Statement issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club on the 22nd memorial of detention for the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi April 15, 2024
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Statement issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club on the 22nd memorial of detention for the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi
April 15, 2024
Today marks the 22nd memorial of detention for the leader and national struggler, member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement, Marwan Barghouthi, beside the detainee Ahmad Barghouthi. This memorial coincides the massive aggression against our people and detainees in Israeli prisons, besides the systematic genocide in Gaza, and the historical twist that constitutes an extension of resistance and struggle conducted by our people with their blood and sacrifices over long decades. His detention was part of targeting him by chasing, deportation and assassination attempts during the Aqsa uprising, in which the Palestinian people presented the finest image of resistance and struggle in confronting the occupation. The leader Marwan Barghouthi and his colleagues presented a sample of resistance despite the suppression and systematic policies of torture. Since October 7, our detainees and leaders of the Captive Movement were subjected to torture, isolation and unprecedented attacks, as the IPS intended to target our detainees and take away their rights which they obtained by blood and sacrifice. He and his colleagues were subjected to operations of isolation and transfer, as he was transferred from Ofer prison to the isolation of Ramla prison, then to the isolation of Ohelekdar prison and then to the isolation of Ramla prison again and finally he is currently held in the isolation of Megiddo prison. He was subjected to brutal attacks during his transfer by special forces, especially in Megiddo prison, which witnessed the most cruel torture and assaults after October 7. These procedures and policies escalated since October 7, were not new at all, but constituted an extension of suppressive and retaliatory measures since occupying our lands. It is worth mentioning that the isolation against the leader Marwan Barghouthi was not the first during his detention, rather, he was isolated several times and turned his experience into a front of confrontation and reinforced his revolutionary ideas. Barghouthi continued his struggle in order to reinforce the statement of “ the occupation’s prisons were turned into universities and educational institutions”. This expression was a metaphor in the past, but detainees turned into reality to reinforce knowledge, enlightenment and education. The Commission and Prisoner’s Club paid tribute to the leader Marwan Barghouthi and all his colleagues in prison, who continue their struggle with determination and resilience. *Glory to martyrs and freedom to detainees*
*During his meeting with the Head of Political team of the British Council* *Fares: Britain should take a clear position on the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people and detainees*
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*During his meeting with the Head of Political team of the British Council*
*Fares: Britain should take a clear position on the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people and detainees*
April 4, 2024
The Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Qaddura Fares, called on the British Government to take a real position on the massive Israeli aggression against Palestinians, especially on the ferocious war in Gaza and the fascist attacks against male and female detainees in Israeli prisons.
This call came during a meeting with the Head of the Political Team in the British Consulate, Mr. Chris Barker, where Qaddura urged him to convey a message to his state that the massacres and violations committed against detainees are considered a retaliatory reaction to the incidents of October7, and there is no justification for this collective punishment.
Fares stated that we need an international intervention by an influential state to oblige Israel to stop the war in adhere to the Security Council’s resolution on cease fire. We as Palestinians believe that Britain is able to take actions in this matter, because of its international status and solid relations with Isreal.
Fares said : “ Britain holds extra responsibility towards the incidents in Palestine, being the main reason behind occupying the Palestinian territories by Israel through Balfour Declaration. Today we live in the most appropriate chance that enables Britain to atone for its sin and support giving the Palestinians the right of self determination in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy “.
Fares denounced the ignorance of the global call of ceasefire by governments, people and even Israeli people, and confirmed that Israel does not respect international laws and agreements and does not abide by the resolutions of United Nations. Rather, Israel implemented a massive detention campaign and practiced torture and assault against Palestinian detainees, through a series of fascist laws.
Fares pointed out that detainees’ achievements in past decades, regarding food, water, clothing, medical care and the nature of cells , became meaningless after October 7, as detainees are currently deprived of their basic rights and became victims of cold, starvation and the hatred of jailers.
*Fares: Britain should take a clear position on the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people and detainees*
April 4, 2024
The Head of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Qaddura Fares, called on the British Government to take a real position on the massive Israeli aggression against Palestinians, especially on the ferocious war in Gaza and the fascist attacks against male and female detainees in Israeli prisons.
This call came during a meeting with the Head of the Political Team in the British Consulate, Mr. Chris Barker, where Qaddura urged him to convey a message to his state that the massacres and violations committed against detainees are considered a retaliatory reaction to the incidents of October7, and there is no justification for this collective punishment.
Fares stated that we need an international intervention by an influential state to oblige Israel to stop the war in adhere to the Security Council’s resolution on cease fire. We as Palestinians believe that Britain is able to take actions in this matter, because of its international status and solid relations with Isreal.
Fares said : “ Britain holds extra responsibility towards the incidents in Palestine, being the main reason behind occupying the Palestinian territories by Israel through Balfour Declaration. Today we live in the most appropriate chance that enables Britain to atone for its sin and support giving the Palestinians the right of self determination in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy “.
Fares denounced the ignorance of the global call of ceasefire by governments, people and even Israeli people, and confirmed that Israel does not respect international laws and agreements and does not abide by the resolutions of United Nations. Rather, Israel implemented a massive detention campaign and practiced torture and assault against Palestinian detainees, through a series of fascist laws.
Fares pointed out that detainees’ achievements in past decades, regarding food, water, clothing, medical care and the nature of cells , became meaningless after October 7, as detainees are currently deprived of their basic rights and became victims of cold, starvation and the hatred of jailers.
Invitation to attend and cover a press conference tomorrow
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Invitation to attend and cover a press conference tomorrow
Ramallah- Detainees Institutions and the Islamic and national organizations invite you to attend a press conference tomorrow at 12:00 pm, to discuss the most prominent developments related to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, with the approach of “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day”, coinciding April 17th and coming in the bloodiest year, with the continuation of extensive aggression and genocide against our people in Gaza Strip.
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Al-Birah/ The headquarter of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs/ Alzahraa Building
Ramallah- Detainees Institutions and the Islamic and national organizations invite you to attend a press conference tomorrow at 12:00 pm, to discuss the most prominent developments related to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, with the approach of “Palestinian Prisoner’s Day”, coinciding April 17th and coming in the bloodiest year, with the continuation of extensive aggression and genocide against our people in Gaza Strip.
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Al-Birah/ The headquarter of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs/ Alzahraa Building
The Israeli occupation continues to chase and arrest liberated women detainees
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The Israeli occupation continues to chase and arrest liberated women detainees
April 7, 2024
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs called on international, regional and local feminists organizations, unions and societies working on women affairs to save Palestinian women from the Israeli targeting.
The Commission emphasized that invading the houses of liberated detainees became a firm manner pursued on a daily basis, where the Israeli army is trying to achieve retaliatory policies and taking revenge from Palestinians women and girls, depending beating, house vandalism and humiliation, without taking into consideration their privacy.
The Commission condemned the policy of chasing liberated detainees, the last of which was carried out today’s morning, as occupation forces invaded Ramallah and Birzeit village, arresting the liberated detainees Layan Kayed and Layan Naser, students in Birzeit University.
The Commission expressed its hope on establishing a feminist mobilization to support Palestinian women and expose the crimes committed against them by the occupation, and to practice pressure against governments and parliaments to take responsibility towards denying women’s rights in Palestine.
Recently, there was an escalation in arresting Palestinian women and girls, where they got detained based on a retaliatory tendencies, and used as hostages. It is worth mentioning that there are currently (81) women detained in Israeli prisons, the majority of them are held in Damoun prison in difficult and complicated health conditions.
April 7, 2024
The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs called on international, regional and local feminists organizations, unions and societies working on women affairs to save Palestinian women from the Israeli targeting.
The Commission emphasized that invading the houses of liberated detainees became a firm manner pursued on a daily basis, where the Israeli army is trying to achieve retaliatory policies and taking revenge from Palestinians women and girls, depending beating, house vandalism and humiliation, without taking into consideration their privacy.
The Commission condemned the policy of chasing liberated detainees, the last of which was carried out today’s morning, as occupation forces invaded Ramallah and Birzeit village, arresting the liberated detainees Layan Kayed and Layan Naser, students in Birzeit University.
The Commission expressed its hope on establishing a feminist mobilization to support Palestinian women and expose the crimes committed against them by the occupation, and to practice pressure against governments and parliaments to take responsibility towards denying women’s rights in Palestine.
Recently, there was an escalation in arresting Palestinian women and girls, where they got detained based on a retaliatory tendencies, and used as hostages. It is worth mentioning that there are currently (81) women detained in Israeli prisons, the majority of them are held in Damoun prison in difficult and complicated health conditions.
*Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7 until March 31/3/2025*
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*Brief on detention campaigns carried out in the West Bank since October 7 until March 31/3/2025*
*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*
. Total number of arrests: (7895) in the West Bank
. Women: (258) women have been arrested ( including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.
. Children: (500) children have been arrested
. Journalists: (64) journalists have been arrested, (43) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention
. More than (4430) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7
* detention campaigns are accompanied by many crimes and violations such as brutal beat, vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating cars, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.
Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages.
Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members.
. (13) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons after the 7th of October due to systematic crimes of torture, assault, policy of starvation, isolation and the increasing medical ignorance which was the main reason for detainees’ martyrdom.
( Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majed Zaqqul from Gaza, the fourth martyr is unknown, Abdulrahman Maree from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilia and Abdulrahman Bahsh from Nablus, Muhammad Sabbar from Hebron, Khaled Shawish from Tubas, Ezz Al-deen banna from Gaza, Assef Refae from Ramallah, Ahmad Qdaih and Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh, in addition to Muhammad Abu Snaineh, who martyred in Hadassa Hospital.
*The Israeli media announced the martyrdom of detainees from Gaza in Sadeh Timan military camp, and also announced the martyrdom of 27 detainees from Gaza lately*
*statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones*
*Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give information and practicing the crime of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested hundreds of Gazan workers in the West Bank, in addition to citizens from Gaza who were previously in the West Bank for medical treatment.
- the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons stands at (9100) including more than (3558) administrative detainees and (793) detainees from Gaza who were classified as illegal fighters.
*Detainees’ Institutions ( Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights )*
*This brief includes only who got arrested from the West Bank, and exposed to the crime of forcible hide*
. Total number of arrests: (7895) in the West Bank
. Women: (258) women have been arrested ( including women arrested from the lands occupied in 1948, in addition to Gazan women who have been arrested in the West Bank.
. Children: (500) children have been arrested
. Journalists: (64) journalists have been arrested, (43) of them are still under arrest, and (23) sentenced to administrative detention
. More than (4430) orders of administrative detention have been issued since October 7
* detention campaigns are accompanied by many crimes and violations such as brutal beat, vandalism and destruction in detainees’ houses, confiscating cars, gold and money, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure especially in the refugee camps of Tulkarem and Jenin.
Statistics include detainees who were arrested from their houses, on checkpoints, who surrendered themselves and those who were arrested as hostages.
Besides to detention campaigns, the Israeli forces implemented field executions, afflicted detainees and their family members.
. (13) detainees martyred in Israeli prisons after the 7th of October due to systematic crimes of torture, assault, policy of starvation, isolation and the increasing medical ignorance which was the main reason for detainees’ martyrdom.
( Omar Daraghmeh from Tubas, Arafat Hamdan from Ramallah, Majed Zaqqul from Gaza, the fourth martyr is unknown, Abdulrahman Maree from Salfit, Thaer Abu Assab from Qalqilia and Abdulrahman Bahsh from Nablus, Muhammad Sabbar from Hebron, Khaled Shawish from Tubas, Ezz Al-deen banna from Gaza, Assef Refae from Ramallah, Ahmad Qdaih and Jumaa Abu Ghnaimeh, in addition to Muhammad Abu Snaineh, who martyred in Hadassa Hospital.
*The Israeli media announced the martyrdom of detainees from Gaza in Sadeh Timan military camp, and also announced the martyrdom of 27 detainees from Gaza lately*
*statistics on detention cases includes detainees who still under arrest and liberated ones*
*Data does not include detention cases of Gaza, due to the occupation’s refusal to give information and practicing the crime of forcible hide against them. It is worth mentioning that the occupation forces arrested hundreds of Gazan workers in the West Bank, in addition to citizens from Gaza who were previously in the West Bank for medical treatment.
- the total number of detainees in Israeli prisons stands at (9100) including more than (3558) administrative detainees and (793) detainees from Gaza who were classified as illegal fighters.
*Detainees’ Institutions ( Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights )*
The struggle history of the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi
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The struggle history of the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi
Marwan was born in 1959, and he is from Kobar/ Ramallah and considered the first member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement and the first representative to be arrested by the Israeli authorities and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He started his struggle life early, and was detained for the first time in 1976, as the repeated detentions constituted a turning point in his life, where his joined Birzeit University after getting released in 1983, elected as a chairman of students’ council and established the Fatah youth movement. He got arrested in 1984 for weeks and in 1985 for 50 days, in which he was exposed to tough interrogation, sentenced to house custody and sentenced to administrative detention in the same year.
The occupation authorities started to chase him in 1986, then he got arrested and deported, worked with the martyr Abu Jihad.
He was elected as a member in the Fifth Conference of Fatah Movement in 1989, and he came back home on April 1994 and elected as secretary of Fatah movement in the West Bank, to start a new phase of struggle works. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Council of Fatah Movement in 1996.
The Israeli authorities charged him with establishing AlAqsa martyrs brigades during AlAqsa uprising, where he was chased and subjected to two assassination attempts
On April 2002, he got arrested during the West Bank invasion, where he was exposed to torture and isolation for more than one thousand days, and then he got sentenced to life time imprisonment in 2004.
After the judgment he said “if losing my freedom equals the freedom of my people, I am ready to pay the price”.
He was the head of the united list in the second elections of legislative council in 2006.
He took the initiative to draft the detainees’ charter with his colleagues, and signed in the behalf of Fatah Movement the “Detainees’ charter of national reconciliation”, issued by leader detainees of different factions in the Israeli prisons. The PLO adopted this charter as a basis of the national reconciliation conference.
Barghouthi had his PHD in political science from Research and Studies Institute of the Arab League while being held in the isolation of Hadarim prison in 2010. He released many books over the past years in prison, such as “One thousand days in the cell of solitary confinement”.
He led an open hunger strike in the memorial of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day in 2017, with 1600 detainees and lasted for 42 days.
Marwan was born in 1959, and he is from Kobar/ Ramallah and considered the first member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement and the first representative to be arrested by the Israeli authorities and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He started his struggle life early, and was detained for the first time in 1976, as the repeated detentions constituted a turning point in his life, where his joined Birzeit University after getting released in 1983, elected as a chairman of students’ council and established the Fatah youth movement. He got arrested in 1984 for weeks and in 1985 for 50 days, in which he was exposed to tough interrogation, sentenced to house custody and sentenced to administrative detention in the same year.
The occupation authorities started to chase him in 1986, then he got arrested and deported, worked with the martyr Abu Jihad.
He was elected as a member in the Fifth Conference of Fatah Movement in 1989, and he came back home on April 1994 and elected as secretary of Fatah movement in the West Bank, to start a new phase of struggle works. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Council of Fatah Movement in 1996.
The Israeli authorities charged him with establishing AlAqsa martyrs brigades during AlAqsa uprising, where he was chased and subjected to two assassination attempts
On April 2002, he got arrested during the West Bank invasion, where he was exposed to torture and isolation for more than one thousand days, and then he got sentenced to life time imprisonment in 2004.
After the judgment he said “if losing my freedom equals the freedom of my people, I am ready to pay the price”.
He was the head of the united list in the second elections of legislative council in 2006.
He took the initiative to draft the detainees’ charter with his colleagues, and signed in the behalf of Fatah Movement the “Detainees’ charter of national reconciliation”, issued by leader detainees of different factions in the Israeli prisons. The PLO adopted this charter as a basis of the national reconciliation conference.
Barghouthi had his PHD in political science from Research and Studies Institute of the Arab League while being held in the isolation of Hadarim prison in 2010. He released many books over the past years in prison, such as “One thousand days in the cell of solitary confinement”.
He led an open hunger strike in the memorial of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day in 2017, with 1600 detainees and lasted for 42 days.
🔺Issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club 🔴 *The martyrdom of detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad) after serving 38 years in Israeli prisons*
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🔺Issued by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club
🔴 *The martyrdom of detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad) after serving 38 years in Israeli prisons*
Ramallah
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced the martyrdom of detainee Walid Nimer Daqqa, 62, from Western Baqa village in the lands occupied in 1948, who has cancer and detained since 38 years in Israeli prisons, due to a series of medical crimes committed against him deliberately in order to kill him.
Daqqa is one of the most prominent leaders of the Captive Movement in Israeli prisons, and he was detained before signing the Oslo Accord, where the Israeli authorities refused to release him by exchange deals over the past decades.
The Commission and the prisoner’s club stated in a joint report that we mourn the martyrdom of a national leader who spent his life defending his nation, and left a national and intellectual heritage. He faced the policies of torture, assault, deprivation and isolation, in addition to successive medical crimes.
He was supposed to be liberated on March 25, 2023, but the Israeli occupation authorities added two years ti his sentence to be 39 years, in spite of diagnosing him with blood cancer.
His health condition deteriorated many times since last March, due to the constant medical ignorance and moving him to the clinic of Alramla prison, where he lived in difficult conditions.
He was transferred to Jelboa prison and then to Ramla prison, and he was moved to Asaf Harofeh prison many times. He and other detainees faced cruel detention conditions after October 7, as his family was prevented from the visit and could not contact him since then.
Daqqa joined the Palestinian Liberation Organization and he was arrested on March 25, 1986, and sentenced to life imprisonment. At that time, the life sentence was determined to 37 years of imprisonment, which means that he was supposed to be liberated in 24/5/2023, but the court of Beersheba issued a decision to add two years to his sentence under the charge of getting involved in bringing cell phones inside the prison.
🔴 *The martyrdom of detainee Walid Daqqa (Abu Milad) after serving 38 years in Israeli prisons*
Ramallah
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Society Prisoner’s Club announced the martyrdom of detainee Walid Nimer Daqqa, 62, from Western Baqa village in the lands occupied in 1948, who has cancer and detained since 38 years in Israeli prisons, due to a series of medical crimes committed against him deliberately in order to kill him.
Daqqa is one of the most prominent leaders of the Captive Movement in Israeli prisons, and he was detained before signing the Oslo Accord, where the Israeli authorities refused to release him by exchange deals over the past decades.
The Commission and the prisoner’s club stated in a joint report that we mourn the martyrdom of a national leader who spent his life defending his nation, and left a national and intellectual heritage. He faced the policies of torture, assault, deprivation and isolation, in addition to successive medical crimes.
He was supposed to be liberated on March 25, 2023, but the Israeli occupation authorities added two years ti his sentence to be 39 years, in spite of diagnosing him with blood cancer.
His health condition deteriorated many times since last March, due to the constant medical ignorance and moving him to the clinic of Alramla prison, where he lived in difficult conditions.
He was transferred to Jelboa prison and then to Ramla prison, and he was moved to Asaf Harofeh prison many times. He and other detainees faced cruel detention conditions after October 7, as his family was prevented from the visit and could not contact him since then.
Daqqa joined the Palestinian Liberation Organization and he was arrested on March 25, 1986, and sentenced to life imprisonment. At that time, the life sentence was determined to 37 years of imprisonment, which means that he was supposed to be liberated in 24/5/2023, but the court of Beersheba issued a decision to add two years to his sentence under the charge of getting involved in bringing cell phones inside the prison.
Fares greets the US State Department call to comply with the disciplines of International Law
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Fares greets the US State Department call to comply with the disciplines of International Law
March 28/ 2024
The head of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Qaddura Fares, greeted the United States on its rejectionist attitude towards the Israeli violations and abusive measures against Palestinian detainees, and also greeted the call issued by the US State Department on the necessity of obliging Israel to adhere to the disciplines of International Law, in terms of the life conditions of detainees, guarantee a decent life for them, and investigate the violations committed against detainees, especially the leader detainee Marwan Barghouthi.
Fares emphasized on the importance of developing the American and European attitudes, especially regarding the crimes committed by Israel such as the policy of forcible hide practiced against detainees of Gaza, in order to put pressure on Israel to stop the series of crimes against detainees, which led to the martyrdom of 14 detainees since the beginning of war.
Fares pointed out that these crimes would not last for 6 months unless the presence of this fascist government, in which the terrorist Itamar Ben Gvir serves as a minister of National Security, in addition to the international silence and the unconcern of the influential states in the world.
Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are living difficult conditions since the beginning of war, as Israel took measures to take revenge of the Captive Movement by torturing detainees, isolating them from the outside world, preventing family and lawyers visits, and committing crimes against humanity, as well as imposing retaliatory sanctions against them.
