Medical Abuse and Neglect
Palestinian prisoner launches hunger strike against medical mistreatment
Palestinian prisoner Amir As'ad, 35, has been on an open hunger strike in the Israeli Gilboa prison for 12 days, reported the Prisoners' Affairs...
Jalal Sharawna, Palestinian teen with amputated leg, sentenced to three and a half years in Israeli prison
Palestinian teen Jalal Sharawna, 19, whose leg was amputated by an Israeli hospital in 2015 after he was shot by Israeli occupation soldiers near...
Severely wounded Israa Jaabis’ appeal denied by Israeli high court
The Israeli occupation high court denied the appeal of severely wounded Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis on Thursday, 25 January; she had appealed for a...
Anas Hamarsheh, 17, losing ability to walk in Israeli prisons
Palestinian child prisoner Anas Hamarsheh, 17, has reportedly lost the ability to walk; his family have repeatedly warned of the severe dangers to his...
Two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
There are currently two Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike. Ali Barghouthi is on hunger strike for the fourth day; he launched...
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Dweikat loses sight after virus, medical neglect in Israeli prison
Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Mazen Amer Dweikat, 30, from Nablus, has been held in Israeli jails since 6 December 2016. He has completely lost his...
Unjustly reimprisoned elderly Palestinian suffers health crisis
Palestinian prisoner Yousef Hassan Abu al-Kheir, 74, from Akka (Acre) in occupied Palestine '48, is suffering from a difficult health situation in Gilboa prison....
Palestinian prisoner’s petition for early release postponed
On Wednesday, 25 October, the Early Release Committee of the Israel Prison Service held a hearing on the case of Sami Abu Diak, the...
Israeli military court extends detention of Palestinian child prisoner, son of man injured by Israeli medical negligence
On Thursday, 19 October, the Salem military court extended the detention of Anas Hamarsheh, 17, from the village of Ya'abad near Jenin, until next...
Death of former prisoner Mahmoud Suleiman highlights medical neglect in Israeli prisons
Palestinian prisoners are highlighting the danger of medical neglect or mistreatment for sick prisoners in Israeli jails and the long-lasting consequences, following the death...
