Tag: Arrests

  • Israeli soldiers detain former European Parliament Vice President in Bil’in

    23 July 2010 Israeli soldiers detained the former Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini, in Bil’in this afternoon, injured one Israeli activist., and arrested another. Sixty nine-year-old Morgantini, an Italian Member of the Euopean Parliament (MEP) has long been an outspoken supporter of Palestinians. She has participated several times in demonstrations in Bil’in…

  • Swedish peace activist arrested, witnesses say charge of assault is ‘baseless’

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 July 2010 Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednanver’ but has now been corrected. A Swedish peace activist was arrested in Hebron last night and stood trial today in Jerusalem. Nursing student Marcus Regnander was accused of assaulting a soldier at a peaceful demonstration in Hebron 10…

  • Seventeen year old from Bil’in arrested in night raid

    Last night the Israeli army carried out a night raid in the West Bank village of Bil’in and arrested a seventeen year old boy. At least 12 Israeli army jeeps entered the village at approximately 1.30 in the morning. Soldiers from two of the jeeps then closed off the house of Ahmed Abdul Fatah Burnat,…