Friday, 13 April
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Under Hungerford Bridge, Southbank
(Between London Eye and Southbank Centre)
London, UK
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To mark Palestinian Prisoners Day, Inminds human right group will, on Friday 13th April 2018, hold a vigil on the Southbank of the River Thames in London to highlight the plight of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons, and to demand their freedom.
Figures published in March 2018 show the Israeli occupation abducted 1319 Palestinians in the previous two months, including 274 children, 23 women and 4 journalists. As of 28th February 2018, here are around 6,500 Palestinians caged in Israel prisons including 350 children and 63 women including 6 minor girls. Over 500 Palestinians are held without charge or trial indefinitely under administrative detention orders.
Inminds chair Abbas Ali said “The Israeli occupation is enforced by terrorising the indigenous Palestinian population; abducting its children; and imprisoning anyone who resists. In many cases the formality of a charge let alone a trial or even a set length of sentence are ignored – people are just locked up indefinitely on the whim of the colonizer. During interrogation physical torture, even of young children, is standard practice as is sexual abuse of children. Women have been electrocuted into submission, and many prisoners like Arafat Jaradat have died under torture (72 prisoners in total tortured to death since 1967). If they survive the interrogation then they face the military court and its ‘conveyor belt’ trial system with its ‘rubber stamp’ 99.74% conviction rate. In no other country in the world is such injustice law.”
Inminds chair Abbas Ali added “Some 20% of the Palestinian population of men, women, children and the elderly have been imprisoned by the Israeli military since 1967, every single Palestinian family has been effected. The prisoners form the cornerstone of Palestinian society, their suffering is felt in every home. We are here to show our solidarity with them and their families, and to demand their freedom from occupation dungeons. We are also here to demand that companies complicit in their suffering, like HP that provides the IT infrastructure for Israel’s torture dens and dungeons, end their complicity in these war crimes.”
Please join us on Friday 13thh April 2018 on the Southbank of the river Thames under Hungerford Bridge near the Southbank Centre.
Theatrical demonstration and die-in against Airbus and the militarization of EU borders during Airbus’ shareholders meeting.
International call to action in support of The Great Return March!
After pro-Zionist German organizations excluded Palestinian and Palestine solidarity groups and individuals from the Berlin 18 March alliance for political prisoners, we decided to organize the Day of All Political Prisoners on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.
Join us to show solidarity with the 30,000 Palestinians participating in the #GreatReturnMarch, seeking an end to the siege on Gaza that has left 2 million Palestinians imprisoned for over a decade and a return to the homes from which they were ethnically cleansed in 1948.
Come and learn about the 70th memorial of Al Nakba! We will be having speakers who will join us from Labour for Palestine, Block the Boat, Jews for Palestinians Right to Return and Haneen Ali as they share experiences and stories about the Palestinians. This event is all about commemorating the Palestinians right to return; so join us on this night with free food and information as we take the time to fully remember this day… and every day since 1948.
We gather as a protest against last Friday’s shooting of defenseless protesters in Gaza, with 1400 wounded and 18 killed – as once again, Israel’s attacks on civilians have no international consequences.
Islam Maraqa and Joe Catron speak on the work of the International Solidarity Movement and screen a short version of “Radiance of Resistance,” featuring Ahed Tamimi and Janna Ayyad.