Tag: Tom Hurndall

  • The Independent: A brave man who stood alone. If only the world had listened to him

    Robert Fisk I don’t know if I met Tom Hurndall. He was one of a bunch of “human shields” who turned up in Baghdad just before the Anglo-American invasion in 2003, the kind of folk we professional reporters make fun of. Tree huggers, that kind of thing. Now I wish I had met him because…

  • Amnesty International UK: Hurnall case – Israeli military forces still kill civilians with ‘near-total impunity’

    To view original article, published by Amnesty International UK on the 7th October, click here Ahead of a new television drama based on the controversial killing in 2004 in Gaza of British national Tom Hurndall (‘The Shooting Of Thomas Hurndall’, Channel Four Television, Monday 13 October), Amnesty International has renewed its call for justice for…

  • Sailing into Gaza

    By Huwaida Arraf • August 25, 2008 On Saturday, after 32 hours on the high seas, I sailed into the port of Gaza City with 45 other citizens from around the world in defiance of Israel’s blockade. We traveled from Cyprus with humanitarian provisions for Palestinians living under siege. My family in Michigan was worried…

  • The Guardian: Parents of Briton shot by Israeli soldier seek talks with ambassador

    By Rory McCarthy (for original article click here) Five years after their son was fatally shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza, the parents of the British student Tom Hurndall are still pressing the Israeli government for compensation and a formal apology as they try to build a criminal case against senior Israeli army officers.…

  • Dying for Peace: The Tom Hurndall Story

    Dying for Peace: The Tom Hurndall Story by Mohammed Al Shafey 9 April 2007 London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Jocelyn finds it painful to recollect her memories when she speaks about the suffering she endured while wandering down the corridors of Beer Sheva’s Soroka hospital in search of her son after he had been shot. She is…