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FEATURED PRISON

20 OCT, 2021

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW

Rights group calls for a halt of all returns of Syrians and urges countries hosting refugees to take this position.

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

RETURNING REFUGEES

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

SYSTEMATIC TORTURE

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

20 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

After 91 days on hunger strike, Palestinian prisoner's health worsens

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

ASHKELON PRISON

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

NASR ABU HAMEED

EGYPT | PALESTINE | ISRAEL

20 OCT, 2021

Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap to happen 'sooner or later': report

Egyptian and Hamas officials have in recent weeks been holding talks aimed at securing a lasting truce with Israel in Gaza, with a possible prisoner swap among the proposals.

IZZ AL-DIN AL-QASSAM

20 OCT, 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Syria: Returning Refugees Face Grave Abuse

ARBITRARY DETENTION

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

FORCED EVICTIONS

REFUGEES RETURN

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

20 OCT, 2021

Human Rights Watch: Syrian regime killed, tortured and kidnapped returnees

BASHAR AL-ASSAD

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

REFUGEES RETURN

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

20 OCT, 2021

Palestinians demand mobilisation to save hunger-strike prisoners

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

AL-RAMLA PRISON

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

MUSLIM GHAWAMNEH

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

20 OCT, 2021

Algeria journalist freed after 6 months’ jail for ‘false news’

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

DETAINEE RELEASE

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

TAMANRASSET PRISON

19 OCT, 2021

SAHARA PRESS SERVICE

Sahrawi political prisoner Yehdih Jalihenna Sabi continues on open hunger strike

ARBITRARY DETENTION

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

EL-GUERGUERAT MEDIA NETWORK

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF SAHRAWI PRISONERS IN MOROCCAN PRISONS

YEHDIH JALIHENNA SABI

19 OCT, 2021

The struggle for prison letters: How the National Security Agency controls access to correspondence for detainees

AL-QANATER PRISON

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

EGYPTIAN INITIATIVE FOR PERSONAL RIGHTS

19 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Algeria annuls prison terms for prominent Hirak member

ALGERIAN LEAGUE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

DETAINEE RELEASE

NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE LIBERATION OF DETAINEES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Freed Palestinian woman pleads for reunion with family in Gaza

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

DETAINEE RELEASE

NASREEN ABU KAMIL

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 OCT, 2021

Freed Palestinian prisoner repeatedly denied entry to Gaza

DETAINEE RELEASE

NASREEN ABU KAMIL

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Freed Palestinian woman pleads for reunion with family in Gaza

DETAINEE RELEASE

NASREEN ABU KAMIL

19 OCT, 2021

'De-radicalisation' offers Moroccan prisoners route to freedom

DERADICALISATION

ISLAMIC MOVEMENT

MOUSSALAHA PROGRAM

TERRORISM CHARGES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

18 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Islamic Jihad warns of open confrontation with Israel over prisoner abuse

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

17 OCT, 2021

Tunisian lawmaker detained over suspected tax fraud, money laundering

DETAINED LAWMAKERS

MEHDI BEN GHARBIA

MONEY LAUNDERING

17 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Tunisian lawmaker detained over suspected tax fraud, money laundering

DETAINED LAWMAKERS

MEHDI BEN GHARBIA

MONEY LAUNDERING

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

16 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

More Palestine prisoners to join hunger strike

MOHAMMAD AL-AMOUDI

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

16 OCT, 2021

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Egypt: activist and lawyer held in cruel conditions

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

ARBITRARY DETENTION

MOHAMED AL-BAQER

SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION

TERRORISM CHARGES

16 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Alaa Abdel Fattah referred to trial after two years of provisional detention

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

CAIRO CRIMINAL COURT

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

MOHAMED AL-BAQER

SOCIAL MEDIA MISUSE

TERRORISM CHARGES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

15 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Ten years after the exchange deal, the Israeli shock has not allayed

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

15 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Hospitalised Palestinian prisoner enters 86th day of hunger strike

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

15 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

PA denies Israel reports it refused to help Gilboa escapees

MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AFFAIRS AUTHORITY

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

14 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

4 Israel soldiers arrested for beating, sexually assaulting Palestine detainee

NETZAH YEHUDA BATTALION

14 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt upholds life sentences against 32 defendants for 'attempting to assassinate president'

KHALID AL-MASRI

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

TERRORISM CHARGES

UPHELD CONVICTION

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

14 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Islamic Jihad: We will not leave our prisoners in Israeli jails alone

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

ZIYAD AL-NAKHALA

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

14 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners start hunger strikes

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

14 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

UAE: Activists host alternative expo to highlight human rights abuses

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

GULF CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

POLITICAL DETAINEES

13 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Syrian refugee: We were never treated as humans

DETAINED MIGRANTS

LIBYAN COAST GUARD

13 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt businessman's death in detention 'premeditated murder', ENHR says

DEATH IN CUSTODY

EGYPTIAN NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

KHALED AL-ADAWY

12 OCT, 2021

Iraq captures ‘Most Wanted’ Islamic State finance chief

ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI

AMIR MOHAMMED ABDUL RAHMAN AL-MAWLI AL-SALBI

MUSTAFA AL-KADHIMI

SAMI JASSIM MOHAMMED AL-JABOURI

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

12 OCT, 2021

Military ruler annuls ruling against Mamdouh Hamza setting ‘historical precedent’

AHMED SAMIR SANTAWY

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DETAINED ACADEMICS

PATRICK GEORGE ZAKI

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

SPREADING FAKE NEWS

TERRORISM CHARGES

TRIAL IN ABSENTIA

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

12 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

The legal status of Palestinian prisoners and the need to amend the Arab position

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

LEBANON | ISRAEL

12 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Lebanon court jails citizens for obtaining Israel IDs

ENEMIES OF THE STATE

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

12 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Saudi Arabia: Prominent cleric dies in detention, say campaigners

DEATH IN CUSTODY

DETAINED ACADEMICS

DETAINED CLERICS

HUMAN RIGHTS MEASUREMENT INITIATIVE

JEDDAH REFORMERS

SAUD AL-HASHIMI

12 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt prepares for tumultuous years ahead by building the largest prison in its modern history

ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

MASS EXECUTIONS

OPEN SOURCES INVESTIGATION UNIT

WADI AL-NATRUN PRISON

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

11 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Recaptured Palestinian prisoner Zubeidi on hunger strike

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

AVIGDOR FIELDMAN

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

11 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Israel ignoring Palestinian prisoner's urgent need for treatment

AL-RAMLA PRISON

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

11 OCT, 2021

Migrants in Libya fearful and angry after crackdown and killings

CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

DETAINED MIGRANTS

MATAR AHMED ISMAIL

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

11 OCT, 2021

Eyeing prisoner swap deal, Hamas appeals to families of captured Israelis

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES

IZZ AL-DIN AL-QASSAM

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

9 OCT, 2021

Tunisian journalists behind bars reflect growing repression on media freedom

ALOUI ABDELLATIF

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

FAWZIYA AL-GHILOUFI

INSTALINGO CASE

SUHAIL MUDAIMEGH

TUNISIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

8 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Human rights group condemns Egypt's new mass death sentences

COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE

MASS EXECUTIONS

MINYA CRIMINAL COURT

VIOLATIONS AGAINST DETAINEES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

8 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Recaptured Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

7 OCT, 2021

Anatomy of an Incarceration: Athazagoraphobia

ABDELRAHMAN ELGENDY

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

PHYSICAL TORTURE

PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE

7 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt pardons thousands of prisoners to commemorate 1973 war

7 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt renews pre-trial detention of prominent scholar's daughter

AHMED ABU EL-ELA MADI

DETAINED ACADEMICS

HARMING STATE SECURITY

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

OLA AL-QARADAWI

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

SHEIKH YUSUF AL-QARADAWI

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

TERRORISM CHARGES

6 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Family of Ramy Shaath call for his release to visit ailing father

BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT SANCTIONS

CALL FOR RELEASE

CELINE LEBRUN-SHAATH

TERRORISM CHARGES

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

6 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

UAE: Former UN official urges release of activist Ahmed Mansoor

CALL FOR RELEASE

DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS

SHEIKHA LATIFA BINT MOHAMMED AL-MAKTOUM

6 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Saudi Arabia: Appeals court upholds 20-year sentence of aid worker

ABDULRAHMAN AL-SADHAN

AREEJ AL-SADHAN

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

LEBANON | SYRIA

5 OCT, 2021

Lebanese court sentences Syrian fighters to death

ADNAN MUHAMMAD AL-ZARA’I

AL-KHADIR KHALID SATUF

MUHAMMAD KHALID SATUF

UBAIDA MUHAMMAD SATUF

ZIYAD MUHAMMAD SATUF

5 OCT, 2021

Algeria: Journalists and press freedom under attack

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

MOHAMED MOULOUDJ

5 OCT, 2021

#FreeAlaa: Rights groups renew calls for the release of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

CALL FOR RELEASE

DOKKI POLICE STATION

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

5 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt's chief justice warns rights advocates to 'stay quiet'

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

POLITICAL DETAINEES

TAJUDDIN ABDEL-QADER ALLAM

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

5 OCT, 2021

Rearrested Palestinian prisoner begins hunger strike

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

AL-RAMLA PRISON

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

5 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Rights groups call on UAE to release advocates during Expo

ACTION BY CHRISTIANS FOR THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

CALL FOR RELEASE

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR FREEDOM IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

OBSERVATORY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

5 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt's Bread and Freedom Party cofounder spends two years in pretrial detention

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

BREAD AND FREEDOM

POLITICAL DETAINEES

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

SOCIALIST POPULAR ALLIANCE PARTY

5 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

New report uncovers Saudi repression of US citizens

ABDULLAH AL-HAMID

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

FOREIGN DETAINEES

JAMAL KHASHOGGI

SAUDI CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (ACPRA)

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

5 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egypt denies claims political detainees seek to reconcile with the state

BORG AL-ARAB PRISON

DEATH IN CUSTODY

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

POLITICAL DETAINEES

TORA PRISON COMPLEX

WADI AL-NATRUN PRISON

5 OCT, 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Qatar: Ensure Fair Trial of Ex-Qatar 2022 Official

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

FORCED CONFESSIONS

MIGRANT WORKERS

UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION

4 OCT, 2021

Libya’s warring sides may be guilty of war crimes: UN probe

CLAUDIA GAZZINI

DETAINED MIGRANTS

INDEPENDENT FACT-FINDING MISSION

MOHAMED AUAJJAR

SYRIA | LEBANON

4 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Lebanon hand over detained Syria opposition to regime, rights group say

BASHAR AL-ASSAD

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

GHASSAN OUEIDAT

LEBANESE COMMISSION FOR PRISONERS' RIGHTS

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

4 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Palestinian prisoners start week of protests against Israel prison restrictions

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

3 OCT, 2021

Israel formally charges six recaptured Palestinian prisoners

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

3 OCT, 2021

Palestinian prisoners to begin protest measures in response to Israeli repression

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

2 OCT, 2021

Libya detains 4,000 people in major anti-migrant crackdown

ANTI-MIGRANT CRACKDOWN

BELADY CENTER FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

DETAINED MIGRANTS

FOREIGN DETAINEES

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

1 OCT, 2021

UAE: Appeal for Emirati authorities to release detained human rights activists ahead of Dubai Expo

ABDULLAH AL-HAJIRI

AL-RAZEEN PRISON

CALL FOR RELEASE

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

MAHMOUD HASAN AL-HOSANI

MOHAMMAD AL-SIDDIQ

MOHAMMED AL-MANSOORI

MOHAMMED AL-ROKEN

NASSER BIN GHAITH

OMRAN AL-RADWAN AL-HARATHI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel: Recaptured Palestinian jailbreakers transferred to solitary confinement

AL-RAMLA PRISON

ARBITRARY DETENTION

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

KHALED MAHAJNEH

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Lives of Palestinian hunger striking detainees in danger, rights group warns

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 OCT, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Israel sends Gilboa prison escapees to different jails

KHALED MAHAJNEH

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

1 OCT, 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

UAE: Tolerance Narrative a Sham

CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION

30 SEP, 2021

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s fate still 'unclear', as two year detention order expires

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

CALL FOR RELEASE

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

NABEH AL-GANADI

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

TORA PRISON COMPLEX

30 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Egyptians are dying to live as suicide rates soar

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

EGYPTIAN NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

SCORPION PRISON

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

30 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Israel 'tortures' recaptured Palestinian prisoners

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

KHALED MAHAJNEH

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

29 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Saudi cleric Salman Ouda's health deteriorating in prison, Amnesty says

CALL FOR RELEASE

DETAINED CLERICS

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

HARMING STATE SECURITY

TERRORISM CHARGES

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

29 SEP, 2021

Israel 'violating' Palestinian Islamic Jihad prisoners after Gilboa escape

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

28 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Refusing food, medicine or court hearings, Palestinians fight administrative detention

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

AHMAD ABU SUNDUS

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

28 SEP, 2021

Al Jazeera investigation claims abuse of child prisoners rife in Bahrain jails

JUVENILE DETAINEES

PHYSICAL MISTREATMENT

28 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt releases prominent Salafi preachers from prison

ANTI-COUP ALLIANCE

ASHRAF ABDUL MONEM

DETAINEE RELEASE

INCITING VIOLENCE

KHALID AL-MASRI

MOHAMAD SHAABAN

TERRORISM CHARGES

28 SEP, 2021

"Don't worry," says jailed Egypt rights researcher as he is driven from court

DETAINED ACADEMICS

EGYPTIAN INITIATIVE FOR PERSONAL RIGHTS

PATRICK GEORGE ZAKI

TORA PRISON COMPLEX

28 SEP, 2021

Egypt releases four Salafi Muslim preachers from detention

ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI

ASHRAF ABDUL MONEM

DETAINED CLERICS

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

KHALID AL-MASRI

MOHAMAD SHAABAN

28 SEP, 2021

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Algeria: Stop using bogus terrorism charges to prosecute peaceful activists and journalists

ALGERIAN LEAGUE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

EL-KOLEA PRISON

KADDOUR CHOUICHA

MOHAMED MOULOUDJ

MOVEMENT FOR THE AUTONOMY OF KABYLIE

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

27 SEP, 2021

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

Bahreïn : qu’attendent les autorités pour libérer Abduljalil Al-Singace ?

ABDEL-JALLIL AL-SINGACE

AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN BAHRAIN

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

SABRINA BENNOUI

27 SEP, 2021

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Egypt: Businessmen behind bars for resisting security agency demands

ARBITRARY DETENTION

SCORPION PRISON

27 SEP, 2021

Bahrain authorities jailed hundreds of children: Report

BAHRAIN INSTITUTE FOR RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

JUVENILE DETAINEES

PHYSICAL TORTURE

26 SEP, 2021

Algeria postpones trial of Bouteflika's brother

ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA

POSTPONED TRIAL

SAID BOUTEFLIKA

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

26 SEP, 2021

Israel releases Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar from prison

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

DETAINEE RELEASE

POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE

TERRORISM CHARGES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

26 SEP, 2021

Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar released from Israeli prison

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

DETAINEE RELEASE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

POLITICAL DETAINEES

POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

26 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

'We will overcome': Jenin's rebellious history as told by its elders

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

FARHAN AL-SAADI

IZZ AL-DIN AL-QASSAM

MOHAMMAD QASRAWI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

24 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Sisi's prison plan rubs salt in the wounds of thousands in jail

ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI

AMERICAN MILITARY

ARBITRARY KILLING

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

MASS INCARCERATION

POLITICAL DETAINEES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

24 SEP, 2021

‘Release or death’: Palestinian in Israeli jail stops medication

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

AL-NAQAB PRISON

CALL FOR RELEASE

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

24 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Maltraitance des détenus à Bahreïn : il est urgent d’agir

COVID-19 WEAPONISATION

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DEATH IN CUSTODY

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

MASS INCARCERATION

PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

24 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Saudi Arabia releases prominent rights advocate after 15 years in prison

ABDUL RAHMAN AL-SHAMIRI

DETAINEE RELEASE

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

23 SEP, 2021

The art and torture of the empire

ABU GHRAIB PRISON

DONALD RUMSFELD

JANIS KARPINSKI

LYNNDIE ENGLAND

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

23 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Palestinian prisoner moved to hospital after 46 days on hunger strike

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

PALESTINIAN INFORMATION CENTRE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

23 SEP, 2021

Israel accused of negligence as former Palestinian prisoner dies

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

AL-NAQAB PRISON

DEATH IN CUSTODY

HUSSEIN MASALMEH

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

22 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Tunisia: Military judge sentenced two opposition MPs to prison

ABDELLATIF ALOUI

MEHDI ZAGHROUBA

SEIFEDDINE MAKHLOUF

22 SEP, 2021

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

Loss of press freedom in Algeria – the figures speak for themselves

ABDELHAKIM SETOUANE

ALGERIAN LEAGUE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

HIRAK REPRESSION

MOHAMED MOULOUDJ

MUSTAPHA BENDJAMA

NADJET BEN MESSAOUD

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

22 SEP, 2021

Hamas says recaptured jailbreakers must be part of swap deal

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN INFORMATION CENTRE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

21 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

US judge drops Soltan's lawsuit against former Egypt PM

COURT DISMISSAL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

21 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

US court dismisses torture lawsuit against former Egyptian prime minister

COURT DISMISSAL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

21 SEP, 2021

Hamas will demand Gilboa jailbreakers' freedom in Israel prisoner swap talks

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

20 SEP, 2021

Two final Palestinian escapees 'beaten, tortured' by Israeli forces during arrests: report

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

20 SEP, 2021

Shock and pride: Palestinians react to re-arrest of ‘heroes’

AL-JALAME PRISON

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

20 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Prisoners offered amnesty in exchange for PR appearance, says report

ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI

WADI AL-NATRUN PRISON

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

6 Palestinians continue hunger strike in Israeli jails

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

JUVENILE DETAINEES

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 SEP, 2021

Palestinian prisoner enters 66th day of hunger strike in Israeli jail

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

HASSAN ABEDRABBO

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 SEP, 2021

Israel carries out mass arrests of Palestinians after jailbreak

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

JUVENILE DETAINEES

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

19 SEP, 2021

THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION

Israel captures last two escaped Palestinian militants

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel rearrests last two Palestinian jailbreakers

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

17 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Israel soldiers abuse 2 Palestinian children, arrest one in Hebron

JUVENILE DETAINEES

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

16 SEP, 2021

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Lawyers: Israel Prison Escapees Began Digging Tunnel in December

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

16 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Bahrain places political prisoners under house arrest

ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE

BAHRAIN INSTITUTE FOR RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

HASSAN MUSHAIMA

KAMEEL JUMA HASAN

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SAYED AHMED ALWADAEI

16 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Security agencies using 'intimidation' to silence activists, says Amnesty

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

CHRISTOPHE DELOIRE

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

16 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Sisi set to open country's biggest prison

COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

16 SEP, 2021

Palestinian escapee allegedly beaten by Israeli forces after being recaptured

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

PHYSICAL TORTURE

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

15 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Bahrain opposition leader rejects 'humiliating' royal pardon

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

HAQ MOVEMENT FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY

HASSAN MUSHAIMA

15 SEP, 2021

Bahrain releases some political prisoners under new law

ABDEL-JALLIL AL-SINGACE

ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE

ARBITRARY DETENTION

BAHRAIN INSTITUTE FOR RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

DETAINEE RELEASE

HASSAN MUSHAIMA

KAMEEL JUMA HASAN

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SAYED AHMED ALWADAEI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

15 SEP, 2021

Palestinian prisoners in Israel call off planned hunger strike

COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

LEBANON | ISRAEL

15 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Lebanon sends six to prison for obtaining Israeli citizenship

CITIZENSHIP REVOCATIONS

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS

15 SEP, 2021

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

Algerian journalist Mohamed Mouloudj detained on charges of terrorism and spreading false news

ABDELGHANI BADI

CALL FOR RELEASE

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

EL-KOLEA PRISON

HARMING STATE SECURITY

MOHAMED MOULOUDJ

MOVEMENT FOR THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF KABYLIE

TERRORIST AFFILIATION

UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

15 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel: Palestinian prisoners cancel mass hunger strike as authorities relent

AL-RAMLA PRISON

ASHKELON PRISON

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

KFAR YONA PRISON

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' CENTER FOR STUDIES

QADRI ABU BAKER

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

15 SEP, 2021

‘Re-arrested Palestinian prisoner has been tortured’: Lawyer

AL-JALAME PRISON

AL-RAMLA PRISON

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

KFAR YONA PRISON

KHALED MAHAJNEH

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

15 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Libya holding Moroccan migrants in inhumane conditions, says rights group

AL-DARAJ DETENTION CENTER

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR

FOREIGN DETAINEES

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

TUNISIA | ALGERIA

14 SEP, 2021

Slimane Bouhafs: Inside Tunisia's extradition of an Algerian political refugee

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

TUNISIAN LEAGUE FOR THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

14 SEP, 2021

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

Alarm about mental state of Egyptian blogger held for past two years

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

SABRINA BENNOUI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

14 SEP, 2021

Fears for Palestinian hunger strikers protesting imprisonment

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

SHADY ABU BAKER

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

14 SEP, 2021

Egypt begins trial of researcher Patrick George Zaki

ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

DETAINED ACADEMICS

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

EGYPTIAN INITIATIVE FOR PERSONAL RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

PATRICK GEORGE ZAKI

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

SPREADING FAKE NEWS

14 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Saudi Arabia imprisons money laundering gang

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

MONEY LAUNDERING

14 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Sudan: prisoners convicted as children await execution or a miracle

14 SEP, 2021

After over 7 years’ detention in Egypt, 2 Eritrean migrants face deportation

AL-QANATER PRISON

ALEM TESFAY ABRAHAM

COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE

FOREIGN DETAINEES

MILITARY SERVICE

13 SEP, 2021

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

Egyptian journalist Hossam Bahgat is set to go on trial for a tweet

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

EGYPTIAN INITIATIVE FOR PERSONAL RIGHTS

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

13 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel detains relatives of Palestinian prisoners on the run as manhunt continues

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

13 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel prison break: An indictment of the occupation

TERRORISM CHARGES

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

13 SEP, 2021

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to embark on open-ended hunger strike to protest repressive measures against them

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

MARWAN BARGHOUTI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

13 SEP, 2021

What fate awaits the rearrested Palestinian prisoners?

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MAHMOUD MARDAWI

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

POLITICAL DETAINEES

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

12 SEP, 2021

Recaptured Gilboa freedom fighters remanded in custody for nine days

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

FREEDOM FIGHTERS

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

12 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Libya: Haftar's forces release photojournalist after three years in jail

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

DETAINEE RELEASE

ISMAIL ABUZREIBA AL-ZWAY

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

TERRORIST SUPPORT

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

12 SEP, 2021

#PalestinianPrisoners: This is not the time to despair

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

POLITICAL DETAINEES

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

11 SEP, 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Tunisia: President’s Repressive Policies Abrogate Rights

MORNAGUIA PRISON

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

10 SEP, 2021

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Israel Captures 4 of 6 Palestinian Fugitives Who Escaped Prison

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

10 SEP, 2021

Israeli police say two more Palestinian prison escapees caught

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

10 SEP, 2021

Relatives of Palestinian jail escapees arrested

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

10 SEP, 2021

Houthis torturing four abducted journalists, say families

ABDUL KHALEQ AMRAN

ABDULQADER AL-MORTADA

ABU SHEHAB AL-MURTADA

AKRAM AL-WALIDI

DETAINED MEDIA WORKERS

HOUTHI-RUN PRISONS

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

TAWFIQ AL-MANSOURI

YOUNIS ABDUL SALLAM

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

10 SEP, 2021

Palestinians hold ‘day of rage’ solidarity protests for escapees

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

9 SEP, 2021

French jail term confirmed for uncle of Syria’s al-Assad

BASHAR AL-ASSAD

MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

MONEY LAUNDERING

RIFAAT AL-ASSAD

9 SEP, 2021

Bahrain makes all prisoners eligible for 'alternative' sentences

ALTERNATIVE SENTENCE

DRY DOCK DETENTION CENTER

OVERCROWDED PRISONS

SYRIA | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

9 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

UAE jails Syria rights activist for 'insulting the prestige of the state'

ABDUL RAHMAH AL-NAHHAS

EMIRATES DETAINEES ADVOCACY CENTER

FOREIGN DETAINEES

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

INSAN WATCH ORGANISATION

TARNISHING STATE IMAGE

TERRORISM CHARGES

8 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Detained Tunisia lawmaker goes on hunger strike

DETAINED LAWYERS

MORNAGUIA PRISON

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

8 SEP, 2021

Israel arrests relatives of escaped Palestinian prisoners

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

8 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel jailbreak: Families fear for lives of escaped Palestinian prisoners

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

MAHER AL-AKHRAS

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

8 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Palestinian prisoners set cells ablaze in protest against 'punitive measures'

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

7 SEP, 2021

A Hole, a Tunnel, a 32-Yard Crawl: Palestinians Still Free After

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

7 SEP, 2021

France: Lafarge loses ruling in Syria crime against humanity case

COMPLICITY CHARGES

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

LAFARGE CEMENT SYRIA

TERRORIST SUPPORT

7 SEP, 2021

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Former refugees tortured, raped, disappeared in syria after returning home

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

REFUGEES RETURN

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

7 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Algeria arrests 27 separatist movement members

ALGERIAN LEAGUE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

MOVEMENT FOR THE AUTONOMY OF KABYLIE

MOVEMENT FOR THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF KABYLIE

TERRORISM CHARGES

7 SEP, 2021

Syrian refugees tortured, raped after returning home: Amnesty

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

REFUGEES RETURN

SYSTEMATIC TORTURE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

7 SEP, 2021

Palestinians elated about prison breakout from Israeli security jail

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

WALID AL-QUTATI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

7 SEP, 2021

Israeli guard slept through Palestinian prisoners’ escape: Probe

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

7 SEP, 2021

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Iraq: Half of 50,000 Prisoners Are Sentenced to Death

DEATH ROW INMATES

MASS EXECUTIONS

TERRORIST AFFILIATION

7 SEP, 2021

Algeria arrests 27 suspected separatists over 'terrorism'

ALGERIAN LEAGUE FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

MOVEMENT FOR THE AUTONOMY OF KABYLIE

MOVEMENT FOR THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF KABYLIE

TERRORISM CHARGES

7 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt accused of masking extrajudicial killings as shootouts

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

7 SEP, 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Egypt: ‘Shootouts’ Disguise Apparent Extrajudicial Executions

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

TERRORISM CHARGES

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

7 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

'The freedom tunnel': Israel prison break celebrated by Palestinians

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

6 SEP, 2021

Six Palestinian militants escape from high-security Israeli prison

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

6 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel prison break: The six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

AL-QUDS BRIGADES

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RED CROSS

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MOHAMED QASSEM ARDAH

MUNADIL YAQOUB NFEIAT

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

6 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

A history of successful Palestinian prison escapes in Israel

AHMED ALI OTHMAN

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

GAZA CENTRAL PRISON

GHASSAN MAHDAWI

IMAD AL-SAFTAWI

KFAR YONA PRISON

MUHAMMAD AL-JAMAL

6 SEP, 2021

Saadi Qaddafi released from prison in implementation of his acquittal verdict for murder of football coach – flies to Istanbul and on to Cairo

AL-HADBA PRISON

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

DETAINEE RELEASE

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

TERRORISM CHARGES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

6 SEP, 2021

Six Palestinians escape from high-security prison in Israel

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

AYHAM NAYEF KAMAMJI

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH ARDAH

MONADEL YACOUB NAFE’AT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

YAQOUB MAHMOUD QADRI

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

6 SEP, 2021

Six Palestinians escape from high-security Israeli prison

AL-AQSA MARTYR'S BRIGADE

ZAKARIYE ZUBEIDI

6 SEP, 2021

Anatomy of an Incarceration: A story of arms

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

PHYSICAL TORTURE

PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE

5 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt sentences 8 foreigners to death for smuggling tonnes of heroin via Red Sea

COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE

FOREIGN DETAINEES

SMUGGLE ATTEMPT

5 SEP, 2021

THE LIBYA OBSERVER

Haftar's forces release 8 civilians from western Libya

DETAINEE RELEASE

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

5 SEP, 2021

Palestinian prisoner admitted to house arrest to give birth

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

DETAINEE RELEASE

OFER MILITARY COURT

ALGERIA | TUNISIA

5 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Algeria puts former Tunisia presidential candidate in pre-trial detention

POLITICAL DETAINEES

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

3 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Israel: Court releases pregnant Palestinian prisoner Anhar al-Deek to house arrest

DETAINEE RELEASE

OFER MILITARY COURT

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

3 SEP, 2021

Egypt’s Case 173: Decade-long prosecution of rights groups must end

CALL FOR ACTION

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

POLITICAL DETAINEES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

3 SEP, 2021

Israel releases nine-month-pregnant Palestinian prisoner after outcry, but she remains under house arrest

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DETAINEE RELEASE

OFER MILITARY COURT

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

3 SEP, 2021

UAE 'used torture, racism, sexual violence against African workers': report

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR

FOREIGN DETAINEES

IMPACT INTERNATIONAL

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

3 SEP, 2021

African Centre: Sudan must do more to protect detainees from COVID-19

AFRICAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE STUDIES

COVID-19 WEAPONISATION

INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE

OVERCROWDED PRISONS

WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

2 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Under pressure, Israel agrees to release pregnant Palestinian mother

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

DETAINEE RELEASE

OFER MILITARY COURT

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

2 SEP, 2021

THE PALESTINE CHRONICLE

Israel to Release Pregnant Prisoner Anhar Al-Deek on $12,500 Bail

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DETAINEE RELEASE

ALGERIA | TUNISIA

2 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Algeria: Amnesty calls for the release of activist seized from Tunisia

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

GENEVA CONVENTION

MOVEMENT FOR THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF KABYLIE

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

TERRORISM CHARGES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 SEP, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Israel continues to detain bodies of Palestinian martyrs

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

DEATH IN CUSTODY

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

SYSTEMATIC TORTURE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 SEP, 2021

THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA

Palestinian baby about to be born in Israeli prison

ADDAMEER PRISONERS SUPPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

CALL FOR RELEASE

FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION

INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

ALGERIA | TUNISIA

1 SEP, 2021

Algerian dissident case raises fears over Tunisian rights

MOVEMENT FOR THE AUTONOMY OF KABYLIE

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

TERRORISM CHARGES

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 SEP, 2021

Palestinian prisoner breaks 33-day hunger strike

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

EXTENDED DETENTION

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

1 SEP, 2021

'My heart aches for him': Pregnant Palestinian held in Israel jail speaks of childbirth fears

CALL FOR RELEASE

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE

1 SEP, 2021

Sisi Is Leaving the Sick to Suffer in Egypt’s Prisons

ABDEL MONIEM ABOUL-FOTOUH

DEATH IN CUSTODY

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

STRONG EGYPT PARTY

TORA PRISON COMPLEX

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

31 AUG, 2021

Nizar Banat’s death highlights brutality of Palestinian Authority

DEATH IN CUSTODY

DELIBERATE KILLINGS

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

TUNISIA | ALGERIA

31 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Tunisia hands over political refugee to Algeria

MOVEMENT FOR THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF KABYLIE

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

TERRORISM CHARGES

TERRORIST AFFILIATION

TUNISIA | ALGERIA

31 AUG, 2021

Tunisia issues arrest warrant for former presidential candidate

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

INSULTING ISLAM

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

31 AUG, 2021

THE PALESTINE CHRONICLE

Israeli Court Refuses to Release Pregnant Palestinian Woman

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

CALL FOR RELEASE

TUNISIA | ALGERIA

31 AUG, 2021

THE NORTH AFRICA POST

Tunisia extradites Algerian Political refugee to Algiers

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SLIMANE BOUHAFS

31 AUG, 2021

Six convicts on death row executed in southern Iraq

DEATH ROW INMATES

MASS EXECUTIONS

NASIRIYA CENTRAL PRISON

TERRORISM CHARGES

31 AUG, 2021

Six Iraqis on death row executed, three for 'terrorism': medic

DEATH ROW INMATES

MASS EXECUTIONS

NASIRIYA CENTRAL PRISON

TERRORISM CHARGES

TERRORIST AFFILIATION

TERRORIST SUPPORT

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

30 AUG, 2021

Activists call for release of Palestinian detainee about to give birth in Israeli jail

CALL FOR RELEASE

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

HANAN AL-KHATIB

30 AUG, 2021

Do not forget Syria’s disappeared

BASHAR AL-ASSAD

CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

SYRIAN REGIME FORCES

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

29 AUG, 2021

Detainees Commission submit an appeal for release of prisoner on hunger strike for 39 days

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

CALL FOR APPEAL

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

POLITICAL DETAINEES

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

29 AUG, 2021

Palestinian prisoner marks 18 years behind Israeli bars

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

SHUAA JALAL KAMAMJI

28 AUG, 2021

Germany court sentences two Syrians for war crime and terrorism

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

GHURABAA MUHASSAN

JABHAT AL-NUSRA

TERRORISM CHARGES

28 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Lebanese army confirms arrests of Syrians visiting embassy in Beirut

AHMAD ZIAD AL-EID

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

IBRAHIM MAJED AL-SHAMMARI

MOHAMMAD ABDELILLAH AL-WAKED

MOHAMMAD SAEED AL-WAKED

28 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Tunisia judge: 'Newly appointed intelligence chief has record of repression'

AFEF BEL-NASSAR

28 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Tunisia: HRW urges president to lift repressive measures

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

28 AUG, 2021

Six Palestinian administrative detainees in Israel continue with their hunger strike demanding their freedom

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

HASSAN ABEDRABBO

HISHAM ABU HAWWASH

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

27 AUG, 2021

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Houthis Launch Campaign to Recruit Dozens of Prisoners in Ibb

DETAINEE RECRUTMENT

DETAINEE RELEASE

IBB CENTRAL PRISON

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

27 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

'Alone and handcuffed': Palestinian mother fears giving birth inside Israeli prison

HASHARON PRISON

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS CLUB

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

27 AUG, 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

In Tunisia, President’s Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

25 AUG, 2021

Jihadi group in Syria’s Idlib faces criticism over unfair trials, death sentences

COLLABORATING WITH THE ENNEMY

FREE SYRIAN ARMY

HASSAN AL-SHEIKH

HAYAT TAHRIR AL-SHAM

KHALED AL-JAJAH

25 AUG, 2021

Bahrain: Surveillance of activists renews calls for action

BAHRAIN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

DETAINED ACTIVISTS

GULF CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

PEGASUS SPYWARE

VIOLATING ANTI-CYBERCRIME LAW

25 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Prisoners forgotten in Egypt's mandatory vaccine programme

AL-QANATER PRISON

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

BORG AL-ARAB PRISON

COVID-19 WEAPONISATION

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

TORA PRISON COMPLEX

24 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Jail for life after filming Egypt military base

BELBEIS AIRBASE

FAISAL POLICE STATION

LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

24 AUG, 2021

West Bank crackdown: Released activist says prisoners beaten by Palestinian Authority

CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT

CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

DETAINED ACADEMICS

DETAINEE RELEASE

KHALDUN BISHARA

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

23 AUG, 2021

After 43 days of hunger strike, Palestinian administrative detainee ends fast after deal with Israeli authorities

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

23 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Egypt: Prisoners at risk of scabies due to poor incarceration conditions

ARABIC NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION

COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

EGYPTIAN NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SCORPION PRISON

TORA PRISON COMPLEX

22 AUG, 2021

Egypt NGO warns of scabies outbreak in notorious torture prison

EGYPTIAN NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

INADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

SCORPION PRISON

21 AUG, 2021

THE LIBYA OBSERVER

Libya: 29 inmates escape Gernada prison after riot

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

21 AUG, 2021

With two Palestinian administrative detainees in Israel recently ending their hunger strike, nine remain

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

HASSAN ABEDRABBO

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

20 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Female Palestinian spending 3rd month in solitary confinement in Israel's jails

FEMALE DETAINEES

PALESTINIAN INFORMATION CENTRE

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

20 AUG, 2021

Two Palestinian prisoners break their hunger strike

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

PALESTINIAN COMMITTEE FOR PRISONERS AND EX-PRISONERS AFFAIRS

RAFA'AT DARWISH

19 AUG, 2021

MOROCCO WORLD NEWS

King Mohammed VI Announces Royal Pardons Ahead of National Holiday

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

19 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Israel extends solitary confinement of Sheikh Raed Salah

DETAINED CLERICS

EXTENDED DETENTION

PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS SYNDICATE FREEDOMS COMMITTEE

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

18 AUG, 2021

Bahreïn instrumentalise la crise sanitaire pour intensifier la répression

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19 WEAPONISATION

CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT

DENIED MEDICAL CARE

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SALAM FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

18 AUG, 2021

Algeria: 61 arrested after mob kills man falsely accused of starting deadly fires

18 AUG, 2021

Qatar lets migrant activist leave after paying fine -rights group

DETAINED MIGRANTS

DETAINEE RELEASE

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

FOREIGN DETAINEES

18 AUG, 2021

Families of Egypt death row Islamists face agonising wait

DEATH ROW INMATES

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

MASS EXECUTIONS

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

17 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Saudi hands prison terms to 3 sons of Sheikh Safar Al-Hawali

CONSPIRACY AGAINST STATE AUTHORITY

DISSIDENTS' RELATIVES

PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

SAFAR AL-HAWALI

17 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

Cleric claims Egypt's prisons like resorts where prisoners treated like guests

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

EGYPTIAN NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

POLITICAL DETAINEES

SHEIKH KHALED AL-JUNDI

TAJUDDIN ABDEL-QADER ALLAM

16 AUG, 2021

South Sudan: Social Media Influencer Hit With Jail Sentence, U.S.$87,000 Fine

NYENAGWEK KUOL MARENG

SOCIAL MEDIA MISUSE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE

15 AUG, 2021

Israeli court postpones longest trial in history of Palestinian prisoners once again

COMMISSION OF DETAINEES AND EX-DETAINEES' AFFAIRS

DETERIORATING HEALTH CONDITIONS

MOHAMMED EL-HALABI

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' CENTER FOR STUDIES

POSTPONED TRIAL

WORLD VISION CHARITY

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

15 AUG, 2021

Ten Palestinian prisoners remain on hunger strike against administrative detention

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

MUQDAD QAWASMEH

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' SOCIETY

RAFA'AT DARWISH

UNLAWFUL DETENTION

15 AUG, 2021

‘Egyptian Jails Are Hotels and Resorts’; Muslim Preacher Claims on TV

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

KHALED EL-GENDY

SCORPION PRISON

SOCIAL PROTECTION UNITS

PALESTINE | ISRAEL

15 AUG, 2021

Health of elderly Palestinian prisoner deteriorates amid medical negligence

INHUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS

INTENTIONAL MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

RESISTING OCCUPATION

14 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Will Sudan hand over Bashir and his aides to ICC?

ABDUL RAHIM MOHAMED HUSSEIN

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

MOHAMED HAMDAN DAGALO

RAPID SUPPORT FORCES

TRANSITIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL

14 AUG, 2021

MIDDLE EAST MONITOR