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Keep track of Khader Adnan Hunger Strike – online timer

You may or may not have heard it yet, but Khader Adnan, the Palestinian who ignited an intifada of Palestinian hunger strikers in 2012, is on hunger strike again, and has entered his second month of going without food, without vitamins, and without salt. The Musical Intifada has provided you with a timer to help you keep count of the...

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It Takes Love – Doc Jazz releases his first non-political music video

For the first time in his public musical career, Palestinian musician Doc Jazz, known mostly for his political songs in support of the Palestinian cause, has released a music video for an entirely new, but non-political song. It is definitely not his first song that deals with something other than the cause, but it is the first time a song...

Shireen Issawi subjected to violent beatings in prison and held in isolation

Shireen Issawi, the sister of legendary hunger striker Samer Issawi, has told Hanan Al Khateeb, attorney of the Council of Prisoner Affairs, that she suffered a brutal beating in Hasharon prison on May 3, 2015. Shireen stated that on that day, prison guards invaded the female prisoners section under the false pretext of one prison guard having been attacked. When...

URGENTE – Per Samer Issawi e stata ripristinata la sentenza che lo condanna a una pena detentiva di 30 anni

RAMALLAH – Il 10 maggio, il tribunale militare israeliano di Ofer carcere di Betunia, Ramallah, ha emesso un verdetto che ripristina la sentenza originaria di Samer Issawi. ssawi, che divenne famoso nel mondo a causa del suo leggendario sciopero della fame durante il suo arresto precedente, era stato originariamente condannato a 30 anni di reclusione sulla base di sue presunte...