PRISONERS

Myanmar military junta pardons over 6,000 prisoners

Published on: November 17, 2022
11:23

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Naypyidaw, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The Myanmar military junta announced the release of over six thousand prisoners due to humanitarian reasons, including foreign citizens, according to the national press.

Twenty Palestinian prisoners held in Israel join hunger strike

Published on: October 10, 2022
09:12

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ramallah, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) A total of 500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel are currently on hunger strike after 20 others joined the protest that began 15 days ago.

Palestinians go on strike to demand their release from Israel

Published on: October 2, 2022
08:46

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Some 30 Palestinian prisoners imprisoned without trial or charges in Israeli prisons began the second week of their hunger strike in demand of their release, in a protest that may be joined by dozens of prisoners.

30 Palestinian prisoners continue open hunger strike in Israel

Published on: October 1, 2022
13:28

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ramallah, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Thirty Palestinian political prisoners being held in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest their administrative detention -a police that means they´re being held without charge or trial.

Palestinian prisoners in Israel continue hunger strike

Published on: September 27, 2022
09:11

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ramallah, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) Thirty Palestinian prisoners without trial or charges on Tuesday continued for the third day a hunger strike in Israeli jails demanding their release.

Russia announces the return of 55 prisoners of war

Published on: September 22, 2022
08:09

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Moscow, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Defense Ministry announced that 55 soldiers from the Russian armed forces and militiamen from Donetsk and Lugansk, who were held as prisoners of war, were returned as a result of an exchange with Ukraine.

Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians during raids

Published on: September 21, 2022
08:31

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli military arrested 12 Palestinians in a number of raids in the occupied West Bank, including one released a few months ago who fasted 141 days during his time in prison.

More than 270 Palestinians locked up for at least 20 years in Israel

Published on: September 2, 2022
08:21

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Commission revealed that 273 Palestinians served sentences of 20 or more years without interruption in Israeli jails.

CDEDA condemns Palestinian inmates´ situation in Israeli prisons

Published on: July 26, 2022
08:55

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ramallah, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs (CDEDA) on Tuesday once again condemned treatment given by the Israeli authorities to a group of sick Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.

Palestinian prisoners of Israel launch protest in support of strikers

Published on: July 23, 2022
10:17

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Ramallah, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Some 40 Palestinian prisoners began a hunger strike in Israeli prisons in solidarity with two compatriots whose health deteriorated as a result of the hunger strike they are carrying out themselves in demand of their release, the national press reported.

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