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Hundreds celebrate popular struggle at the opening of the 6th Bil’in conference

Posted on: April 20, 2011

20 April 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Dozens of diplomats and senior figures from across the Palestinian political spectrum joined hundreds of activists in the opening of the 6th International Bil’in Conference on Popular Resistance. Palestinian PM, Salam Fayyad, called for the international community to promote Palestinian self determination.

The 6th International Bil’in Conference on Popular Resistance opened today in a festive opening session participated by Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, the recently released protest organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Abbas Zackie of behalf of the PLO, and former Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini.

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Updated on April 22, 2011
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Military court orders Nabi Saleh protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, remanded until end of legal proceedings

Posted on: April 17, 2011

17 April 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Bassem Tamimi’s political arrest was extended indefinitely by an Israeli military judge today despite problematic evidence. His trial will open on May 8th.

The arrest of Bassem Tamimi, a 44 year-old protest organizer from Nabi Saleh and the coordinator of the village’s popular committee, was extended indefinitely today at the Ofer Military Court. Tamimi will remain in detention until the end of legal proceedings in his case. The indictment against Tamimi, filed two weeks ago, is based on questionable and coerced confessions of youth. He is charged with incitement, organizing un-permitted marches, … Continue reading


Updated on April 17, 2011
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Jailed Bil’in Protest Organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, Released One Day Behind Schedule

Posted on: March 14, 2011
Abdallah Abu Rahmah shortly after he was released. Credit: Simon Krieger

14 March 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

]Abu Rahmah was released this evening, after having served the 16 months sentence imposed on him by the Israeli Military Court of Appeals for organizing demonstrations. Abu Rahmah was received by his family, friends and supporters at the prison’s gate and vowed to continue the struggle.

After much delay, Abu Rahmah who was supposed to have already been released yesterday, was finally released from the Ofer Military Prison this evening. He was received … Continue reading


Updated on March 15, 2011
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Jailed Bil’in Protest Organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, to be Released on Sunday

Posted on: March 11, 2011

14 March 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

UPDATE:
Abdallah Abu Rahmah of the Bil’in Popular Committee who was supposed to be released yesterday after 16 months in jail was kept for another night for “administrative reasons” but will be released today.

What: Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s release from prison
Where: The Bitunya checkpoint, near Ofer Military Prison
When: Monday, March 14th, 04:00 PM

11 March 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Abu Rahmah is expected to be released after having served the 16 months sentence imposed on him by the Israeli Military Court of Appeals for organizing demonstrations. Abu Rahmah will be received by … Continue reading


Updated on March 14, 2011
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A melancholy Martin Luther King Day in Bil’in

Posted on: January 18, 2011

17 January 2010 | The Huffington Post, Majida Abu Rahmah

My family endured another heartbreaking setback last Tuesday in the case of my husband, Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Although Abdallah’s prison sentence ended November 18th, the Israeli Military Court of Appeals ruled that he should be held for three additional months. My husband has been gone for 13 months already, since he was arrested in the middle of the night last December.

Abdallah was convicted of incitement and organizing demonstrations in our West Bank village, Bil’in. The unarmed weekly demonstrations call for the removal of Israel’s illegal wall, built arbitrarily through our … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2011
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Judge accepts military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence

Posted on: January 11, 2011

11 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The court has accepted the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence to a total of 16 months. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but was kept in detention by the military prosecution’s request, despite having finished serving his term. He will now serve an additional 3 months in prison.

After ordering to keep Abdallah Abu Rahmah in detention past his release date on the 18th of November 2010, the Military Court of Appeals sided with the prosecution’s appeal demanding to aggravate the one-year sentence imposed … Continue reading


Updated on January 14, 2011
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Military court to appeal verdict for Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case on Tuesday

Posted on: January 10, 2011
The family of Jawaher Abu Rahme, 35, say she died after inhaling massive quantities of tear gas fired by Israeli forces.

10 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The court will deliver a decision on the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but has been kept in detention on the military prosecution’s request.

What: Appeal Verdict in Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case.
Where: Military Court of Appeals, Ofer compound.
When: 10:00 AM, Tuesday, January 11.

After ordering to keep Abdallah Abu Rahmah in detention past his release date on the 18th of November, the Military Court of appeals will deliver its verdict on the prosecution’s appeal demanding to aggravate the one-year … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2011
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A message from Israeli military prison on International Human Rights Day

Posted on: December 10, 2010

9 December 2010 | The Huffington Post, Majida Abu Rahmah

My imprisoned husband Abdullah Abu Rahmah passed the following message through his lawyer:

A year ago tonight, on International Human Rights Day, our apartment in Ramallah was broken into by the Israeli military in the middle of the night and I was torn away from my wife Majida, my daughters Luma and Layan, and my son Laith, who at the time was only nine months old.

As the coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements I was convicted of “organizing illegal demonstrations” and “incitement.” The “illegal demonstrations” refer … Continue reading


Updated on December 11, 2010
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Military judge orders to keep Bil’in organizer jailed

Posted on: November 22, 2010
Military judge orders to keep Bil’in organizer jailed

22 November 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee
Abdallah Abu Rahmah
Abdallah Abu Rahmah was scheduled to be released from prison last Thursday, after having served the one-year prison term he was sentenced to. He remains in jail after the Military Court of Appeals ordered today to keep him behind bars regardless, pending a decision in the Military Prosecution’s appeal of the sentence.

Judge Lt Colonel Aharon Mishnayot, the head of the Military Court of Appeals, accepted the military prosecution’s petition … Continue reading


Updated on March 19, 2011
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Eid without a father and husband

Posted on: November 17, 2010
Abdallah's wife Majida and daughters Louma (8) and Layam (8) during preparations for Eid.

16 November 2010 | Evie Soli, International Solidarity Movement

An interview with the wives of Abdallah and Adeeb Abu Rahma

Al Eid is a holy time of the year for Muslims. Families gather and visit each other over the four holidays, which are for most a time for families to be together. When one member of the family is missing, it makes it hard to enjoy Al Eid in the same way. Thousands of families of Palestinian political prisoners are suffering because a family member is in prison. For Majida, wife of Abdallah Abu Rahma who has now been held for one … Continue reading


Updated on November 17, 2010
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