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Addamir Prisoner ' Support Center
Jerusalem-Ramallah Main Road,
Tahan building at "A-Ram checkpoint"
P.O.B. 17338
Jerusalem
Tel/Fax: 02-6562967
Director: Abdel Latif Geth
Gaza Branch
Omer El-Mokhtar St.,
Gaza
Tel/ fax: 07-860956
Director: Mohamed Dahman

Addamir was established in order to defend, help and support Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. In 1996, Addamir extended its activities to include the whole human rights field. Among its objectives are: a) to study laws, measures, and directives in terms of their accordance with international law and standards and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949; b) to follow and observe the manner of detentions and issuance of judgements, the character of investigations, arbitrary killings, expulsions, closures of ënewspapers and publishing houses; c) to document events and to publish reports for human rights organizations; d) to provide health-care for prisoners and their families and to defend their right to adequate food and clothing; e) to provide social assistance for prisoners and their families to the greatest degree possible; f) to work to ease prisoners' return to society.

Addamir records all the information about prisoners in Israeli jails and about martyrs, arranges lawyers' visits to prisoners, explores the situation of prisoners, as well as the collective problems and particular issues which the prisoners request the lawyers to follow up on. This program continued through the first half of 1995, at which time the Israeli authorities obstructed the issuance of permits for lawyers and the costs of visits became to expensive.

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