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Israel issues third consecutive detention order against prisoner of conscience Ahmad Qatamesh

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 06:51
The Palestinian prisoners advocacy group Addameer announced on Twitter yesterday that Israel had renewed an administrative detention order against Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh for an additional six months. This is the third consecutive administrative detention order issued against Qatamesh.

Palestinian woman on 11th day of hunger strike, as parents join her to protest no-charge detention by Israel

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 13:40

As Palestinian “administrative detainee” Hana Al-Shalabi, 29, entered her eleventh day on hunger strike, her parents announced they had begun their own hunger strike in solidarity, against their daughter’s imprisonment without charge or trial by Israel.

Watch: Speech by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi at the Israeli Apartheid Week, London

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 14:23
A ten-minute speech by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi powerfully relates the South African struggle for freedom to the Palestinian one.

VIDEO: MSU students stage mass walkout of StandWithUs sponsored Israel army event

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 07:34

Students at Michigan State University (MSU) protested a presentation by two Israeli soldiers visiting their campus by staging a mass walk out on 21 February, a video posted on YouTube shows.

Video shows physical attack on US students "mic checking" StandWithUs propagandist

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 06:16
A video posted on YouTube Thursday shows a physical attack on students who used the “people’s mic” tactic popularized by the Occupy movement to protest a speech by pro-Israel propagandist Nonie Darwish at the University of New Mexico.

BDS roundup: US Presbyterian church one step closer to major divestment policy

Submitted by nora on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 03:55
This week on global news from the BDS movement: an Israeli dance company faces boycott actions in North America; the Presbyterian Church USA moves one step closer to divesting from three US companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation of Palestine; and more.

Khader Adnan recovering but not out of danger as Palestinian woman takes up hunger strike against her detention

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 21:57

Khader Adnan, the Palestinian who ended a 66 day hunger strike against his detention by Israel without charge or trial is recovering well, but remains in a precarious medical condition. Meanwhile, news has emerged that a Palestinian woman is on hunger strike against her detention without charge or trial by Israel.

Growing support for international action on Palestinian Political Prisoners Day

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 17:04
An increasing number of organizations endorse the call to make 17 April a Day of International Action. Richard Falk and South African former political prisoners who resisted apartheid have added their weight to the call.

Despite arbitrary travel ban, Israel to permit Palestinian human rights defender to meet UN expert in Geneva

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 14:50

Shawan Jabarin, director of human rights group Al-Haq, is to be allowed to travel to Geneva for a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, for the first time since Israel imposed a travel ban on him six years ago.

Visualizing Palestine debuts with stunning graphic illustrating context of Khader Adnan's hunger strike

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:21
Visualizing Palesine is new project whose website is yet to fully launch but already they have used their Twitter account to release this amazing graphic. It combines a history of hunger strikes around the world with a factual illustration of what Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan must have been going through since he started the 66-day hunger strike that concluded yesterday after a deal to release him in April was reached.

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