Category: Press Releases

  • Statement from the Ni’lin Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall

    8 July 2008 for immediate release As of today, Tuesday 8th of July 2008, the military curfew in Ni’lin has been lifted. In response to statements released earlier today by an Israeli army spokeswoman claiming that “There were discussions between the villagers and the army commanders and they decided to lift the curfew,” and that…

  • ActLeft: Stop the fence in Ni’alin

    The village of Ni’alin, which is located in the Ramallah district, has for more than a month now been leading an intense struggle against the de-facto appropriation of 2,500 dunams of land, over a third of all its land, as a result of the building of the “separation fence”. The route of the fence in…

  • DCI/PS: 10-year-old subjected to torture by Israeli soldiers

    Defence for Children International: Palestine section To view original press release click here Name: Ezzat H Age at incident: 10 Date of incident: 11 June 2008 Location: Sanniriya, Qalqiliya Accusation: None A 10-year-old boy was subjected to physical abuse amounting to torture for 2.5 hours by Israeli soldiers who stormed his family’s shop on 11…