Sumoud :: A Political Prisoner Solidarity Group

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Sumoud :: A Political Prisoner Solidarity Group

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The Prison as University: The Palestinian Prisoners' Movement and National Education

Sumud | 11/18/2009 - 04:38

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Khaled al-Azraq, a political prisoner for the past twenty years, tells us how the Palestinian prisoners' movement has educated its cadre. Originally published in al-Majdal (issue #42, Autumn 2009)

Let me start by saying that the role of the Palestinian prisoners' movement in educating its cadre, and thereby contributing to Palestinian “national education” is a large topic, and one worthy of much more discussion and research. As a Palestinian political prisoner who has spent the past twenty years in Israeli jails I would like to highlight some of the general characteristics of the prisoners' movement's struggle to build a system of self and collective education as a central part of developing a patriotic and revolutionary culture that can be a pillar of the liberation movement.

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Women refuse Israeli strip search at Ofar Prison, human rights organization takes case

Sumud | 09/04/2009 - 04:45

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Jerusalem / PNN – The Israeli prison administration is forcing female visitors to strip completely before seeing family members at Ofar, a prison built on Ramallah lands.

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Fashion finds its way out from inside the barbed wire of prison camps

Sumud | 08/18/2009 - 03:24

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Bethlehem / Osama Awad for PNN – Ashraf Zughayyar is in prison, but his designs are not.

A fashion designer who graduated from Beit Sahour’s Fashion and Textile Institute, Zughayyar was arrested in 2002.

read more | 389 reads

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Women tell of abuse and resistance in Israeli prisons

Sumud | 08/10/2009 - 07:24

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By Jon Elmer

BETHLEHEM, Aug 7 (IPS) - In her office at the Bethlehem women's counselling centre, Khawla Al-Azraq recounts her memories from Israeli prison as vividly as if they were yesterday: the routine physical and psychological abuse, the nightly room searches, the hunger strikes and other collective actions in protest against their conditions, and the intense study sessions with her fellow prisoners.

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Detainee on Hunger Strike since 13 days; demands medical treatment

Sumud | 07/28/2009 - 06:22

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Saed Bannoura, IMEMC News 27 July 2009 - The family of detainee Riyadh Al Amour, from Tiqua' town, south east of Bethlehem, stated that their son, imprisoned at the Galboa' Israeli prison, has been on hunger strike since 13 days, demanding to receive the needed medical treatment.

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Israel sets up special committee to undermine achievements of Palestinian Prisoners' Movement

Sumud | 07/27/2009 - 03:59

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Gaza / PNN - The Ministry involved in the issues of political prisoners said this evening that the situation for Palestinians in all Israeli detention centers is worsening by the day.

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Palestinian political prisoners struggling for basic rights during snake bite season in Al Naqab

Sumud | 06/09/2009 - 02:38

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Ramallah / PNN - Palestinians confined in Al Naqab Prison in the desert of the same name issued word that their quality of living is declining on a daily basis under detention, and is compounded by the proliferation of rats and reptiles within sections of the prison camp.

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Palestinians in Israeli prisons hunger strike for right to take secondary exams

Sumud | 06/04/2009 - 02:51

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Nablus / PNN - The Center for Prisoners Studies has warned of a new guideline in Israeli prisons that threatens to prevent Palestinian political prisoners from taking their general secondary examinations.

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After year of resistance Israeli prison administration rescinds demand Palestinians wear orange

Sumud | 05/28/2009 - 10:20

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Jenin / Ali Samoudi for PNN – Palestinian political prisoners in sections one and four of the Israeli Jelboa Prison continue the long-standing struggle against the imposition of orange uniforms.

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Among the Fateh leadership, captive Yousef Ershaid “celebrates” sixteen years behind Israeli bars

Sumud | 04/16/2009 - 06:43

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Ali Samoudi [PNN] 15 March 2009 - Yousef Abdul-Hamid Ershaid of Jenin ‘celebrated’ his sixteenth anniversary in Israeli prison.

He is among the prominent leaders of the Fateh movement.

Ershaid was also a leader of the original Fateh armed resistance movement, il Fahaad al Aswad[the Black Hawks].

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Radio Prison: studio designed to broadcast the voices of Palestinian political prisoners

Sumud | 04/14/2009 - 05:28

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Osama Al Azzeh, Kristen Ess [PNN] - 13 April 2009 – In an unprecedented act of resistance Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons began broadcasting the “Voice of Prisoners.”

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First joint Fateh-Hamas statement comes from the prisons on a real national reconciliation

Sumud | 03/10/2009 - 04:09

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Jenin / Ali Samoudi for PNN - In the Al Naqab Israeli prison where hundreds of Palestinians are held in tents, the factions stated today that internal dialogue in Cairo “reflects clear, positive effects in the atmosphere between the Fateh and Hamas parties.”

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Palestinian detainees on Hunger Strike in protest to Israeli attacks in Gaza

hazem2 | 12/30/2008 - 09:11

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Saed Bannoura, IMEMC News, 28 December 2008 -- Palestinian political prisoners in different Israeli prisons and detention centers declared mourning on Sunday and announced a three-day hunger strike in protest against the ongoing Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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PFLP condemns occupier's attack on prisoners at Ofer and salutes heroic Palestinian prisoners

hazem2 | 12/26/2008 - 02:25

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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemned the attacks by Zionist guards upon Palestinian prisoners in Ofer prison near Beitunia, west of Ramallah, as well as the systematic, daily abuse and degradation of the prisoners, and saluted the prisoners' steadfast struggle in the face of the occupier.

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Israel Revokes Visitation Rights to Palestinian Detainees in Ofer Prison

hazem2 | 12/25/2008 - 09:11

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Sa'ed Bannoura, IMEMC News - The Israeli Prison Services said on Tuesday that it revoked visitation rights of Palestinian detainees believed to be involved in clashes with Israeli soldiers guarding the prison.

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Recommended Web Site

Addameer Prisoner Support Group, based in Ramallah, West Bank have recently redesigned and updated their website. Definitely worth a visit at http://www.addameer.info

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Sumoud

·Sumoud Newsfeed (1266)
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·Indigenous Peoples and the North American Prison System (73)
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Haiti Prisons

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·Prisoner Abuse / Torture (14)

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·Ending the Death Penalty (6)
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·US Political Prisoners (65)
·War on Terror/Guantanamo Detainees (84)
·Robert Seth Hayes (9)

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Palestinian Prisoner Organizations and Campaigns

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Prisoner Organizations - International

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RESOURCES ON PALESTINIAN PRISONERS

**Set of seven fact-sheets, covering: Introduction to the Detention and Imprisonment of Palestinians, The Arrest and Detention of Palestinians, Stories from Interrogation, Palestinian Child Prisoners, Palestinian Women Prisoners, Israeli Prisons and Detention Centers, Solidarity and Resistance.Available for download here.

**17-slide Powerpoint presentation on Palestinian political prisoners. Available for download and use by activist groups: here.

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Support PP Robert "Seth" Hayes

Robert "Seth" Hayes is a political prisoner and former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. He has been incarcerated for over 30 years. He is currently suffering from medical neglect, and needs your support now!

For more information about Seth, please click here

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