Category: Press Releases
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Japanese activist shot near the eye in Bil’in may not regain his eyesight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kaoru Kishida, a Japanese activist shot near the eye by a rubber-coated steel bullet in Bil’in, has just been operated on in St. John’s Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctors still don’t know if he will regain his eyesight. Kishida was shot on January 25th, in a non-violent demonstration against the Annexation…
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CPT: Israeli military arrests approximately 40 Palestinians and places Beit Ummar under curfew
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 February 2008 HEBRON Since 1 am on 13 February, the Israeli military placed the village of Beit Ummar under curfew and arrested approximately forty men between the ages of 18 and 25. Since early morning, Israeli soldiers have been entering homes. The military has closed four different areas inside the village.…
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Protesters Blockade Israeli State Owned Company
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: 07986 764432 07745 817822 thewallmustfall@riseup.net 11 February 2007 From around 3pm today Palestine solidarity demonstrators have been blockading Carmel Agrexco’s U.K headquarters in Swallowfield Way, Hayes, Middlesex to highlight the company’s human rights record in occupied Palestine. Protesters were met with violent assaults by Agrexco security guards who smashed a…