Category: Press Releases

  • CPT: Hebron orphanages and schools for 7,000 children ordered closed

    For more information about CPT’s work in Palestine click here Last night (April 1st 2008) approximately 300 women, including teachers, mothers and students, protested the shut down of their school and orphanages by the Israeli government. This is one of several schools and orphanages serving 7,000 orphans and students in the Hebron area. Internationals, including…

  • Israeli Army Invades Marda, Imposes Curfew, Arrests 2

    At about 10 AM today, Monday, March 31, 2008, the Israeli army invaded the village of Marda, in the Sulfiet region of the West Bank. After invading, the army immediately announced curfew on the entire village, thus prohibiting all residents from leaving their homes, opening their shops, or leaving the village. Marda lies at the…

  • UPDATE: International Action in Solidarity with Gaza is stopped by Egyptian authorities

    EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SIEGE OF GAZA: International Action in Solidarity with Gaza UPDATE: The demonstration was stopped in the Sinai by Egyptian authorities. As protesters attempted to ‘Walk to Gaza’, they were threatened with arrest before eventually turning back to Cairo. There will be a press conference in Cairo tonight (31st March). Original press…