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Death toll rises to 11 due to a fire in Dominican jail

Published on: March 20, 2024
14:34

Santo Domingo, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The number of deaths in the fire that occurred this week in La Victoria prison, in this capital, rose today to 11, announced the Attorney General's Office of the Republic.

30 Palestinian prisoners continue open hunger strike in Israel

Published on: October 1, 2022
13:28

Ramallah, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Thirty Palestinian political prisoners being held in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest their administrative detention -a police that means they´re being held without charge or trial.

Tension grows in Israeli jails after measures against Palestinians

Published on: February 28, 2022
08:31

Ramallah, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Tension on Monday continues to rise in Israeli jails due to the repression against the Palestinian detainees, who intensified their protests while their compatriots in the West Bank and Gaza are preparing to march in solidarity with them.

Hundreds of Palestinians to continue protest in Israeli jails

Published on: October 22, 2021
07:46

Ramallah, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Friday announced that its prisoners on hunger strike for 10 days in Israeli jails will indefinitely continue the protest to demand an end to the repressive measures implemented against them.

Some 400 Palestinians start hunger strike in Israeli jails

Published on: October 13, 2021
16:07

Ramallah, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) Some 400 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails started today an indefinite hunger strike in protest against the repressive measures to which they are subjected.

New protests break out in West Bank and Israel’s prisons

Published on: September 9, 2021
14:40

Ramallah, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Clashes between young Palestinians and Israeli soldiers broke out on Thursday in the West Bank for the second consecutive day, while family visits to prisoners in jails in the neighboring country were canceled, a decision that threatens to heighten tension.

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