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Prisoners Archive - September 2005
Actors at an Israeli court demonstrate Israel’s torture methods used against Palestinian detainees as described by witnesses. Source: Miftah
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Hamas hits the campaign trail despite renewed Israeli pressure The Independent 9/30/2005 The many-sidedness of Hamas has rarely been on better display than in this town west of Ramallah. On Monday, the body of Sasson Nuriel, a kidnapped Israeli businessman, was dumped in Beitunya by the Hamas cell that had murdered him. A video of Mr Nuriel in captivity showed him mumbling in Arabic a request for the release of Palestinian prisoners. Yesterday, Sa'ad Chalabi, the Hamas supporter who is seeking the mayoralty of Beitunya, as leader of the local "Reform and Change" grouping, was out at the polling station doing some last-minute campaigning on a programme of better schools, improved sewage provision, and more strategic planning. Operational update: ICRC activities in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Aug 2005 ReliefWeb 10/1/2005 ICRC -- The following is an update of activities carried out by the ICRC in Israel, the Occupied and Autonomous Territories in August 2005. -- Protection - Monitoring conditions of detention: In Israel, the Occupied and Autonomous Territories, the ICRC regularly visits detainees falling under its mandate in order to monitor their conditions of detention and treatment. During these visits, ICRC delegates have access to all detention facilities and may conduct interviews in private with any detainees. The observations and recommendations of the ICRC are submitted confidentially to the authorities in charge... Vanunu: I wanted to prevent the use of atomic weapons International Middle East Media Center 9/25/2005 Waiting for freedom -- While Iran is being pressured to halt its nuclear weapon program, Israel’s nuclear weapon possession gets close to no attention at all. Though endagering his own freedom, Mordechai Vanunu felt he had an obligation to reveal that Israel possessed nuclear weapons two decades ago. For this he was abducted in Italy by Israeli Mossad agents, brought to Israel and sentenced to 18 years in prison for espionage and treason. Tommy Lapid, former-Israeli Minister of Justice, leader of the secular-centrist Shinui party, wanted him hanged....IMEMC correspondent Kristoffer Larsson interviewed Vanunu about his deed and his hopes for the future. Aljazeera to appeal Alluni's conviction AlJazeera 9/26/2005 Pan-Arab satellite channel Aljazeera has said it will appeal after a Spanish judge sentenced its correspondent Taysir Alluni to seven years in prison for collaborating with al-Qaida. "The verdict is very disappointing and we consider it unfair and we will contact immediately the legal defence team to study the possibilities of appealing it," Aljazeera general manager Waddah Khanfar said on Monday. The channel said it was an unjust sentence and a dangerous and unprecedented action in the history of journalism. After five years, detainee hugs his ailing mother International Middle East Media Center 9/27/2005 Five years have passed since her son was arrested, the mother of detainee Ahmad Khalaf, was finally able to visit him, in spite of her sickness, and in spite of losing site in her right eye and week sight in the left, she managed to see him, even if he was like a shadow. The mother suffered a stroke and lost her site in the right eye, doctors warned her that any exhaustion and tiredness will sharply deteriorate her condition, which barred her from visiting him since the families of the detainees have to travel for several hours in a bus and wait for additional hours until they are allowed to visit their detained family members for some minutes. Hamas releases video of hostage BBC 9/27/2005 Palestinian militant group Hamas has released a video of a bound and blindfolded Israeli businessman it says it kidnapped and later killed. The body of 51-year-old Sasson Nuriel, who vanished last week, was found near Ramallah in the West Bank on Monday. Hamas said it had planned to trade him for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, but decided to kill him after Israel began raids in the West Bank. Israel's Internal Minister Gideon Ezra called the killing "cowardly". Hamas claims Jerusalem man's killing AlJazeera 9/27/2005 Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and killing of a Jerusalem businessman who was found dead on Monday. The resistance fighters said in a statement that they had kidnapped 51-year-old Sasson Nuriel, whom they had identified as a Shin Bet security service agent, on Wednesday. They had intended to trade him for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. However, after Israel began a series of arrest raids against West Bank resistance fighters, they decided to kill him, the statement said on Tuesday. |
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Adalah 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 Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel. 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 Center 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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