moussa Mohammad Salem Doudin, a 31-year-old resident
of Hebron, have been on an open ended hunger strike for 15 days to protest
their continuing to be held in solitary confinement.
August 14, 2003 - Press Release:
First
Palestinian Prisoner to Defend PhD Thesis in Israeli Prison
On 16 August 2003, Nasser Abdullah Abdel Jawwad
Odeh, will defend his doctoral thesis from Megiddo Military Prison, the
first time a Palestinian prisoner has been allowed to do so. Odeh, a 38
year old father of two from Deir Balout, was able to secretly complete
his thesis, entitled "Islamic Tolerance Towards Non-Muslims", whilst serving
a 12 year sentence.
August 6, 2003 - Press Release:
Update
on Prisoner Releases
This afternoon, Wednesday 6 August 2003, 338 Palestinian
prisoners and detainees were released from Israeli prisons and military
detention camps.
August 5, 2003 - Press Release:
Selection
of Palestinian detainees to be released solely reflects Israeli criteria
On the morning of 4 August 2003, the Israeli Prisons'
Services published on their website a list of names of Palestinian prisoners
and detainees expected to be released on Wednesday 6 August 2003. Addameer
analysis reveals that all of the administrative detainees to be released
were already scheduled to be released very soon.
May 26, 2003 - Press Release:
Palestinian
Prisoner’s Issue Must Not Be Sidelined
The truth behind Israel's well-publicized release
of 150 prisoners as a "goodwill gesture" in the interests of peace: most
of those released were scheduled to be released in a few days, and many
had been arrested only for being illegally in Israel. There are still
5200 Palestinian and Arab prisoners in Israeli prisons and jails, including
1500 administrative detainees.
April 30, 2003
Document
of political principles released by the Palestinian Prisoners Movement
in Israeli Occupation Prisons and Detention Camps
March 12, 2003 - Press Release:
Political
prisoners in Jericho Central Prison begin open-ended hunger strike in
protest of arbitrary procedures
Palestinian Authority political prisoners held
at Jericho Central Prison began an open-ended hunger in protest of a series
of arbitrary measures taken against them by the prison administration.
March 8, 2003 - Press Release:
Addameer
Welcomes the Release of 'Abla Sa'adat, while 65 Palestinian Women Remain
in Israeli Prisons on International Women's Day
Addameer welcomes the release of Mrs. 'Abla Sa'adat
on 7 March 2003. However, as we also commemorate International Women's
Day today, we also remember the remaining 65 Palestinian female detainees
currently being held by Israel in the Neveh Terzah section of Ramleh Prison.
February 6, 2003 - Press Release:
Palestinian
female detainees harassed and threatened
On Thursday 30 January 2003, after an 8-day hunger
strike in protest of their conditions of detention, Palestinian female
detainees 'Abla Sa'adat and Iman Abu Farah were transferred to Ramleh
Prison within Israel's 1948 borders. Upon arrival at the prison, the women
were placed in a cell with Israeli female criminal prisoners, and were
subject to extreme harassment and threats.
January 25, 2003 - Press Release:
Abla
Sa'adat placed in administrative detention with 2 other Palestinian women
On the evening of 22 January 2003, Mrs. 'Abla Sa'adat,
along with 2 other Palestinian women, Iman Abu Farra and Fatmeh Zayed,
held at Beit El military detention center, were issued 4 month administrative
detention orders. The women stated that they would begin an open-ended
hunger strike unless they were transferred to adequate detention facilities,
as Beit El has no capacity for female detainees.
January 23, 2003 - Press Release:
Addameer
Representative to World Social Forum Detained by Israeli Authorities
'Abla Sa'adat, Addameer's representative to the
World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, was detained at the Karamah Crossing
(Allenby Bridge) to Jordan on 21 January 2003.