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Latest Report

Courageous Voices, Fragile Freedoms

The report examines Israel’s increasing use of arrest and detention of Palestinian human rights activists taking part in protests and other peaceful acts of resistance against the illegal Annexation Wall and settlements in the West Bank. Although the popular resistance that arose in response to the continuing construction of the Annexation Wall has been facing acts of repression and violence from Israeli forces since regular demonstrations and international advocacy initiatives gained momentum in 2005, the report shows that beginning in 2009 there was a shift in tactics by the Israeli forces that should be viewed in the context of increasing recognition of the legitimacy of the actions by the Palestinian human rights activists.

Latest News

URGENT APPEAL: Attend Palestinian-American child Tarek...

4 July 2014, occupied Ramallah - Addameer is deeply concerned about the continued and intensified attacks on Palestinian children, especially in the Jerusalem area, as retribution for the discovery of the bodies of three settlers in Hebron after their disappearance on 12 June. The most recent attack is on Palestinian-American child Tarek Abu Khdeir, aged 15, who was brutally beaten in the yard of his uncle’s home by two undercover Israeli police agents in Shofat last night. Tarek is a United States citizen from Florida who is visiting Palestine on holiday.

Latest Quarterly Newsletter

Quarterly Newsletter - January to March 2014

This monthly newsletter covers January to March 2014, and provides the most up-to-date statistics on prisoners and arrests and an overview of the important trends and news this month.

Statistics

Addameer Monthly Detention Report - 1 May 2014

Type of Prisoner	Number of Prisoners
Total Number of Political Prisoners	5271
Administrative Detainees	192 (8 PLC members)
Female prisoners	17
Child prisoners	196 (27under 16)
Palestinian Legislative Council members	11
East Jerusalem prisoners	298
1948 Territories prisoners
Gaza prisoners	377
Prisoners serving life sentences	476
Prisoners serving a sentence above 20 years	440
Prisoners serving more than 25 years	15
Prisoners serving more than 20 years	30
Prisoners before Oslo	30