<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>On Wednesday 2nd May the Gaza Center for Political and Development Studies staged a ceremony to award a group of writers and activists addressing prisoners’ issues. The ceremony, sponsored by The Islamic Society-Jabalyia (ISJ) and V<wm>iva! for a Just and Free Palestine, honored many prominent writers from Gaza. We had many speakers, with individuals speaking on issues of freedom of the press, corruption of the prison system, the need for a just and free society and access to education for Palestinians.

Later the ceremony ended, we had meetings with the prisoners, the first ones to be released from Faisal, the first prison in Gaza. We want to honor all released Palestinians with the role they play in our resistance movements in Gaza and</wm> encourage them to keep fighting for a just and free future. These prisoners played a key role in our