Doctors under fire as Myanmar military targets efforts to aid injured protesters
Medics tell of attacks on staff and ambulances to stop treatment of patients and punish those who took part in national strike
Medical workers rally against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, on 10 February. Photograph: Reuters
Medical workers rally against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, on 10 February. Photograph: Reuters
Rebecca Ratcliffe and Observer reporter in Myanmar
Sat 10 Apr 2021 10.31 EDT
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While incarcerated Israeli criminals have daily access to family phone calls, Palestinians do not have this right – group 08/April/2021 02:45 PM
While incarcerated Israeli criminals have daily access to family phone calls, Palestinians do not have this right – group
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails for resisting the occupation. (File photo)
TEL AVIV, Thursday, April 08, 2021 (WAFA) – While incarcerated Israeli criminals are allowed regular and even daily access to phone calls, Palestinian prisoners serving time for resisting the occupation have been denied this right, today said the Israeli rights organization, HaMoked.
However, following a High Court petition lead by HaMoked, the Israel Prison Service announced that it will allow Palestinian prisoners and detainees to make a one-time phone call to their families during the month of Ramadan. The decision does not include prisoners from the Gaza Strip affiliated with Hamas, who are also denied family vis
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His 17th birthday was on Sunday. Ahmed Falana was born on April 4, 2004, and is the fourth child of his parents. He spent his birthday in Megiddo Prison in northern Israel, probably not even remembering his big day. His parents, Aida and Abed al-Razek Falana, could not wish him a happy birthday. They don’t even know his condition. Even when he was hospitalized in Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, after being struck by bullets fired by Israel Defense Forces troops, his parents weren’t able to be by his side. And even when Falana woke up from surgery, after one testicle was removed, his parents could not be by his side. They could neither be with him or speak to him on the phone. Abed al-Razek tells us he will do anything just to hear his son’s voice even for a few minutes. Just to know how he’s doing and to give him support. But the Israeli authorities refuse to allow that.