Press Release
Part of the continuous and systematic violations of prisoners rights, and as a continuation of the denial of fair trial rights, today, 24 January, the head of Ofer prison bans several lawyers from accessing Ofer Military court. This is part of the Israeli occupation forces attempts to prevent Palestinian lawyers from collecting evidence and...
Collective punishment continues in Ofer prison. On 23 January 2019, Addameer’s lawyer visited few prisoners from Ofer, though the lawyer was not allowed to visit any prisoner from sections 11 and 15, according to Israeli Prison Services (IPS) those two sections are punished with a total closure and are banned from visits. Since Sunday 20 January...
Some Israeli special force units were created with the main task to raid prisons, the most known units with this task are (Nahshon, Massada, Dror, and Yamas). Each year those units conduct around 250 to 300 raids and sometimes more. According to what information Addameer’s lawyer received, on 20 January 2019 Israeli special force unit “Massada [1...
On Wednesday, 2 January 2019, the Palestinian Court at Tulkarm dropped all charges against Ahmad Awartani. Addameer lawyer reported that according to the court’s decision there was no sufficient evidence against Ahmad, and his charges were not considered crimes rather they were expressions which fall under freedom of opinion and expression. The...
On 17 Dec 2018 Addameer’s lawyer and director Sahar Francis visited al-Demon prison were all Palestinian women detainees are held currently. Sahar’s visit did not last for even 15 minutes as the prison administration canceled the visit and informed Sahar that there is an emergency situation. It came to Addameer’s knowledge today, 18 Dec 2018 that...
The Israeli military judge at Ofer military court, decided today during an appeal session, 11 December 2018, to cancel the last administrative detention order against Tariq Abu Matar (29 years old). According to Addameer's lawyer, the military judge stated that this administrative detention order was illegal. Also, the military prosecution stated...
Earlier this week a group of four organizations made the initiative to act in solidarity with PLC member and human rights defender Khalida Jarrar. The four NGOs are Comité pour une Paix Juste au Proche-Orient (CPJPO), Amnesty International Luxembourg (AIL), Action des Chrétiens pour l'Abolition de la Torture, Luxembourg (ACAT) and Cercle des ONG (...
Addameer supports and stands firmly in solidarity with the scholar and activist Marc Lamont Hill against his reprehensive termination by CNN for speaking in support of Palestinian human rights at the United Nations. In his speech on 28 November 2018 at the United Nations, Hill expressed his support to Palestinian human rights and called for equal...
Ofer Israeli military court decided today, Tuesday 4 December 2018 to confirm the administrative detention orders for Haitham Siaj and Saif al-Idresi. Following their arrest on 11 September 2018, both prisoners experienced long and harsh interrogation at al-Mascobiyya interrogation center which lasted for around 44 days. During interrogation, Saif...