Tag: Abdallah Abu Rahmah

  • Criminalizing peaceful protest: Act up for Abdallah Abu Rahmah

    25 August 2010 | Popular Struggle UPDATE: Baroness Ashton condemns Bil’in leader’s conviction; Attorney: “International community must take a tough stand on human rights defenders.” Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee, was yesterday convicted of incitement and organizing illegal marches by an Israeli military court. The conviction concluded an eight months…

  • Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement

    24 August 2010 | Popular Struggle Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rhamah from Bil’in was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations today, after an eight months long military trial, during which he was kept behind bars. He was acquitted of a stone-throwing charge and a vindictive arms-possession charge. Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s verdict was read today…

  • Criminalization of popular struggle continues; Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced

    Criminalization of popular struggle continues; Abdallah Abu Rahmah sentenced

    Popular Struggle 21 July 2010 Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s first trial from 2005 had reached conclusion yesterday, with his sentencing to two months of imprisonment and a six months suspended sentence for participating and organizing demonstrations and for walking the streets of his village during a curfew designed to prevent a demonstration. A verdict in Abu…