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Palestinians commemorate the annual Palestinian Prisoners' Day, during a solidarity stand with detainees in Israeli prisons, Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank, 17 April 2025. Established in 1974, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day honors the struggle of prisoners held in Israeli prisons. As of early April, the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons exceeded 9,900, including at least 400 children and 27 female prisoners, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society. There has been an unprecedented increase in administrative detention, with 3,498 Palestinians, among them more than 100 children and four women, held without charge or trial.
The Activestills collective was established in 2005 by a group of documentary photographers, out of a strong conviction that photography is a vehicle for social change. We believe in the power of images to shape public attitudes and to raise awareness on issues that are generally absent from public discourse.
We view ourself as part of the struggle against all forms of oppression, racism, and violations of the basic right to freedom. We do work on various topics, including the grassroots movement and the popular struggle against the Israeli occupation, women’s rights, immigration, asylum-seekers, social justice, the siege on Gaza, and housing rights inside Israel.
