Free Palestine TV has launched a series of interviews of liberated Palestinian prisoners, telling their stories with full English subtitles and translation. The “Prisoners of War” series has so far featured three Palestinian released prisoners: Baraa Odeh, Sumoud Mtair and Abdel Majeed Hasan. Palestinian journalist and former political prisoner Fairouz Salameh, released in the November 2023 prisoner exchange conducted by the Palestinian resistance, interviews each of the former prisoners about their experiences of detention, particularly at this moment when Palestinian prisoners are facing extreme abuse behind Zionist bars.
Watch the three episodes: Episode 1, with Baraa Odeh, of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. Ms Odeh worked as a human rights defender for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) when she was abducted by the Zionist military on March 3rd, 2024, while crossing back into Palestine from Jordan’s King Hussein bridge, and held in captivity without trial or charges until her release on June 4th, 2024.
Episode 2, with Sumoud Mtair of Dura, al-Khalil, speaks about the martyrdom of her sister Ahed in January 2024, her detention in March, the conditions in the infamous Damon prison where she was detained, the situation of Gaza’s female prisoners she met, and more.
Episode 3, with Abdul-Majeed Hassan, former President of the Bir Zeit University Student Council, who was detained four times by the Zionist regime as well as once by the Palestinian Authority under its “security coordination,” on his experience and the targeting of the student movement.
