Tag: Adeeb Abu Rahma

  • 400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated

    IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 September 2010 Ramallah, WEST BANK A military court of appeal yesterday (1st Sept. 2010) rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, imprisoned in Israel’s Ofer military detention centre since 10th July 2009. The decision comes 8 days after…

  • Justice for Adeeb Abu Rahma: Peaceful protest is not a crime

    International Solidarity Movement 23 June 2010 The conflict between the Israeli military and security and the popular non-violent Palestinian resistance is reaching a crisis – in large part a tribute to the worldwide credibility and admiration the resistance is steadily winning. Today in Palestine, such resistance is breaking out in larger towns, small villages, Bedouin…

  • Palestinian activist faces prison sentence

    Amnesty International 13 June 2010 Amnesty International has urged an Israeli military court not to convict a Palestinian non-violent activist who has been detained since last July, after he took part in a protest against the Israeli built fence/wall on Palestinian land. Adeeb Abu Rahma has been charged with “being present in a declared military…