Tag: Prison
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Ali Jiddah – an alternative tour guide
6th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Ali greets us international activists with a certain kind of warmth that those who are foreign to the middle east (or Palestine in this case) may have never experienced or have been accustomed to in our home countries. We have all learned very quickly to appreciate the…
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New stun grenades used at Ofer military prison demonstration
26th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ofer, occupied West Bank On 25th March 2016, Israeli forces at Ofer military prison injured 8 Palestinians with various kinds of weapons, and later on attacked the nearby village of Beitunia, injuring even more. A demonstration against the Israeli military occupation and for the freedom…
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Free Mahmoud Abujoad!
29th November 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Huwwara, occupied Palestine UPDATED: 05.01.2016 Congratulations! With 420 US dollars collected we have now reached a third of the amount needed to cover the costs of the lawyer, who is representing Mahmoud in the Israeli court. However, we still have to collect 867 US dollars.…
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Stories from Al Arroub refugee camp
28th March 2015 | International Women’s Peace Service | Al Arroub refugee camp, Occupied Palestine Situated along the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, across the street from a University, sits the heavily fenced and concrete blockaded main entrance to Al Arroub Palestinian refugee camp. Taysir, a 39 year old former prisoner of the Israeli government and resident of the camp,…
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Released after over 10 years in an Israeli prison
22nd January 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Awarta, Occupied Palestine Two weeks after his release from prison, ISM activists had the opportunity to sit with Aiman Awwad and his friend, Samer Zaqah, in their hometown of Awarta. Aiman was arrested in June 2004, at the age of 20, and released in January…
