Palestinians demonstrate in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian administrative prisoners, Nablus, West Bank, May 11, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike

On Thursday, 24 April 2014, Palestinian administrative detainees held by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) announced a hunger strike to protest the Israeli security establishment’s use of administrative detention. According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, more than ninety administrative detainees went on hunger strike that day, with another six joining them a week later. On…

An Egged bus (Photo: Al Ittihad)

Several labor disputes declared

The Coordinating and Implementation Committee of the Histadrut Labor Federation declared a number of labor disputes at government offices and companies serving the public. Acording the law, Subsequently of these declarations, strikes can be started after two weeks. Among those involved in the disputes were the Egged bus company, the Tnuva agricultural and industrial complex,…

Israeli activists and African asylum seekers jailed in Holot detention center protest outside Saharonim prison in solidarity with African asylum seekers on hunger strike, January 18, 2014. About 50 African asylum seekers have been on hunger strike for two weeks (Photo: Activestills)

Human rights organizations call on the government to recognize the rights of asylum seekers

Human rights organizations: Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Hotline for Refugees and Migrants and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, call on the Israeli government to recognise and protect the needs and rights of asylum seekers in its territory. Israel is home to about 53,000 African asylum seekers. According to the Ministry of Interior (MOI), 49,000 of…