by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2017 | Middle East
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday ended a 40-day hunger strike over their conditions in Israeli jails under a deal brokered by the Red Cross, the Israel Prisons Service and a Palestinian official said. About 1,100 inmates had initially taken part in one of...
by Youssef Diab | May 20, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – Lebanese extremist prisoners accused of terrorism suspended their hunger strike till after Ramadan month after a week of “empty stomachs” battle which was launched by 900 prisoners demanding general amnesty. Health conditions of dozens of inmates suffering...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah – Palestinian journalists endure very complicated and harsh conditions compared to many of their colleagues around the world. Every one of them is exposed at any moment to Israeli bullets, assault or and arrest. Journalists in the Palestinian...
by Nazir Majli | Apr 20, 2017 | Middle East
Tel Aviv, Ramallah- Hunger strikes in Israeli prisons have entered their third day with Israeli authorities going into penal measures exacted on protesters aiming to better their conditions. Rather than negotiating Palestinian prisoners partaking in the strikes,...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East
Bethlehem-Sanaa Alayan continuously thinks about the health conditions of her two sons Dr. Mohammed al-Balboul and Lieutenant Mahmoud al-Balboul who went on a hunger strike 45 days ago to protest their administrative detention in Israeli prisons. Alayan can do nothing...
