3 August, Oldham: Stand with Palestinian Prisoners #ShutDownElbit

Tuesday, 3 August
3:30 pm
Elbit Ferranti Oldham
Greenacres Road
Oldham, England
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/stand-with-palestinian-politic/228133445576770/

Stand with Palestinian Political Prisoners – Tuesday 3 August 2021 – 3.30pm Elbit Ferranti Oldham, Greenacres Rd, OL4 3JA

At the weekend, we learnt the good news that charges have been dropped for 6 of the 8 activists who Shut Down Elbit Oldham on 1 February 2021. Two remain charged. We are making the link between our struggle and all those who are disrupting Israel’s occupation.

Please bring banners, flags, messages. Our protests are peaceful and their messages powerful.
Resisting occupation is not a crime. For more information please see below.

Palestinian Women Prisoners: The Struggle for Freedom – Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
https://samidoun.net/palestinian-women-prisoners-the-struggle-for-freedom/

How Israeli military courts jeopardise the future of Palestinian students (trtworld.com)
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-israeli-military-courts-jeopardise-the-future-of-palestinian-students-47190

UN panel finds that three female Palestinian students from Birzeit University are in arbitrary detention, following legal submission from LPHR and Addameer – Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights
https://lphr.org.uk/latest-news/un-panel-finds-that-three-female-palestinian-students-from-birzeit-university-are-in-arbitrary-detention-following-legal-submission-from-lphr-and-addameer/

Yafa Jarrar on Twitter: “My mom Khalida Jarrar’s letter from her cell in Damon prison, Haifa. Read at my sister Suha’s funeral this morning. #FreeKhalidaJarrar
https://mobile.twitter.com/YafaJarrar/status/1414986494100520961

General Briefing: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons | Addameer
https://www.addameer.org/advocacy/briefings_papers/general-briefing-palestinian-political-prisoners-israeli-prisons-0

Israel detains 230 Palestinian children in 2021: Report | Daily Sabah
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/israel-detains-230-palestinian-children-in-2021-report

‘Terrorising a generation’: Israel arresting Palestinian children | Al-Aqsa Mosque News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/28/hldterrorising-a-generation-israelarrestingpalestinianchildren

Free Dr. Issam Hijjawi Bassalat, Palestinian prisoner in British jails #FreeIssam (samidoun.net)
https://samidoun.net/2021/01/free-dr-issam-hijjawi-bassalat-palestinian-prisoner-in-british-jails-freeissam/

Supported by:
Oldham Peace and Justice
Oldham United4Palestine
Manchester Palestine Action
Manchester PSC
Manchester Jewish Action for Palestine