Tag: Deportation

  • Trapped in the land of Oz

    Ofra Edelman | Haaretz 3 January 2010 A complaint to the court ombudsman against Jerusalem District Court Judge Yitzhak Milanov reveals cooperation of questionable legality between the police and Oz, the Interior Ministry unit that deals with illegal foreigners, in the treatment of foreigners who took part in recent demonstrations in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarra…

  • Freedom for Ryan Olander, justice for Sheikh Jarrah: US citizen held in Israeli prisons for over two weeks

    2 January 2010 For immediate release: Israeli authorities continue to detain Ryan Olander, US citizen and solidarity activist, who was illegally arrested on 18 December 2009 for his support of Palestinian families evicted from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. Minnesota resident Ryan Olander is facing deportation after being held in Israeli prisons for over two…

  • Stop the deportation of Ryan Olander; American citizen arrested in Sheikh Jarrah

    24 December 2009 Ryan Olander is due to be deported by the Israeli state, after being illegally arrested and detained in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in Occupied East Jerusalem. Please contact the Embassy of the United States in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Minister of Interior, or consider donating towards Ryan’s legal costs. Ryan…

  • American citizen to be deported following his arrest in Sheikh Jarrah

    21 December 2009 Imprisoned American citizen and Minnesota resident Ryan Olander to be deported to the US after being arrested in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, whilst visiting Palestinian family whose house has been taken over by Israeli settlers. Ryan was visiting the al-Kurds in the tent the Palestinian family built in their own backyard,…

  • Fmr. Congressmember Cynthia McKinney back in U.S. after being detained and deported from Israel

    Democracy Now 8 July 2009 Guests: Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate. Adam Shapiro, documentary filmmaker, human rights activist and Palestinian rights activist. Adam was a co-founder of the ISM in Palestine. He was filming the voyage of the Arion for the Free Gaza Movement last week. AMY GOODMAN:…