Bethlehem / PNN - A new program is coming to the airwaves to talk about the reality faced by Palestinian political prisoners within the Israeli prison system.
Between 9,500 and 11,000 Palestinians are in Israeli prisons and detention centers where reports of torture, extended periods of solitary confinement, inadequate medical care and food, and a lack of family visits or seasonal clothing are rampant.
The Voice of Arabs is a Cairo-based program that is working in cooperation with Bethlehem’s Hossam Society on a broadcast specifically talking about Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers.
Mowaffaq Hamid, Director of Public Relations at Hossam, explained today that an agreement was reached with the Voice of Arabs for a weekly, hour and a half program.
Palestinians will be on the air from inside Israeli prisons via mobile phone, in addition to loved ones, legal personalities, rights groups and advocates.
Hamid added that the program is designed to explain the suffering of Palestinian prisoners and their families, and the violations committed against them, through live testimonies. Their voices will be delivered directly to the Arab world.
