There are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. These include:
180+ children
430 administrative detainees jailed without charge or trial
700 sick and ill prisoners - 200 with chronic and serious diseases that place them at even greater risk should COVID-19 spread throughout the prisons. Already 12,758 people in Israel have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and 142 have lost their lives. If this spreads to Israel's jails, this could be a death sentence.
Israel is the only country in the world where children are systematically tried in military courts and subjected to 'cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.' Source: UNICEF.
Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Samidoun has an excellent website. It lists a range of actions that we can all get involved in. It includes BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) information about Hewlett-Packard and G4S, both complicit in the incarceration of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Samidoun website.Samidoun Facebook.Samidoun Twitter.
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Hastings and Rye PSC online membership and donations
Becoming a member of Hastings and Rye PSC is an important way of supporting our work.The annual subscription is £10 waged, £5 unwaged. We now have an online membership payment form. It can also be used to renew membership. The work of Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity could not continue without the generous donations from members of the public. If you would like to support our work without becoming a member please visit our shop page here and see the right hand column: Donate to Hastings & Rye PSC.