Campaigns
April 17: Call-In Day for Palestinian Prisoners – US
1 month ago
On April 17 – International Palestinian Prisoners Day – we call on all activists around the world to contact their leaders and - Demand justice for Arafat Jaradat and Maysara Abuhamdieh and Demand freedom for Samer Issawi and all Palestinian political prisoners. We call on activists in the U.S., to contact President Obama and the [...]
April 17: Berkeley Protest for Palestinian Prisoners Day
1 month ago
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/591257320886678/ Palestinian Prisoners Day Protest: Berkeley, CA At 11:30am SHARP we will first be meeting at LOWER SPROUL for instructions. The demonstration will comprise of a large body of students representing hunger strikers and a group of speakers. WEAR BLACK! For the body of hunger strikers, we will start at Lower Sproul and march up [...]
April 17: Philadelphia Fast for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
1 month ago
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/269643646506213/ Join members of Philly BDS as we fast for 24 hours to demand freedom for all Palestinian political prisoners and mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day on Wednesday, April 17. There are still over 4,800 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails, including children and administrative detainees (jailed without charge or trial). Over the past [...]
April 19: Chicago Action for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
1 month ago
CHICAGO ACTION FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONERS DAY – FRIDAY APRIL 19 5:30PM AT THE BEAN IN MILLENNIUM PARK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/348321378621665/?ref=22 Join the Palestinian community and Palestinian activists from across Chicago for our “Intifada Theater” production in support of International Palestinian Prisoners Day. April 17 is the day when activists around the world demand justice and freedom for [...]
April 19, Vancouver: Reem Kelani – Music of Resistance for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
1 month ago
Music of Resistance: Reem Kelani Friday, April 19, 7:00pm, Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver (unceded Coast Salish territories) Marking Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, commemorate Palestinian cultural resistance with art and music, featuring the song of Palestinian singer and musician Reem Kelani. Presented by the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, organizing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle [...]
April 17: Toronto – Criminalization of Dissent: Event for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
1 month ago
On the occasion of Palestinian Prisoners Day, and as part of the LACSN solidarity month events, please join CAIA at an event we are co-hosting: Criminalization of Dissent: A Panel Discussion Wednesday, April 17 7:00 – 9:00 pm OISE, Room 5-250 252 Bloor Street West, (above St. George station) Speakers include Palestinian activist Issam Alyamani, [...]
Addameer launches Stop Administrative Detention Campaign for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
1 month ago
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association has created a new website of factsheets, materials, reports and invaluable information for all advocates for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, as part of its new campaign to stop administrative detention: www.stopadcampaign.com Join Addameer’s Global End Administrative Detention Campaign! Addameer calls on activists and people of conscience to stand in [...]
Today: Friday, March 15 – US Call-In Day to demand release of Issawi, Sharawna and all prisoners
2 months ago
Friday, March 15 Call-in Day to demand the release of Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna and all Palestinian political prisoners 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CDT Call President Obama – Call Secretary of State Kerry – Call the Office of Mideast Affairs Samer Issawi continues on his hunger strike–which is in its 236th day–until he wins an absolute agreement [...]
Chicago protesters march for freedom for Palestinian prisoners
2 months ago
On March 6, protesters took to the streets of Chicago to express their solidarity with hunger striking prisoner Samer Issawi; Arafat Jaradat, who was killed under torture; and all of the over 4,800 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Photos of the protest (all photos by Shirien): The following article, from Fight Back News, chronicles [...]
Students in Calgary hold solidarity hunger strike for Palestinian prisoners
2 months ago
Student organizers with Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada held a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners on March 8, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week actions at the university. See photo (credit Remi Kanazi):
