Tag: Prisoner
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Spanish Parliament condemns Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s conviction
8 September 2010 | Popular Struggle The Spanish Parliament followed the footsteps of the EU and the Desmond Tutu of the Elders, and joined the rising tide of international criticism over Abu Rahmah’s conviction of incitement by an Israeli military court. The Spanish Parliament’s Intergroup for Palestine issued a statement that expressed their “deep concern…
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Why Israel imprisoned my best friend
2 September 2010 | Mohammed Khatib, The Electronic Intifada When I was a boy I was still allowed to travel in Israel. I went to the beach and swam in the sea, something that most Palestinian children living in the West Bank today can only dream of. Israel has been restricting movement more and more…
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400 days and counting: nonviolent Bil’in activist Adeeb Abu Rahmah to remain incarcerated
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 September 2010 Ramallah, WEST BANK A military court of appeal yesterday (1st Sept. 2010) rejected a petition calling for the release of Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist from the West bank village of Bil’in, imprisoned in Israel’s Ofer military detention centre since 10th July 2009. The decision comes 8 days after…