Press Release
On 25 October 2018, we received word that Khadlida Jarrar’s administrative detention order would be renewed for an additional four months. This news is heartbreaking and devastating, but not out of the ordinary. Her confirmation hearing will be held in the coming week. The new order is to extend her detainment by a further four months, meaning...
Collective punishment is a policy used by the Israeli occupation forces systematically. Recently, after an attack on one of the illegal settlements in Northern West Bank, the Israeli occupation forces is utilizing such a policy on a number of Palestinian towns, and their residents, in search of the person accused of carrying out the attack, Ashraf...
NGO STATEMENT: Palestinian Support for Indigenous Peoples’ Day Commemorations and Historical Justice from Palestine to Turtle Island In August 2018, several Palestinian human rights organizations attended The Red Nation’s annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We, the undersigned Palestinian human rights and community organizations, state...
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association holds the occupation responsible for the death of prisoner Mohammad Zegrlool al Khateeb al Rimawi (24 years old) from Beit Reyma, in Ramallah governate. Following his arrest this morning, he was severely beaten by occupation soldiers and special forces to the point of passing out. There is a...
Ayman Nasser, (48 years old) the coordinator of Addameer's legal unit, was arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces from his home in the West Bank on 9 September 2018. He is currently being held without charge or trial in Ofer prison. His wife informed Addameer that this morning, Sunday 9 September 2018, soldiers broke into the house at 2:00 am. They...
Ramallah- 6 AUG 2018 – Addameer Lawyer, Adv. Khader Diabis, reported that the military court at Ashkelon interrogation center extended the interrogation period of Mohammed Satouf Al-Rimawi (27 years old) for eight additional days, ending August 13. Adv. Diabis confirmed that Mohammed Al-Rimawi is currently on the 19th consecutive day of hunger...
Ramallah- July 30.2018 The detainee Mohammad Stoof Al-Rimawi (27 year old) is on day 12 of his hunger strike as a protest against his extended detention and the interrogation conditions and methods used on him in Askalan interrogation center. According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club lawyer , the court in Askalan interrogation center extended...
As the United Nations and the world commemorates the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June 2018, Addameer stands in solidarity with Palestinians prisoners who have suffered the devastating effects of torture and ill-treatment and unequivocally condemns all forms of such treatment occurring in Israeli prisons, interrogation...
Lawyer and human rights defender Felicia Langer’s death is a sad passing of an era, and the loss of a friend of the Palestinian people. Her commitment over a 23 year period to defending Palestinian prisoners, and ensuring that the rights of the Palestinian people are realized, was truly an inspiration. Her courage and inner conviction led her to...
On 14 June 2018, we received word that Khalida Jarrar’s administrative detention order would be renewed for an additional four months. This news is heartbreaking and devastating, but not out of the ordinary. Her confirmation hearing will be held on Monday 2 July 2018. The new order is to extend her detainment by a further four months, meaning that...