According to HaMoked, an Israel based human rights organization, and Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner support and human rights organization, there are currently more than 9000 Palestinians being held in detention by Israeli authorities, more than 4700 of which have been arrested across the occupied Palestinian territories since October. Many of these prisoners, a number of whom are children, have been arbitrarily detained and are often subjected to horrific conditions that include various forms of torture and abuse. Bringing together academics and human rights advocates, this teach-in touches upon the forms of resistance within prisoner networks and the advocacy campaigns that have been at the center of the Palestinian liberation movement. In particular, this session focuses on the work of Addameer in collecting information about these unlawful incarcerations, on the history of hunger strikes within Israeli prisons, and on the forms of resistance of female Palestinian prisoners. 

Our three speakers will be:

• Annelies Moors (Professor, Department of Anthropology, UvA)
• Sahar Francis (General Director, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association)
• Ashjan Ajour (Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester)