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ACT NOW ! Ask the UN to drop G4S
December 9th, 2015 | Codepink, BDS Movement | Occupied Palestine G4S, the largest private security company in the world, is involved in brutal human rights violationsat detention centers worldwide, including in Israeli prisons where Palestinian political prisoners and children are tortured and held without trial. The U.N. officially opposes these violent and illegal practices, yet…
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Israeli forces uproot trees and destroy greenhouses in Kafa district
8th of December 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Tulkarm Team | Kafa district, occupied Palestine On Tuesday, Israeli forces entered the village of Kafa in the outskirts of occupied Tulkarm. Within a few hours, they uprooted over 150 olive trees, 30 lemon trees and demolished four greenhouses from the land of the Esmail family. Even…
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Closure of major checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)
8th December 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Al-Khalil, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Monday, 7th December 2015, have closed Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) for an indefinite period of time. This checkpoint marks the border between the H2 area of al-Khalil, under full Israeli control, and the H1 area, supposedly under…
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ACT NOW. To Save Palestinian refugee in Saudi Arabia from death penalty after unfair trial
7th December 2015 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | Press release On 17 November 2015, a Saudi court sentenced to death a Palestinian Refugee, Ashraf Fayadh (35), for alleged blasphemous statements during a discussion, which are also mentioned in his poetry. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon you to participate in the…
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In Gaza, another farmer shot by a sniper for working his land
December 8th, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Khan Younis, Gaza strip, occupied Palestine A week ago Mohamed Abu Taima, 29 years-old and father of a small girl, was working his land 450m from the separation fence when an Israeli sniper shot him. At 4pm, he had arrived to his land in Al Faraheen,…
