Year: 2013

  • 2 shot with live ammunition at Ofer prison demonstration

    15 February 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ofer Prison, Occupied Palestine A demonstration was held outside Ofer prison in Ramallah as part of a week of action in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, and in particular to protest the continued detention of Samer Assawi who is on his 207th day of hunger strike whilst being…

  • My family has been seperated

    14 February 2013 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Divided Palestine The Gaza Strip has often been called an “open air prison” in light of the illegal closure imposed on it by the Israeli authorities. However, the territory became a prison for many Palestinians long before the closure came into effect. In the early stages…

  • BDS campaigners cost Veolia 4.7bn in London

    8 January 2013 | No 2 Veolia Action Group, London Vociferous local campaign by the No2 Veolia Action Group leads Occupation profiteer Veolia to withdraw from colossal waste management contracts. No 2 Veolia Action Group (No2VAG) are celebrating a huge victory with the withdrawal of Veolia, a multinational company complicit in Israeli violations of international law,…