Al-Ghad (Jordan): 340 Children in Occupation Prisons Suffer Torture, Harsh Conditions – A Palestinian prisoners' organization has reported that Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 3,500 children, including seven very young girls, since the Second Intifada. It continues to detain 340, of whom 213 have been convicted. Al-Waed Society for Prisoners also stated in its report that 99 percent of the children who were arrested had been tortured, and claimed they were living in harsh conditions that don't meet basic living needs.

Ash-Sharq al-Awsat (London; Saudi Arabia): Hundreds of Lebanese Who Fled to Israel Protest Discrimination of Neglect – Around 200 Lebanese, who had fled to Israel in 2000, demonstrated in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry on Sunday against what they said was a policy of discrimination by neglect aimed at getting rid of them. Some 8,000 Lebanese, most who served in an Israeli proxy army during the Israeli occupation, fled southern Lebanon when Israeli troops hurriedly withdrew in 2000. Israeli policy has succeeded in pushing most of them to return to Lebanon, but some 2,600 still remain in Israel.

Al-Hayat al-Jadeeda (West Bank): Israel to Release 200 Prisoners – The Israeli government announced it will release around 200 Palestinian prisoners in a "goodwill gesture" toward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, aimed at pushing forward the U.S.-brokered peace process. Israeli officials said privately that among those to be freed include some who have spent up to 25 years in jail, as well as several who carried out operations in the late 1970s that led to the killing and injuring of Israelis.

Az-Zaman (London; Iraq): 100,000 Prisoners in Iraq; Presidency Endorses Anti-Torture Accord – Iraq's three-member presidency council signed a bill to join a treaty banning torture, abuse, and inhumane treatment in prisons. Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities continue to detain more than 100,000 people in their jails who face all manner of torture and humiliating treatment, with no legal rights to lawyers during their interrogation. Most were arrested on suspicion, and thousands of them have spent more than one year without trial or release.

Al-Wasat (Bahrain): Iran Prepares to Launch 'Amal' Satellite – Iran successfully launched on Sunday a rocket that is able to carry a satellite, while an Iranian official denied reports that the Islamic republic had actually launched an 'Amal' satellite into space. This announcement came as the head of the Iranian Air Force said his country possesses a fighter jet that can fly at a distance of 3,000 kilometers.