Press Release - November 01, 2003
Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association is gravely concerned for the health of Palestinian female prisoner Amneh Mounah, who has begun her sixth day of open ended hunger strike, protesting against physical attacks against her and her continued isolation. Addameer’s lawyer, Adv. Mahmoud Hassan, was able to take a full account of the attack against Mounah during a visit on Thursday 30 October 2003, and able to see the physical effects of the attack. Mounah is in immediate need of medical attention as a result of injuries sustained to her back, waist area and left hand from the attack.

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Press Release - October 20, 2003
On 19 October 2003, 3 military appeals court sessions, each including a 3-judge panel, heard legal arguments in protest of the proposed illegal deportation of 18 Palestinian administrative detainees to the Gaza Strip. The 18 administrative detainees have been held at Erez Military Detention Center since receiving the new deportation orders.

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Urgent Action - August 25, 2003
Addameer is gravely concerned for the well being of two detainees currently being held at Ramle Prison in isolation cells after over 15 days of hunger strike. Ahmad Talab Mustafa Barghouthi, a 27-year-old resident of Ramallah, was detained on 15 April 2002 and subsequently sentenced to 13 life sentences. Ahmad has been held in solitary confinement for the past 8 months. Moussa Mohammad Salem Doudin, a 31-year-old resident of Hebron, was detained on 20 December 1992 and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment. Moussa has been held in solitary confinement for the last 5 months, and has not seen his father for the past 7 years as a result of continuous denials of visit permits.

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Press Release - August 14, 2003
On 16 August 2003, at approximately 10 am, Nasser Abdullah Abdel Jawwad Odeh, will defend his doctoral thesis from Megiddo Military Prison, the first time a Palestinian prisoner has been allowed to do so. A thesis committee will convene at Najah University in Nablus and hear his defence on Saturday by mobile phone. Odeh, a 38 year old father of two from Deir Balout, was able to secretly complete his thesis, entitled “Islamic Tolerance Towards Non-Muslims”, whilst serving a 12 year sentence.

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Press Release - August 06, 2003
This afternoon, Wednesday 6 August 2003, 338 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released from Israeli prisons and military detention camps. Of the 338 released, 157 were administrative detainees whose administrative detention orders were to expire shortly, and 181 were sentenced prisoners. One of the sentenced prisoners included in published lists of prisoners to be released remained in prison due to the fact that a petition was filed against his release.

Press Release - August 05, 2003
On the morning of 4 August 2003, the Israeli Prisons’ Services published on their website a list of names of Palestinian prisoners and detainees expected to be released on Wednesday 6 August 2003. Of the 342 Palestinian prisoners slated for release, 159 are administrative detainees and 183 have been sentenced. Upon close examination of the published list, Addameer has observed the following:

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Press Release - May 26, 2003
On the morning of Sunday 11 May 2003, the Israeli authorities released 62 Palestinian administrative detainees from the Ketziot Military Camp. The next day, Monday 12 May, another 90 Palestinian prisoners were released. However, after reviewing the files of all those released, Addameer has observed that the vast majority of those released on Sunday were to end their administrative detention orders within a few days, and the remainder were to be released by 30 May 2003. All 90 prisoners released the next day were criminal prisoners, the majority of whom were arrested and imprisoned because of entering Israel without a permit. This ‘good will gesture’, as Israel has deemed it, is simply a superficial act that aims to convince the world that Israel is releasing Palestinian detainees.

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April 30, 2003
We, the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons and detention centers, affirm the following points as our declaration of principles:

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Press Release - March 12, 2003
Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association views with great concern new developments that have taken place against Palestinian Authority political prisoners being detained at Jericho Central Prison. Beginning 11 March 2003, the administration of the prison launched a series of arbitrary and inhumane measures against the political detainees, including: Read the rest of this entry »

Press Release - March 08, 2003
Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association welcomes the release of Mrs. ‘Abla Sa’adat, arrested on her way to the World Social Forum on 21 January 2003 and subsequently given a 4 month administrative detention order. She was released on the morning of 7 March 2003 and, just as her arrest, was not given a reason for her early release. However, as we also commemorate International Women’s Day today, we also remember the remaining 65 Palestinian female detainees currently being held by Israel in the Neveh Terzah section of Ramleh Prison.

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