Palestinian Prisoners and the Genocide Behind Bars (with Milena Ansari)

About this episode

The episode discusses the abuse of Palestinian political prisoners and the systemic issues within the Israeli legal system, featuring insights from attorney Milena Ansari.

While starvation and bombardment continue during a time of supposed ceasefire, Palestinian political prisoners are facing an aggressive escalation in abuse tactics during detention. Milena Ansari, a Palestinian attorney based in Jerusalem and an expert on Israeli prison conditions and policies applied to Palestinian prisoners, joins Popular Cradle to discuss the parallel genocide on Palestinians happening within the Zionist "legal" system.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rhiannon, Mohammed, Yara

Guest: Milena Ansari

Topics covered

• Palestinian prisoners
• genocide
• Israeli prison conditions
• political prisoners
• human rights abuses

Keywords

• Palestinian prisoners
• genocide
• Israeli prisons
• Milena Ansari
• human rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zionist legal system

Places: Palestine, Jerusalem

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