Description
ADDAMEER (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution that works to support Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. Established in 1991 by a group of activists interested in human rights, the center offers free legal aid to political prisoners, advocates their rights at the national and international level, and works to end torture and other violations of prisoners’ rights through monitoring, legal procedures and solidarity campaigns.
Addameer believes in the importance of building a free and democratic Palestinian society based on justice, equality, rule of law and respect for human rights within the larger framework of the right to self-determination. Addameer’s work is based on a belief in the universality of human rights as enshrined in international law.
Quick Links
- BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- Israeli Military Judicial System
- Key issues
- Interactive map of prisons and detention centers in Occupied Palestine
- FACTS
- Factsheets
- The current number of administrative “detainees” and political “prisoners” can be found on the Addameer homepage.
- Annual violations report, 2022 – Addameer’s most recent report on the violation of Palestinian’s human rights during “detention” by the State of Israel
