Prisoners in Egypt’s notorious high-security Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison have gone on hunger strike in protest at the death of a fellow inmate as a result of medical negligence. Dr. Amro Abou Khalil, a psychiatrist held [ More … ]
With the increasing spread of the coronavirus over the world, Egyptian political and human rights activists launched a campaign titled, “Release the prisoners” The campaign demanded the Egyptian authorities to release the detainees due to [ More … ]
An Iranian judiciary spokesperson said tens of thousands of prisoners, including political prisoners, had been releasedIran has released around 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, from its jails to combat the spread of coronavirus, a judicial [ More … ]
President Donald Trump shocked onlookers at the G7 meeting when he praised the president of Egypt as a dictator. “Inside a room of the ornately decorated Hotel du Palais during last month’s Group of Seven [ More … ]
Security forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three [ More … ]
The hangings came days after the largest mass execution in recent Egyptian memory Egyptian prison authorities executed five inmates on Tuesday. The prisoners had been sentenced to death, four of them allegedly over a bombing [ More … ]
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, moved forward on Wednesday with a bill that would see the Israeli government cease to transfer an estimated 1 billion shekels ($280 million) per year to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over [ More … ]
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike during dawn hours on Saturday, after reaching an agreement with the Israel Prison Service (IPS) that reinstated the prisoners’ family visitation sessions [ More … ]
Hundreds of the prisoners have been refusing food since April 17 over conditions for about 6,500 Palestinian inmates. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked the United States to help end a weeks-long hunger strike by [ More … ]
Several human rights organizations along with the United Nations (UN) have expressed serious concerns over the health conditions of some 1,300 Palestinians who entered their 39th day of a mass hunger strike across Israeli prisons [ More … ]
As hundreds of Palestinian prisoners entered the 38th day of a mass hunger strike in Israeli custody on Wednesday, the hunger strikers have reportedly discussed escalating tactics to pressure Israeli authorities into acceding to their [ More … ]
Palestinian leaders have warned the media to “remain cautious” regarding reports of alleged negotiations between Israeli officials and Palestinians towards reaching an agreement to end a mass prison strike that entered its 35th day on [ More … ]
A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday visited Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, who has been leading an estimated 1,600 on a mass hunger strike since April 17, in his [ More … ]
As some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners marked their 23rd day on hunger strike on Tuesday, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs warned that hunger strikers had entered a dangerous stage, reporting that health conditions were deteriorating [ More … ]
A mass hunger strike underway in Israeli prisons rounded off its third week on Sunday, as Israeli authorities have maintained a severe crackdown on prisoners who are refusing meals, while the medical conditions of numerous [ More … ]
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