Message from a Released Palestinian Prisoner (with Hadeel Shattara)

About this episode

The episode features an interview with former Palestinian prisoner Hadeel Shattara discussing the conditions and experiences of Palestinian political prisoners.

As Palestinian political prisoners face escalations in abuse and torture in Zionist prisons, we speak to a former prisoner, Hadeel Shattara, in the second installment of our series on Palestinian prisoners. Hadeel talks to us about the conditions prisoners are currently facing, the experience of imprisonment, the achievements of the Palestinian prisoners' movement, and how prisoners lead and contribute to the national liberation struggle.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rhiannon, Mohammed, Yara

Guest: Hadeel Shattara

Topics covered

• Palestinian political prisoners
• imprisonment conditions
• national liberation struggle
• prisoners' movement
• human rights

Keywords

• Palestinian prisoners
• Hadeel Shattara
• Zionist prisons
• human rights
• political prisoners
• national liberation
• prison conditions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zionist prisons, Palestinian prisoners' movement

Places: Palestinian

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