Tag: Tom Hurndall
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Israel to boycott inquest into death of British peace activist shot in Gaza
From The Guardian Monday April 10, 2006 Israel will boycott an inquest opening today in London which will investigate the death of a British peace activist shot dead in broad daylight by an Israeli soldier. Tom Hurndall, 22, died after being shot in Rafah, Gaza, while trying to lead Palestinian children to safety after the…
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British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’
From Guardian Unlimited Monday April 10, 2006 A jury has ruled that a British activist shot while acting as a human shield in the Gaza Strip was “intentionally killed”. Tom Hurndall, from north London, was wearing an orange jacket to mark him out as a peace activist. The 22-year-old had apparently been trying to move…
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The battle for justice is not over
Originally published in the Hampstead & Highgate Express Sitting in her living room nearly two and a half years after the shooting of her son Tom, Jocelyn Hurndall remains defiant. The sentencing of a soldier in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of Mr Hurndall may have seemed…
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Rachel Corrie: Answers needed
The family of English peace activist Tom Hurndall is experiencing the cold comfort of justice at last. Hurndall, 22, was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in Rafah about two years ago while moving Palestinian children out of the line of fire. He remained in a coma for nine months before he died.…
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ISM activist’s killer sentenced; will similar legal action now be available for Palestinian victims? Not likely in the near future.
Justice is difficult to come by in the middle of an illegal military occupation. For some, with the legal and financial resources and freedom to pursue it, there is a slim chance that they might see some limited response. For many others, though, the chance to have the wrongs committed against them addressed will never…