Press Release
Currently there are seven prisoners on hunger strike against administrative detention, including Jafar Ezeddin and Ihsan Othman who have been on hunger strike the longest, since 16 June, as well as Ahmad Zahran who has been on hunger strike since 20 June. Another three administrative detainees, Huthaifa Halabia, Mustafa Hassanat and Mohammed Abu...
On Sunday 7 July 2019, Addameer’s lawyer was able to visit the prisoners Huthaifa Halabia, Mustafa Hassanat and Mohammed Abu Akkar in the occupation prison in the Naqab prison. Today, the three prisoners are ending their first week of hunger strike in protest of the policy of adminstrative detention and demanding their release. Addameer’s lawyer...
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) condemn Israel’s deliberate denial of entry to Professor Michael Lynk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) since 1967. Israel has denied UNSR Lynk entry to the OPT to carry out his mission between 8-12...
The lawyer of administrative detainee Hassan Awewi, 35 years old from Hebron, confirmed to Addameer, that his client ended his hunger strike, Sunday night, 9 June, 2019. Awewi’s lawyer said that after 69 days of hunger strike, an agreement was reached with the occupation’s military Prosecution. According to the agreement, Awewi will be released...
Addameer - Ramallah: Sixty-one year-old prisoner Hossam Ruzza, from Nablus, suspended his open hunger strike on Wednesday, 1st May 2019, after 43 days, as confirmed Addameer lawyer. Ruzza’s decision came after reaching an agreement with the occupation authorities, according to which his current administrative detention will not be renewed. Thus,...
Addameer - Ramallah: Forty-three days into his hunger strike, prisoner Hossam Ruzza, 61 years old from Nablus, faces a new deterioration in his health condition, as confirmed by Addameer lawyer following a visit to Ruzza in the Ramlah prison compound, on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
Addameer's lawyer confirmed that the prisoner had lost 25...
Addameer - Ramallah: Palestinian prisoner Khaled Farraj, 31 years old, from Dheisheh refugee camp, continues his hunger strike for the 29th day in a row, demanding an end to his administrative detention as his health deteriorates. Khaled Farraj began his open hunger strike on March 26th, joining Hossam Ruzza and Mohammad Tabanga, who have been...
Addameer acknowledges and celebrates the prisoners achievement in the hunger strike and continues to shed light on the ongoing individual hunger strikes against administrative detention On Monday, 15 April 2019, and after 8 days being on a hunger strike, Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons ended their strike. This decision comes after long...
Addameer - Ramallah: Eight days into the hunger strike announced by the Palestinian political prisoners in the occupation prisons, an agreement was reached, on Monday, April 15, 2019, between the occupation prisons administration and the prisoners’ representatives. The agreement came after a series of intensive dialogue sessions. It includes...
Addameer - Ramallah: Addameer has been following up, for three weeks, the hunger strike of three Palestinian prisoners protesting the repeated renewal of their administrative detention orders. Hossam Ruzza, 61-years-old, has been on hunger strike since March 19, while Mohammad Tabanga, 40-years-old, and Khaled Farraj, 31-years-old, began their...