Category: Press Releases
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Reporters Without Borders: Golan Heights journalist Ata Farahat held without trial for past three months
Press release 30 October 2007 Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the prolonged detention of journalist Ata Farahat, who was arrested on 30 July and is being held in Al-Jalama prison (14 km southeast of Haifa). The organisation has been told he could be prosecuted for “collaborating with an enemy nation” but this has never…
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Action Alert! Jamaeen Non-Violent Demonstration to Protest Settler Arson
For Immediate Release October 30, 2007 Last week, settlers from Kfah Tappuah settlement near the West Bank village of Jamaeen trespassed on the Palestinian villagers’ land 2km from Jamaeen village, burning approximately 30 dunums of vital agricultural land hosting olive trees. The village of Jamaeen lies just south of Nablus and, like the many other…
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Another Voice: RAISE YOUR VOICE PALESTINE!
ANOTHER VOICE October 28, 2007 For Immediate Release *** C O N C E R T *** RAISE YOUR VOICE PALESTINE! [RAMALLAH] Palestinian grassroots activists and organizations will hold a free outdoor concert on Wednesday, October 31, calling for a just peace based on respect for human rights and international law. The concert will bring…