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Posts Tagged ‘Amnesty’

The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat, a man, and a representative of all illegally held Political Prisoners

By Guest Post • Jul 9th, 2009 • Category: Biography, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

Today, July 8, 2009, the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat sent the below letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, demanding that he and the United Nations uphold their responsibilities to protect the rights of Palestinian prisoners and secure their freedom. Well over 400 international organizations and individuals (see below for [...]



AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION

By Haitham Sabbah • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Action Alert, Israel, Palestine

Medical concern
ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES/EGYPT
Nufuz Husni (f), aged 44
Muhammad al-Hurani (m), aged 25
Rami Al-Arouqi (m), aged 29
Karima Abu Dalal (f), aged 34
Rami al-Masri (m), aged 25
Sameer Taleb (m), aged 47
And at least nine others (five men and four women) with cancer
The Israeli authorities are preventing critically ill Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from leaving in order [...]