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My appearance on al-Hiwar channel, explaining the Raed Salah case

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 16:41

Before this week’s decision by a British immigration court to refuse Sheikh Raed Salah’s appeal against deportation, I appeared on the Arabic satellite channel al-Hiwar. In conversation with Hanan Chehata (from MEMO), I give a general introduction and background to the case, for the channel’s English-language programme Jusoor (“Bridges”).

Now Israel indefinitely detains Palestinian activist whose siblings it killed

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 12:41

UPDATED: A leading Palestinian activist from Bil’in has become the village’s latest political prisoner. Ashraf Abu Rahmeh was kidnapped by Israeli occupation soldiers last week, and has now been indefinitely detained on the orders of an Israeli captain at Ofer prison.

Raed Salah loses initial appeal against deportation from UK

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 21:42
Palestinian popular leader and activist Sheikh Raed Salah’s appeal against deportation from the UK was rejected by the First Tier tribunal, an immigration court, it emerged today. The full ruling has yet to be released to the public, but was sent to the parties (Salah and the UK Border Agency) today. My full report for Electronic Intifada will follow soon, meanwhile the following press release has been issued.

Documents prove the UK used fabricated anti-Semitism to ban Raed Salah

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 19:01
To provide a solid evidential backing to my reporting on the Raed Salah case, I am now able to share with you the following documents mentioned in court. They prove that the British government used fabricated anti-Semitism that Israelis had attributed to Palestinian political activist Raed Salah.

Salah ban: Theresa May's serious problem with the truth

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 23:40
The UK’s Home Secretary Theresa May seems to have a serious problem with the truth, as demonstrated by both this week’s “cat fight” at the Conservative Party conference, and her relativist attitude to the truth about Sheikh Raed Salah’s real words.

CST denies it acted "on behalf of Israel" in Salah plot

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 21:19
My recent expose on how the British government colluded with the Community Security Trust (CST) to ban Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah from the country seems to have annoyed the CST. They replied today with a long and rather defensive, anonymous post on their blog. It is full of telling comments. To me it reeks of a guilty conscience. It begins with an admission…

Daily Express's porn baron owner donated thousands to anti-Palestinian group CST

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 13:09
Owner of a tabloid that has attacked Palestinian leader Raed Salah, the British pornographer Richard Desmond used his charitable body to donate tens of thousands of pounds to the CST and other pro-Israel groups.

British hacks slander Raed Salah after High Court victory

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 09:30
In his testimony to Sheldon immigration court in Birmingham, I listened to Sheikh Raed Salah making the point that the Israeli press is not credible. He said that he came to this conclusion after long years of bad experiences with it. Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post mis-quoted him, inserting the word “Jewish” into his attacks on Israeli occupation in an attempt to smear him as an anti-Semite.

In blow to government, UK High Court rules Raed Salah was "wrongfully detained"

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 15:57
The UK High Court in London has within the last hour ruled that Palestinian activist Raed Salah was wrongfully detained after his entry to the country, and is thus entitled to compensation.

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