Tag: Prisoner
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Beit Ummar steadfast in supporting prisoners despite LRAD and teargas
7 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the tenth day of the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, a crowd of around a hundred people took to the streets for a planned demonstration in the village of Beit Ummar, Hebron. This was one of a number of recent demonstrations across…
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Students march to Ofer Prison in solidarity with hunger strike
by Alistair George 5 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Over 100 students from Bir Zeit University marched to the gates of Ofer Prison, near Ramallah today, to demonstrate solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. Prisoners in several Israeli jails began hunger strikes on 27 September 2011 to to protest…
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Nablus joins West Bank and Gaza in support of prisoner strike
by Alistair George 3 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Hundreds marched in Nablus today to protest against the harsh conditions endured by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and to show solidarity with over 150 prisoners currently on hunger strike. Prisoners from the leftist PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) movement…
