WATCH: Alice Walker narrates new documentary on Jahalin Bedouin, with Roger Waters on soundtrack
2 May 2012
Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin, a new short documentary, can now be watched in its entirety on YouTube.
Rights and Accountability
Urgent action needed to save lives of Palestinian hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, doctors warn
1 May 2012
Two Palestinian hunger strikers are at grave risk of death unless urgent action is taken, two human rights organization have warned. Even with their grave physical conditions, Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are being denied family and lawyer visits and being subjected to mistreatement and denial of necessary medical care.
Act now: more Palestinian hunger strikers in hospital with serious health problems
30 April 2012
An increasing number of Palestinian hunger strikers is facing serious health risks. Action is needed.
Take action, join the demonstrations for Palestinian hunger strikers
27 April 2012
International solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners who are on an open-ended hunger strike is growing. The hunger strikers will receive support from solidarity activists in England and Scotland. Demonstrations are scheduled for Friday 27 April and Saturday 28 April.
Mass hunger strike grows despite Israel's best efforts to repress it
25 April 2012
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for support of the hunger striking prisoners.
First forced eviction of Palestinian family in Jerusalem's Beit Hanina to make way for Jewish settlers
23 April 2012
The Palestinian Natsheh family was evicted from their home in Beit Hanina. It is the first eviction in the Palestinian neighborhood in the north of occupied East Jerusalem. The land will be used to build 50 apartments for settlers.
Israel military judge orders release of Palestinian after viewing video of assault by occupation soldier
22 April 2012
In an unusual move, an Israeli military judge ordered the release of Palestinian videographer, Bilal Tamimi, after a video presented in court proved he was attacked by an Israeli occupation soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
Israeli undercover unit's murder of Palestinian civilian was part of "training exercise"
19 April 2012
The Rammoun killing was a part of a training exercise for the Israeli military’s elite Duvdevan division, known for disguising as Palestinian and conducting undercover operations in the West Bank.
"You will be punished if you don't become an informant": ACLU's Nancy Murray on Tarek Mehanna case
18 April 2012
Nancy Murray, education director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, explains why she believes a “Muslim exception” is being carved out of the First Amendment, how a juror came to Tarek Mehanna’s sentencing hearing last week to ask the judge for mercy, and why Mehanna’s case has wide-reaching implications.
Amnesty joins global actions on Palestinian Prisoners' Day with Twitter campaign
17 April 2012
Palestinian prisoners launch a mass hunger strike on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day - the day of the expected release of former hunger striker Khader Adnan. Amnesty International joins the events with a global Twitter campaign.