On April 17th, Palestinian Prisoners Day, the mother of Samer Issawi released a statement, to be shared across the world. Samer Issawi, as most people know, waged a legendary 277-day hunger strike against his incarceration by the Israeli occupation last year. However, after he was released, the Issawi family did not get to enjoy his freedom for long. Samer’s sister...
Unfortunately, Twitterstorms for Palestinian political prisoners do not go out of fashion. The reason for this is that the racist Zionist state continues to violate the human rights of Palestinian political prisoners, even including those who do not fall under their false and illegitimate ‘jurisdiction’. Campaigning is now on for Alaa Hammad, Palestinian Jerusalemite with a Jordanian citizenship, who...
Samer Issawi has suffered a serious head injury while in custody in Ramleh prison, his sister Shireen Issawi has stated today on her Facebook page. “In a telephone call from Ibtisam Al Anati, a lawyer from the Hurriyaat center, after her visit to Samer Issawi today in what is known as the hospital of Ramleh prison, she declared that...
Translation by Tariq Shadid – see original Arabic text down below Ramallah, April 17, 2013 From his room in Kaplan Medical Center, political prisoner Samer Issawi sent a letter via the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society saying: “I am sending my greetings to everyone, without exception, and I request from all honorable people of our country, of our Arabic...
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