PRISONERS

Palestinian prisoners in Israel call for solidarity with next strike

Published on: March 18, 2022
08:56

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ramallah, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails on Friday called on the population of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to support the hunger strike they will begin on Friday, March 25, to demand their rights.

Palestinian prisoners maintain protest in Israeli jails

Published on: March 4, 2022
08:13

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ramallah, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have decided to continue with a massive protest due to Tel Aviv authorities' refusal to end the punitive measures taken against them, an NGO announced on Friday.

PNA calls on Israel to release all Palestinian prisoners

Published on: January 31, 2022
15:17

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Ramallah, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The spokesman for the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Nabil Abu Rudeina, said today that the release of all compatriots imprisoned in Israeli jails is a priority for the government.

Mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jail denounced

Published on: January 10, 2022
08:11

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Committee for Palestinian Detainees and Former Detainees denounced the mistreatment suffered by the women held in the Israeli prison of Damon, near the city of Haifa.

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails go on hunger strike

Published on: October 16, 2021
09:14

By: Prensa Latina

Ramallah, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, most of them members of the Islamic Jihad group, are on a hunger strike for the fourth consecutive day in protest against the repressive measures applied by Israel.

Palestinian militia warns Israel over repression of prisoners

Published on: October 14, 2021
10:26

By: Prensa Latina

Ramallah, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) The Islamic Jihad group warned today that it will use force against Israel if its authorities insist on applying repressive measures against thousands of Palestinian prisoners held behind bars.

Mexico starts proceedings to release 600 untried prisoners

Published on: September 14, 2021
11:07

By: Prensa Latina

Mexico, Sept 14 (Prensa Latina) Mexico will release 600 untried and uncharged prisoners at this initial stage of proceedings in favor of more than 4,000 inmates whose files are being reviewed, the federal government announced on Tuesday.

Israeli lawmaker demands end of occupation of Palestine

Published on: September 12, 2021
11:08

By: Prensa Latina

Tel Aviv, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) If six Palestinian prisoners managed to escape from an Israeli prison, then the millions of inhabitants in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank can end the occupation, lawmaker Ayman Odeh said on Sunday.

Senate Commission of Chile will vote humanitarian pardon

Published on: August 11, 2021
07:58

By: Prensa Latina

Santiago de Chile, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Senate Constitution committee will vote on a bill to pardon prisoners incarcerated during the popular revolt of October 2019, the approval of which would be an important advance to free those people.

75 Democrats urge Biden to take immediate steps to close Guantanamo

Published on: August 6, 2021
07:16

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) House Democrats are ramping up pressure on President Joe Biden to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, widely viewed as a damning symbol of torture and human rights abuses committed by the US post-9/11.

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