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Prisoners Archive - April 2009
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - April 2009
Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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Released legislator: 'Abducting legislators is a crime Israel must be held accountable for'¯ Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 4/3/2009 Fathi Al Qar’awi, a Hamas legislator who was recently released from an Israeli prison, described the Israeli abduction of Palestinian legislators as a war crime, and added that legislators and all elected officials must be released. He said that all the detained legislators are closely following the internal talks being held under Egyptian mediation in Cairo, and that they all believe that unity and reconciliation is the only way to maintainPalestinian rights and steadfastness against the occupation. Qar’awi said that the detained legislators, and all detainees, regardless of their political affiliation are closely following the news on internal talks and that they support the talks and support unity between all factions. In an interview with the Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees, Qar’awi said, shortly after he was released, that the detainees are appealing to the. . . Released legislator: 'Abducting legislators is a crime Israel must be held accountable for'¯ Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 4/3/2009 Fathi Al Qar’awi, a Hamas legislator who was recently released from an Israeli prison, described the Israeli abduction of Palestinian legislators as a war crime, and added that legislators and all elected officials must be released. He said that all the detained legislators are closely following the internal talks being held under Egyptian mediation in Cairo, and that they all believe that unity and reconciliation is the only way to maintainPalestinian rights and steadfastness against the occupation. Qar’awi said that the detained legislators, and all detainees, regardless of their political affiliation are closely following the news on internal talks and that they support the talks and support unity between all factions. In an interview with the Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees, Qar’awi said, shortly after he was released, that the detainees are appealing to the. . . Released legislator: 'Abducting legislators is a crime Israel must be held accountable for'¯ Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 4/3/2009 Fathi Al Qar’awi, a Hamas legislator who was recently released from an Israeli prison, described the Israeli abduction of Palestinian legislators as a war crime, and added that legislators and all elected officials must be released. He said that all the detained legislators are closely following the internal talks being held under Egyptian mediation in Cairo, and that they all believe that unity and reconciliation is the only way to maintainPalestinian rights and steadfastness against the occupation. Qar’awi said that the detained legislators, and all detainees, regardless of their political affiliation are closely following the news on internal talks and that they support the talks and support unity between all factions. In an interview with the Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees, Qar’awi said, shortly after he was released, that the detainees are appealing to the. . . Fatah leader in Beita village sentenced to 19 years in Israeli prison Ma’an News Agency 4/1/2009 Nablus – Ma’an – Israel’s military court at Salem sentenced 35-year-old Abd Ar-Rahim Barham to 19 years in prison. Barham, from Beita village south Nablus, is a Fatah leader in the area. His family would not comment on the nature of the charges against him, but noted that he was “essentially being imprisoned for being a member of Fatah. ”Barham was detained when Israeli troops raided his house in the 2006, he has been held in administrative detention for 32 months. [end] Israeli prison dentist blinds Palestinian; family calls for his release Ma’an News Agency 4/1/2009 Jenin - Ma’an - The family of 29-year-old Mohamad Tawfiq Ghawadreh, who lost his sight after being infected with an un-sanitized needle while in an Israeli prison, is concerned about Mohammed’s deteriorating condition and is calling for Abbas to intervene. Mohammed was suffering from tooth aches and oral-abscesses and was treated by a prison dentist, who injected him with an infected syringe. The virus he was infected with travelled to his eyes and left him blind in the left eye. There is currently a concern that the infection will travel to his right eye as well, leaving him totally blind. The family noted that prison officials noticed his degrading condition and transferred him to the Ar-Ramleh Hospital but his health has not improved. The family has been prevented from visiting Mohammed since he was removed to hospital.  Articles
Month in pictures: March 2009 Photostory, Electronic Intifada 4/1/2009 Palestinian Bedouin children stand near their camels at sunset on the desert hills outside the West Bank city of Hebron, 10 March. (Haytham Othman/MaanImages) A Palestinian man collects flowers at a field in the West Bank village of Idna, north of Hebron, 30 March. (Mamoun Wazwaz/MaanImages) A Palestinian student looks out the window of her newly built classroom in the Gaza Strip, 15 March. (Hatem Omar/MaanImages) Relatives of Ali Abu Foul, a Palestinian resistance fighter killed in an Israeli attack along with one other on 31 March. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) Palestinian fishermen collect fish from their nets on a beach in Gaza City. The Israeli navy prevents Palestinians from fishing in deeper waters off the coast of Gaza, 26 March. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) Palestinians take part in a protest in Gaza City calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, 16 March. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) Chickens sold at a market in Gaza Strip. The Israeli siege and attacks on Gaza have forced the cost of chickens to skyrocket in the Gaza Strip, 24 March. LinksAdalah Adalah (Justice in Arabic) is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian-run legal center in Israel. The main goal of Adalah’s work is to achieve equal rights and minority rights protections for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Organization: Addameer (conscience) is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues. Supports Palestinian prisoners, advocates for rights of political prisoners, works to end torture. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Amnesty International USA Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Arab Association for Human Rights - HRA The HRA was founded in 1988 to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles. It is an independent non-governmental organisation registered in Israel. Association for Civil Rights in Israel - ACRI In Hebrew - The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was founded in 1972 as a non-political and independent body, with the goal of protecting human and civil rights in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control. B’tselem The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Boycott Israeli Medical Association UK: The Medical Committee for Boycott of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) will document the systematic torture of Palestinian people by agents of Israel. It will publicise the practice in order to bring world opinion to bear on Israel. And it will challenge the Israeli Medical Association which has repeatedly failed to issue advice to doctors who are involved in any way with torture. Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Palestinian Prisoners Society The Palestinian Prisoner Society is a social and human institution and its members are prisoners inside prisons and released prisoners. Membership is open to every Palestinian prisoner inside and outside prisons who meets the conditions of membership. Physicians for Human Rights - Israel Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in 1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. Public Committee Against Torture in Israel - PCATI An independent human rights organization founded that monitors the implementation conditions in detention centers and continues the struggle against the use of torture in interrogation in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine The main collection contains the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace. World Organisation Against Torture OMCT is today the largest international coalition of NGOs fighting against torture,summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in order to preserve Human Rights. It has at its disposal a network, SOS Torture, consisting of some 240 non-governmental organisations which act as sources of information.
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