Category: Press Releases
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West Bank protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, to Judge: “Your military laws are non-legit. Our peaceful protest is just”
6 June 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Tamimi, who has been held in custody for over two months, pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and held a defiant speech explaining his motivation for organizing civil resistance to the Occupation. See his full statement below. After more than two months in custody, the…
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CPT: Settlers Injure Palestinian with Stones
2 June 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams For Immediate Release In the old city in Hebron, two boys, ages 14 and 15, residents of Beit Hadassah Settlement, threw multiple stones, some as large as 5 inches, at Palestinians walking past in the market place. One nine year old boy was struck with two stones causing…
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Trial of West Bank protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, to begin Sunday
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…
