Tag: Tristan Anderson

  • State to reinvestigate wounding of U.S. activist

    Cnaan Liphshiz | Ha’aretz 12 March 2010 The state this week agreed to reinvestigate the 2009 near-fatal wounding of American pro-Palestinian protester Tristan Anderson in the West Bank, after his lawyer complained that the discontinued probe of the case was “negligent.” “We will reexamine the decision to close the case of Tristan Anderson,” Justice Ministry…

  • Family Appeals Decision to Close Investigation on Shooting of US Citizen Tristan Anderson

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 12 March 2010 This week the parents of Tristan Anderson filed an appeal on the decision to close the investigation concerning their son’s injury.– The 38 year-old American was critically injured by a high velocity tear gas projectile shot by Israeli Border Police in the West Bank village of Nili’in on…

  • CNN: West Bank wall still triggers weekly protests in village

    CNN 12 February 2010 Tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and rocks: It must be Friday afternoon in the West Bank village of Bil’in. It’s billed as a nonviolent protest against what Israel calls its security barrier, what the Palestinians call the apartheid separation wall. The barrier separates the villagers from their farmlands. Protesters come…

  • Attorney Sfard: Israeli police investigation of shooting of Tristan Anderson “gravely negligent”

    Alternative Information Center 1 February 2010 Yesterday’s announcement by the Israeli Ministry of Justice not to indict anyone in the March 2009 shooting and critically injuring of American activist Tristan Anderson at a non-violent demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’ilin was based on a “gravely negligent” investigation by the Israeli police, says Israeli…

  • Press briefing: Case closed on shooting of American citizen Tristan Anderson

    Who: Tristan Anderson’s family and attorney, Michael Sfard What: Press briefing about the status of Tristan’s case and the planned next steps When: Monday February 1st, 1:00 pm Where: Alternative Information Center (AIC) – Queen Shlomzion Street 4 – Jerusalem Why: Case closed on Tristan Anderson’s case with suspicion of negligence of investigation process –…