Tag: Prisoners
Administrative Torture: Free Heba al-Labadi, a Jordanian Citizen in Israeli Prison
Rights groups and the international community should pressure Israel to release Heba al-Labadi and all of her comrades unlawfully held in Israeli prisons.
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The Unfinished Gaza War: What Netanyahu Hopes to Gain from Attacking Palestinian Prisoners
Why is Israel provoking confrontations when Palestinian prisoners are already subjected to human rights abuses? Equally important, why now?
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Worst Possible Pick for U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
The man set to become US Ambassador to South Korea, Admiral Harry Harris, oversaw the abuse of prisoners at a CIA camp in Gutantanamo and has blood on his hands.
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A Portrait of the CIA in Prison
John Kiriakou’s whistleblowing on the state of US prisons and government’s efforts to silence him is as valuable as his opposition to CIA torture.
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The Hunger Strike and Gaza: Two Sides of the Palestinian Coin
The hunger strike awakened the Palestinian population to the imperative of manifesting resistance as an alternative to despair and submission.
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The Palestinian Hunger Strike: “Our chains will be broken before we are…”
We may look back on Marwan Barghouti’s hunger strike as the beginning of a winning Palestinian endgame.
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The Prisoners’ Revolt: The Real Reasons behind the Palestinian Hunger Strike
The prisoners held captive in Israeli jails are a depiction of the life of every Palestinian.
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Human Rights Watch Reports That US Government Tortured Children
Is America the beacon of hope to the millions of peoples who have been killed, maimed, and displaced by America’s wars during the past 15 years?
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Guantanamo at 14: Seven “Why’s” for the President
Gitmo must be closed and its prisoners either released or tried in a real court of law.
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The Logic of Hunger Striking Palestinians: When Starvation Is a Weapon
What Palestinian hunger strikers have in common is their battles aren’t about the freedom of individuals only, but of an entire group of oppressed people.
Read MoreSamer Issawi, Hunger Strikes, and the Palestinian Struggle
No recent Palestinian prisoner has received more attention among the Palestinian than Samer Issawi, released on December 23 after reaching an extraordinary bargain with prison officials last April. He agreed then to stop his hunger strike, which had lasted an incredible 266 days, either partially or completely, in exchange for an Israeli pledge to release him in eight months at the end of 2013.
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