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Criminalizing peaceful protest: Act up for Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: August 25, 2010
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25 August 2010 | Popular Struggle

UPDATE: Baroness Ashton condemns Bil’in leader’s conviction; Attorney: “International community must take a tough stand on human rights defenders.”

Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee, was yesterday convicted of incitement and organizing illegal marches by an Israeli military court. The conviction concluded an eight months long political show trial, during which he was kept behind bars. Help us work for his release

Persecuted for his key role in organizing the successful grassroots campaign against the wall and Jewish-only … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement

Posted on: August 24, 2010
Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement

24 August 2010 | Popular Struggle

Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rhamah from Bil’in was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations today, after an eight months long military trial, during which he was kept behind bars. He was acquitted of a stone-throwing charge and a vindictive arms-possession charge.

Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s verdict was read today in a packed military court room, concluding an eight months long politically motivated show-trial. Diplomats from France, Malta, Germany, Spain and the UK, as well as a representative of the European Union were in attendance to observe … Continue reading


Updated on August 30, 2010
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Criminalization of popular struggle continues; Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced

Posted on: July 21, 2010
Desmond Tutu (centre) with Abdallah Abu Rahmah of Bil'in popular committe, Ela Bhatt, Jimmy Carter, Fernando H Cardoso, Mary Robinson and Gro Brundtland of the Elders during a visit to Bil'in

Popular Struggle

21 July 2010

Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s first trial from 2005 had reached conclusion yesterday, with his sentencing to two months of imprisonment and a six months suspended sentence for participating and organizing demonstrations and for walking the streets of … Continue reading


Updated on July 22, 2010
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Letter from prison: Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: February 21, 2010
Abdallah Abu Rahmah at a demonstration in the village of Bil'in in 2005. He was arrested an imprisoned on 10/12/2009 at 2AM.

21 February 2010

Dear Friends and Supporters,

It has been two months now since I was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken from my home. Today news has reached Ofer Military Prison that the apartheid wall on Bil’in’s land will finally be moved and construction has begun on the new route. This will return … Continue reading


Updated on February 23, 2010
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CNN: West Bank wall still triggers weekly protests in village

Posted on: February 13, 2010

CNN

12 February 2010

Tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and rocks: It must be Friday afternoon in the West Bank village of Bil’in.

It’s billed as a nonviolent protest against what Israel calls its security barrier, what the Palestinians call the apartheid separation wall.

The barrier separates the villagers from their farmlands. Protesters come from all over the world to support the Palestinian cause.

A few Palestinian youths covering their faces with scarves throw stones … Continue reading


Updated on February 14, 2010
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Despite increased repression, a victory

Posted on: February 9, 2010

For Immediate Release:

Legal challenges are an important battle field in non-violent resistance because often the occupation is forced to change their policies when these are held up to scrutiny. Court cases such as the one below as can determine whether or not Israeli occupation forces continue to use a particular oppressive tactic. But legal work is also quite expensive. The ISM is asking its supporters to throw fund-raising events to raise money to support the work of the ISM’s solidarity with the Palestinian movement against apartheid. You can donate by check, or online (via Paypal) see http://palsolidarity.org/donate for details.

On … Continue reading


Updated on June 1, 2010
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Israel jails Palestinian peace activists

Posted on: January 18, 2010

Mel Frykberg | Inter Press Service

18 January 2010

Israel has long argued that Palestinians should pursue their political objectives in a non-violent way. However, several prominent Palestinian peace activists have recently been arrested and jailed for doing just that.

Abdallah Abu Rahme, 39, the coordinator of the Bi’lin Popular Committee, which has challenged Israel’s illegal expropriation of Palestinian land both in an Israeli court and a Canadian one, has been charged with “illegal arms possession, stone throwing and incitement.”

The “illegal arms possession” charge relates largely to a protest exhibition Abu Rahme had made out of spent tear-gas canisters and plastic-coated rubber … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Fencing match

Posted on: January 15, 2010

Avi Issacharoff | Ha’aretz

1 January 2010

BIL’IN-NA’ALIN – Friday, 11 A.M. There is another hour until the onset of the weekly ritual. The participants are in face-off mode. On the “Israeli” side of the fence, south of the village of Na’alin – a three-minute drive from the city of Modi’in, which is halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv – many Israel Defense Forces and Border Police jeeps have taken their places, along with the officers, the binoculars and the weapons. All the entrances to the village have been blocked to ensure the enemy cannot send in reinforcements.

It’s January 1, 2010, … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Free Abdallah Abu Rahmah

Posted on: January 13, 2010

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

On the night of International Human Right Day, Thursday December 10th, at 2am, Abdallah Abu Rahmah was arrested from his home in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Seven military jeeps surrounded his house, and Israeli soldiers broke the door, extracted Abdallah from his bed, and, after briefly allowing him to say goodbye to his wife Majida and their three children — seven year-old Luma, five year-old Lian and eight month-old baby Laith, they blindfolded him and took him into custody.

Abu Rahmah did not find himself behind bars because he is a dangerous man. Abdallah, who … Continue reading


Updated on June 1, 2010
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Bil’in organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah remanded until the end of legal proceedings

Posted on: January 10, 2010

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

10 January 2010

For immediate release:

Abdallah Abu Rahmah, coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, was remanded until the end of legal proceedings today in an Israeli military court. Abu Rahmah is charged with incitement, stone-throwing and a ridiculous arms possession charge for collecting and displaying used tear gas canisters shot at demonstrators in Bil’in by the army.

A judge in the Ofer military court has ordered the remand of Abdallah Abu Rahmah until the end of legal procedures against him. Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall … Continue reading


Updated on January 10, 2010
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