Tag: Ni’lin

  • Palestinian teenager brain dead after being shot by Israeli army in Ni’lin

    A Palestinian teenager, Yousef Ahmad Younis Amira, was shot in the head with rubber coated steel bullets by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Nil’in. Photos courtesy of Activestills According to ISM volunteers staying in the village, approximately 200 boys and young men from the village protested against the military presence in the afternoon.…

  • Mourners to protest murder of 10 year old boy

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A mass demonstration is planned on Wednesday for the funeral of Ahmed Husan Yousef Mousa, who was shot dead by Israeli forces at approximately 6:00pm today. The funeral procession and protest will start at Ramallah Hospital at 10am and make it’s way to Ni’lin, the village where Ahmed lived. People will meet…

  • Praying against apartheid in Ni’lin

    Friday the 25th of July the people of Ni’lin gathered once more to protest against the construction of the apartheid wall. About 150 villagers and about 20 internationals and Israelis could be found at the olive field overlooking the scar in the land, which is formed by the bulldozers, as a beginning of the wall.…

  • Huge demonstration in Ni’lin following women’s demonstration

    The Israeli army responded aggressively to the largest non violent demonstration so far against the construction of the annexation fence in Nilin on Thursday. After the women organised action the previous day, many local women joined hundreds of other local people and Israeli and international supporters. When demonstrators reached the construction site the soldiers responded…

  • UPDATE: Canadian activist arrested in Ni’lin to be deported

    Canadian activist Victor MacDiarmid, who was arrested at a non-violent demonstration against the construction of the apartheid wall in Ni’lin on the 23rd July, will be deported in the immediate future He is currently being held in Maasihau Detention Center, but after his deportation hearing today (27th July) he will be deported on the next…