Category: Press Releases
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Mohammad Khatib released from Israeli prison
For Immediate Release Monday, 17 August 2009: Mohammad Khatib, member of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements has been released on the condition that he report to a police station with a monitor every Friday until 5pm for the duration of his trial. He is available for interviews. According to Mohammad, “The…
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Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an “act of war”
For Immediate Release 18 August 2009: Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an “act of war.” Tristan Anderson, an American national, was critically injured on 13 March 2009 when he was shot with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during an unarmed demonstration against the Wall in the West Bank village…
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Bil’in demonstrates against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign
14 August 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli, Spanish, French and other international supporters, responded today to the Popular Committee’s call to resist the Wall and to show solidarity with the Bil’in prisoners. As is the case each week, demonstrators left the village after the midday prayers and marched towards the gate of the Wall separating…
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Bil’in village will hold a mass demonstration against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign
14 August 2009 For Immediate Release: Bil’in village will hold a mass demonstration against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign on Friday, 14 August 2009 at one PM. Bil’in residents along with Israeli and international supporters will attempt to march to the village land beyond the Apartheid Wall. At 2 AM on the 10…
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PCHR condemns harassment of Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) 11 August 2009 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the harassment and cruel and degrading treatment inflicted upon Palestinian civilians by Israeli troops positioned at military checkpoint throughout the West Bank. PCHR field workers documents three cases of harassment against Palestinian civilians in the first three…