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1,000 Palestinian prisoners to start hunger strike in Israel

Published on: August 30, 2022
08:03

Ramallah, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) A thousand Palestinian prisoners will begin an indefinite hunger strike next Thursday as part of the battle to demand that the Israeli authorities comply with the agreements reached in June.

Palestinian prisoners gather support for their rights

Published on: August 23, 2022
08:40

Ramallah, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Palestinians imprisoned in Israel announced that they will continue with a wave of protests, which will include indefinite hunger strikes, unless Tel Aviv complies with the agreements made.

Palestinians step up protest in Israeli prisons

Published on: February 12, 2022
10:04

Ramallah, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian prisoners in Israeli penitentiaries stepped up protests Saturday condemning punitive measures against them as well as the breach of agreements reached with Tel Aviv Prison Authority (IPS).

Israel is holding some 4,500 Palestinians in jail

Published on: February 11, 2022
08:23

Ramallah, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) Some 4,500 Palestinians are detained in Israeli prisons, including 180 minors and 32 women, four NGOs denounced in a joint statement.

Death of four inmates in Ecuador under investigation

Published on: January 15, 2022
11:34

Quito, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) Several authorities in Ecuador are investigating today the causes and circumstances of the death of four inmates in two prisons in this South American country, which is going through a severe prison crisis.

A hundred Palestinians serve over 20 years in Israeli prisons

Published on: October 5, 2021
16:27

Ramallah, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Bahaa Yusuf Masarweh became the 100th Palestinian to serve an uninterrupted sentence of over 20 years in Israeli prisons, an authorized source denounced today.

More Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons

Published on: July 23, 2021
09:52

Ramallah, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The number of Palestinians currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons rose to 13, as part of protests to denounce the administrative detention policy, through which they are arrested with no charges or trials.

UN described Haitian prisoners´ inhuman conditions as torture

Published on: July 1, 2021
07:13

Port-au-Prince, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The UN representation in Haiti on Wednesday described prisoners´ inhuman conditions as torture and denounced the cruel and degrading treatment to which detainees must endure.

Cybercrimes generate profits for criminals in Panama

Published on: May 21, 2021
08:09

Panama, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Cybercrimes in Panama are currently generating over US,000 a day to criminals, Attorney General Javier Caraballo said.

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