Home > > Tagged: Marcus Regnander

Successful outcome in Swedish peace activist’s legal appeal against Israeli sentence banning him from Palestine

Posted on: August 20, 2010

20 August 2010

On Thursday 12 August 2010 Swedish peace activist Marcus Regnander’s legal battle with the Police Department of Hebron ended successfully. His appeal against a sentence which banned him from the West Bank for six months, after being convicted – despite the absence of any evidence – of assaulting a soldier, was filed at the District Court in Jerusalem.

Regnander, a nursing student from Gothenburg, was arrested at the Tel Rumedia checkpoint on the night of July 20th, accused of having assaulted a soldier during a demonstration nine days before. He maintained throughout that he was completely … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases, Reports
Tags: ,

Fabricated charges lead to Swedish activist being banned from West Bank

Posted on: July 24, 2010

23 July 2010 | ISM Media Team

Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednander’ but has now been corrected.

Bogus charges

As part of Israel’s increased attempt at hindering the work of Palestine solidarity activists, an Israeli court yesterday dealt a further blow.

Marcus Regnander, a 26-year-old activist and nursing student from Sweden, was arrested by Israeli forces on the night of Tues. July 20. He was initially accused of assaulting an Israeli soldier during a demonstration in Hebron earlier this month. Regnander first saw a judge at the Court of Peace in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem on Wed. … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
Posted under: Reports
Tags: , ,

Swedish peace activist arrested, witnesses say charge of assault is ‘baseless’

Posted on: July 21, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

21 July 2010

Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednanver’ but has now been corrected.

A Swedish peace activist was arrested in Hebron last night and stood trial today in Jerusalem.

Nursing student Marcus Regnander was accused of assaulting a soldier at a peaceful demonstration in Hebron 10 days ago. Witnesses say the charge is baseless and that he has been targeted by police arbitrarily. The judge ordered that he be detained and questioned for a further two days.

At approximately 11PM last night (20 July 2010) Regnander and another Swedish man were passing a checkpoint near Tel … Continue reading


Updated on July 27, 2010
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: , , ,