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Rights activist still held in Jerusalem jail equipped by G4S

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 10:55
Ayman Nasser denied vital medical treatment as he remains in detention without charge.

Richard Falk urges London waste authority to not award contracts to Israeli settlement profiteer Veolia

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 12:52
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk urges the North London Waste Authority not to award multi-billion waste contracts to Veolia “due to its deep and ongoing complicity with Israeli violations of international law.”

Activists roll out intensive campaign to keep settlement profiteer Veolia at bay in north London

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 13:04
Human rights activists in north London campaign to exclude Veolia from a huge $7.5 billion waste contract.

G4S blockaded in Oslo over support for Israeli apartheid

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 11:14
Amnesty International and Norwegian trade unions join forces to demand that G4S stops aiding human rights abuses.

Israel uses UK-made JCB digger to demolish Palestinian home in south Hebron hills

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 09:55
Israel continues to use JCB equipment to destroy Palestinian property built on Israeli-occupied Palestinian land, this time in Lasefer in the south Hebron hills.

Sparrows successfully break through Gilboa prison "bird checkpoints," writes Ameer Makhoul

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 12:33
The Israeli Prison Authority fails to block sparrows from entering Gilboa Prison square, reports Ameer Makhoul.

Palestinian children testify about cruel treatment by Israeli soldiers in new short film

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 13:07
Today, Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI) released a short film about Israel’s ill-treatment of Palestinian children during their arrest, transfer and detention

Danish clients dump G4S because of security company's ties to Israeli occupation

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 17:20
After pressure from BDS activists, several Danish clients have terminated contracts with British-Danish security company G4S for the company’s role in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Professional BDS in South Africa overpowers pro-Israel lobby, says former AIPAC man

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 17:43
Former AIPAC lobbyist says that the South African boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is overpowering the pro-Israel lobby.

New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 10:30
Providing a solid legal framework for BDS activism, a Palestinian rights organization has published a legal report about the responsibility of states in relation to Israel’s settlement enterprise

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