PSC update: Women’s Day Special

The majority of Palestinian women prisoners are subjected to mental pressure and torture through the process of their arrest. Harsh imprisonment conditions, such as the lack of fresh air, sunlight, cold damp cells in the winter and overheated cells in the summer, insects, dirt and overcrowding, combined with stress, poor diet and isolation from families all negatively impact on women’s health. Read the stories of Shireen Issawi, Hana Shalabi – who led the hungerstrike movement, Reema Oleyyan Awad and Kifah Awni Othman Qatash.

Gaza Conference, London, Saturday 13th April 2013

1. Calls upon the international community to fulfill its obligations towards the occupied Palestinian people, and to take steps to end the suffering of Palestinian civilians, especially women;
2. Calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations under the Convention by compelling Israel to respect the Convention and ensure protection to Palestinian civilians, including women;
3. Calls upon the Palestinian National Authority to take serious measures in order to stop killings related to the practice of “family honour” and to ensure that punishment of the perpetrators of such crimes is proportional to their seriousness

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