Tag: Prisoners

Hostages versus Prisoners: Israel war on Gaza is as much a war on weaponizing words

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 rayhanania No Comments

Hostages versus Prisoners: Israel war on Gaza is as much a war on weaponizing words The biased American news media is using the lexicon handed to it by Israel’s propaganda efforts, portraying the Israeli “hostages” in what the media and Israel describes falsely as an exchange for Palestinian “prisoners.” The majority of so-called Palestinian prisoners…

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Palestinians mount hunger strike campaign against administrative detention

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinians mount hunger strike campaign against administrative detention As of Sunday August 13, 2023, 14 Palestinian political prisoners have joined an open-ended hunger strike in protest of their administrative detentions in Israeli military prisons. They are demanding their freedom, having suffered under indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial. This strike, which follows a long tradition…

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AHRC Hosted Law Enforcement-Community Leaders Zoom Session

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

AHRC Hosted Law Enforcement-Community Leaders Zoom Session Consistent with AHRC’s continued engagement efforts with law enforcement, on June 10, 2021, AHRC organized another successful round of discussion in partnership with the American Citizens for Justice (ACJ). From the government side participants included: Philip Menna Captain, MSP Tri-County, and F/Lt. Jennifer Johnson, MSP Metro South Post…

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128 detainees repatriated back to Yemen from Saudi Arabia

November 28, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

128 detainees repatriated back to Yemen from Saudi Arabia Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, facilitated the repatriation of 128 detainees from Saudi Arabia to Yemen following a request from the Coalition’s Joint Forces Command and in agreement with both parties. Before the operation, the…

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Red Cross urges support for Yemeni detainees

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Red Cross urges support for Yemeni detainees ICRC says that Yemen government must grant access for families and lawyers to detainees held in Yemeni prisons, calling it a humanitarian necessity The suffering of thousands of families who have had no contact with relatives detained in relation to the conflict in Yemen must end, the International Committee…

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Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike get support

September 16, 2016September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike get support. Advocates of human rights are showing support for the hundreds of Palestinian dissidents being held in Israeli prisons who have been denied their rights under the International Rule of Law. Supporters are posting videos and photos showing solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners who are being compared to the political…

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Palestinian prisoners turn to hunger strikes

September 7, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Palestinian prisoners turn to hunger strikes. Massive US Prisoner Resistance as Palestinian Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Rages On. By Dezeray Lyn In these days preceding a mass US national prisoner’s strike in unified resistance to prison slave labor which finds thousands of state captives working in toxic environments created and exacerbated by the prison industrial complex,…

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AHRC supports prisoners in commemoration of Ramadan

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 rayhanania No Comments

American Human Rights Council launches annual program to support prisoners in commemoration of Ramadan. Donations will help prisoners and families of prisoners. The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) based in Greater Detroit will launch their “No Prisoners Left Behind” program which seeks to provide support to prisoners and their families during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan,…

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Muslim Prisoner Details Torture at American Gulag in New Book

February 4, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Muslim prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi offers a poignant story of an innocent man who faces torture by American soldiers at Gitmo with an inspiring sense of humor. His book “Guantanamo Diary” is a must read for Americans, Muslims, Christians and Jews. By Ray Hanania Most Americans are familiar with the story of Anne Frank, the…

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