Hundreds of protesters in Glasgow, Scotland, converged on the BBC’s headquarters demanding an end to the media blackout of the ongoing hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners.
Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 00:03
After Khader Adnan and Hana al-Shalabi have struck a blow for freedom with their willpower, more heroes have arisen behind bars. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla have been on hunger strike since 29 February — 55 days so far.
The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada.
A week after her banishment to Gaza, Hana al-Shalabi spoke exclusively to The Electronic Intifada about the meaning of her 43-day-long hunger strike in Israeli detention.
Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 00:46
My diaries from last Monday and Tuesday. I reflect my feelings on the death of three kids, an event for Palestinian political prisoners, and my meeting with Hana’ Shalabi.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 17:08
In the course of illegally banishing hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi to the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces used Twitter to commit an additional breach of international law.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:49
The anti-apartheid fighter, and former wife of Nelson Mandela, once shared Hana al-Shalabi’s fate under the South African apartheid regime – banishment to a distant region.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 12:35
Dennis Bernstein spoke to Ali Abunimah on KPFA’s Flashpoints, about Hana al-Shalabi and the struggles of other Palestinian political prisoners against Israel’s systematic abuses.
