Category: Press Releases

  • Palestinians to Hold Press Conference to Call for Release of the Four CPT Hostages in Iraq

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Harmeet Sooden. Picture taken in January on a farm outside Jenin where he was helping to plant olive trees. Tomorrow (Monday the 5th of December) Ikram al Sabri, the head Mufti of Palestine joined by personal Palestinian friends of Harmeet Sodeen, James Loney and Tom Fox, three of the four Christian Peacemaker…

  • Human Rights Worker refuses deportation; Threatened by Police Officer

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 01:15 on Thursday morning, Andrew Macdonald, a Human Rights Worker from the ISM, refused deportation from Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The refusal is a protest against the State of Israel’s policy of deporting Human Rights Workers from the Occupied Territories of Palestine. After the refusal, a police officer…

  • Palestinians demonstrate for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq

    A demonstration will be held in Rammallah today at the Al Manara square 3:00 PM to call for the release of the four kidnapped peace activists in Iraq. Speakers at the demonstration will include a representative of the Palestinian Islamic Forum, Shawkat Samha The Mayor of Jayouss (where Harmeet and Tom volunteered), Mustapha Barghouti head…

  • Our Son is an HRO

    Statement From Andrew’s Parents: Thursday 24th November 2005: “A Human Rights Observer from the UK was arrested in Tel Rumeida, Hebron earlier today. He had just finished escorting Palestinian children to school” This report appeared last week on the web-site of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) the movement dedicated to “non-violently resist the overwhelming military…

  • Palestinians offer their help to gain freedom for kidnapped CPTers

    Palestinians led by their top Muslim cleric appealed to Iraqi insurgents Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The banner on the right reads in Arabic: “we demands the release of the CPT members” and the banner on the center reads:…