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Trial of West Bank protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, to begin Sunday

Posted on: June 2, 2011

02 June 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Tamimi, who has already been held in custody for over two months, will plead not guilty to the anti-free speech charges against him before a military court.

What: The opening of Bassem Tamimi’s trial

Where: Ofer Military Court *
* Entry to the military court must be coordinated with the Israeli army’s spokesperson in advance.

When: Sunday, June 4th, 2011, at 9:30 AM

Media contact: Jonathan Pollak +972-54-632-7736

After more than two months in custody, the trial of Bassem Tamimi, a 44 year-old protest organizer from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, will finally begin Sunday. Tamimi, … Continue reading


Updated on June 2, 2011
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Free Bassem and Naji Tamimi

Posted on: May 18, 2011
Free Bassem and Naji Tamimi

18 May 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Recent events have once more proven the potency of civil resistance, and its ability to bring about change and end injustice. From the Arab Spring to the recent demonstrations commemorating the Nakba, ordinary people are affecting change. While Abdallah Abu Rahmah is finally out of Israeli prisons, a new wave of repression is underway in the West Bank, and more protest leaders have been rounded up as … Continue reading


Updated on May 31, 2011
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UN Special Rapporteur on torture to give expert opinion on the arrest of minors in Israeli military court

Posted on: May 10, 2011

10 May 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

The Special Rapporteur’s expert opinion will be filed to the Ofer Military Court by the defense next Monday in a pre-trial hearing in the case of 14 year-old Islam Dar Ayyoub who was taken from his bed at gun-point by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night and questioned unlawfully.

14 year-old Islam Dar Ayyoub was arrested on January 23 by a large group of soldiers who stormed his family’s home in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in the middle of the night. He was taken from his bed at … Continue reading


Updated on May 10, 2011
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Bassem Tamimi: “Our destiny is to resist”

Posted on: May 3, 2011
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2 May 2011 | Electronic Intifada

When I met Bassem Tamimi at his home in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh this January, his eyes were bloodshot and sunken, signs of the innumerable sleepless nights he had spent waiting for Israeli soldiers to take him to prison. As soon as two children were seized from the village in the middle of the night and subjected to harsh interrogations that yielded an unbelievable array of “confessions,” the 44-year-old Tamimi’s arrest became inevitable. On 25 March, the … Continue reading


Updated on May 8, 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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