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Arab News
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Palestinian NGO says teen dies in Israeli prison
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoners Club advocacy group said Monday that a teenage inmate died in an Israeli jail, decrying a spike in deaths in custody since the start of the Gaza war. In a statement, the group announced the death of Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad, 17, in Meggido prison in northern Israel under unknown circumstances. Israel's Prison Service said in a statement that a 17-year-old prisoner had died Sunday at the facility. 'His health condition is covered by medical confidentiality,' the statement said. One of thousands of Palestinians in Israeli custody, Ahmad was the 63rd Palestinian inmate to die in an Israeli jail since the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, according to the Prisoners Club. The advocacy group said Ahmad, from the town of Silwad near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, was detained on September 30. It was not clear what led to his arrest. The Prisoners Club said that a 'growing number' of detainees have died in Israeli custody due to 'systematic abuses' throughout the Gaza war. 'This period has been the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian prisoners' movement since 1967,' it said, referring to the year Israel seized Palestinian territories including the West Bank in a war. Rights groups including Israel's B'Tselem have documented numerous deaths of Palestinians in Israeli prisons during the Gaza war. B'Tselem has also reported worsening detention conditions for Palestinians, including 'systematic mistreatment' and 'torture,' which Israeli authorities have denied. The Prisoners Club said in September there were at least 250 Palestinian minors in Israeli custody. According to non-government group Defense for Children International Palestine, 'each year approximately 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12 years old, are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system. The most common charge is stone-throwing.'
Khaleej Times
24-03-2025
- Khaleej Times
Palestinian Prisoners Club says teen dies in Israeli prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Club advocacy group said on Monday that a teenage inmate died in an Israeli jail, decrying a spike in custody deaths since the start of the Gaza war. In a statement, the group announced the death of Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad, 17, in Meggido prison in northern Israel in unknown circumstances. Contacted by AFP, Israeli prison authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One of thousands of Palestinians in Israeli custody, Ahmad is the 63rd Palestinian inmate to die in Israeli jails since the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, according to the Prisoners Club. The advocacy group said Ahmad, from the town of Silwad near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, was detained on September 30. It was not clear what had led to his arrest. The Prisoners Club said that a "growing number" of detainees have died in Israeli custody due to "systematic abuses" throughout the Gaza war. "This period has been the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian prisoners' movement since 1967," it said, referring to the year Israel occupied Palestinian territories including the West Bank in a war. Rights groups including Israel's B'Tselem have documented numerous cases of deaths of Palestinians in Israeli prisons during the Gaza war. B'Tselem has reported worsening detention conditions for Palestinians including "systematic mistreatment" and "torture" — which Israeli authorities have denied. The Prisoners Club said in September there were at least 250 Palestinian minors in Israeli custody. According to non-government group Defense for Children International Palestine, "each year approximately 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12 years old, are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system. The most common charge is stone-throwing.
Saba Yemen
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Joint Statement: Occupation arrests 50 citizens from West Bank
Ramallah - Saba: The Prisoners Club and the Commission of Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs has said that the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least (50) citizens from the occupied West Bank, including children and former prisoners, since Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning. The club and the commission explained in a joint statement that the arrests and field investigations were distributed in the governorates of Hebron, Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jericho, and Tubas. The occupation has continued to implement its military operation in Jenin and Tulkarm for weeks, accompanied by systematic arrests and field investigations that have affected dozens of families, in addition to detaining citizens as hostages, and turning homes into military barracks, in addition to the deliberate destruction of infrastructure. The occupation forces carry out systematic arrests and field investigations, as one of the most prominent fixed policies, which escalated in an unprecedented manner after the war of extermination, not only in terms of the number of detainees, but also in terms of the level of crimes committed by the occupation. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Saba Yemen
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
West Bank: Occupation arrests 30 citizens, including children
Ramallah - Saba: The Zionist occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests and detentions for long hours, since yesterday evening, until Wednesday morning, which affected at least 30 citizens from the West Bank, including children and former prisoners. The Commission of Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Affairs and the Prisoners Club explained, according to the Palestinian News Agency, that the occupation continues to implement its aggression in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates for weeks, which is accompanied by ongoing arrests and field investigations, as the number of arrests in Jenin and its camp since the beginning of the aggression has reached 175, while in Tulkarm and its camps, the number of arrests has reached at least 150, including those who were arrested and later released. It is noteworthy that the occupation has adopted a set of policies in various areas where aggression has escalated, especially in Jenin and its camp, as well as Tulkarm and its camps. The most prominent of these policies are field executions, assassinations, and systematic field investigations that have affected dozens of families, in addition to detaining citizens as hostages, and turning homes into military barracks, after forcing their owners to leave them and move to other areas. The targeting of homes was not only by turning them into military barracks, but also by demolishing, blowing them up, and burning some of them, in addition to the deliberate destruction of infrastructure. It is worth noting that the occupation forces are carrying out systematic arrests and field investigations, as one of the most prominent fixed policies, which have escalated in an unprecedented manner after the war of extermination, not only in terms of the number of detainees, but also in terms of the level of crimes committed by the occupation. Whatsapp Telegram Email more of (International)
Saba Yemen
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Zionist enemy storms mourning house in Old City of Quds, arrests Nasser Qaws
Last night, the Zionist enemy forces stormed the mourning house of the Jerusalemite activist Musa Qaws, which was being held at the headquarters of the African community in the Old City of occupied Quds, and arrested his brother, the director of the Prisoners Club in Quds, Nasser Qaws.
