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26 May, NYC: Protest to support Palestinian prisoners’ #DignityStrike and stop HP!

Friday, 26 May
5:30 PM
Best Buy Union Square
52 E. 14th St, NYC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1274271279360635/

As Palestinian political prisoners end the 40th day of the Strike of Freedom and Dignity, their largest mass hunger strike in five years, rally to support their demands for an end to Israel’s policies of “administrative detention,” or indefinite internment of Palestinians without charge or trial, and solitary confinement, as well as improved access to health care, family visits, and education.

Join a global day of action to support the hunger strike and demand a comprehensive military embargo of Israel over its political imprisonment and other crimes against Palestinians.

Call on Hewlett Packard to end its contracts with Israeli prisons and detention centers, occupation and security forces, and checkpoints and settlements and build a growing boycott of the company.

Support the Palestinian people, the Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian Resistance, and the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

Global Schedule of Events to Support Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has been maintaining a lengthy and growing list of international actions and events for Palestinian prisoners since Palestinian Prisoners’ Week and the launch of the hunger strike for Freedom and Dignity.  As the strike enters its third week, we urge all supporters of Palestine to continue to organize events and demonstrations to build solidarity with this critical action. Send your events and actions to us at samidoun@samidoun.net, on Facebook, or use the form to tell us about your actions. We will be regularly updating this international list of events and actions to support the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.

Building this strong list of actions around the world will help to underline the global support for Palestinian political prisoners in their struggle for freedom, and the struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation. You can download flyers and posters for your events to support the prisoners among our resources. 

Friday, 26 May

County Kildare, Ireland – 6:30 pm, The Square, Maynooth, County Kildare: Vigil for Palestinian Hunger Strikers. Organized by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Gothenburg, Sweden: 10 am and all day, Kungsportsplatsen, Gothenburg: Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1334372396632178/ Organized by Palestine activists in Gothenburg.

Toronto, Canada – 11 am to 7 pm, A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto: Cross-Stitching Solidarity and Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/429660727392295/ Organized by Cross-Stitching Solidarity.

Toronto, Canada – 5 pm, Israeli Embassy, Toronto: Vigil in solidarity with prisoners. Organized by Women in Solidarity with Palestine

Montreal, Quebec – 12 pm, Israeli Consulate, Montreal: Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by Palestinian and Jewish Unity

New York, NY, USA – 5:30 pm, Best Buy Union Square, 52 E. 14th St, NYC: Protest to support Palestinian prisoners’ #DignityStrike and Stop HP.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1274271279360635/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

Lima, Peru – 3 pm, Embassy of Israel, Centro Empresarial Platinum Plaza II, Piso 13, Calle Cnel. Andres Rey, Lina: For the Human Rights of Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/195759414278952/ Organized by Peruanos que Apoyamos a Palestina

Modena, Italy – 5:30 pm, Piazza della Torre, Modena: Solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1360824060678992/ Organized by Alkemia Laboratori Multimediali

Berlin, Germany – 6:00 pm, Potsdamer Platz, http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/05/25/berlin-fr-26-05-2017-kundgebung-gegen-gaza-blockade-und-zur-solidaritaet-mit-den-hungerstreikenden-gefangenen/ Organized by Palestinian and Arab organizations in Berlin

Pretoria, South Africa – 10 am, Nelson Mandela Statue, Union Buildings, Pretoria. For more information: https://twitter.com/NC4Psouthafrica/status/868003374175834112 Organized by the #DignityStrikeSA Campaign

Saturday, 27 May

Dublin, Ireland – 2 pm to 4 pm, Dublin: Palestinian Strike for Freedom and Dignity – March and Rally. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/431783040521175/ Organized by Socialist Republicans for Palestine

Stuttgart, Germany – 4 pm to 6 pm, Rotebuhl Str/Ecke Koning St Welhelms Bau, Stuttgart: Call for Solidarity Demonstration with the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/124072748166828

Gallup, NM, USA – 2 pm, Maloney and Highway 491, Gallup: Protest in Support of Palestine and Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1021398374663835/ Organized by Gallup Rising Together

Toronto, Canada – 11 am to 7 pm, A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto: Cross-Stitching Solidarity and Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/429660727392295/ Organized by Cross-Stitching Solidarity.

Calgary, Canada – Informational picket for Palestinian prisoners. For more information and specifics: bdsactioncalgary@gmail.com

Belfast, Ireland – 2 pm, BBC Newsline, Broadcasting House Ormeau Avenue, Belfast: Emergency Vigil for the Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1714179281931017/

Pisa, Italy – 6 pm, Piazza XX Settembre, Pisa: With the Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/167272647139287/ Organized by Rete Dei Comunisti Pisa

Venice, Italy – 5 pm, Piazza Erminio Ferretto, Venice: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/432414210467390/. Organized by the Palestinian Community in Venice.

Florence, Italy – 10:30 am, Outside the RAI offices, Lungarno Aldo Moro, largo De Gasperi, Florence: Support Palestinian Prisoners and Demand Accurage Reporting. For more information: https://twitter.com/valibona44/status/868019880452395008 Organized by Firenze per la Palestina

Rotterdam, Netherlands – 2 pm to 5 pm, Pauluskerk, Mauritswe 20, 3012 JR Rotterdam: Workshop on Palestinian Community Organizing.
Organized by Palestine Link and Aidoun

Sunday, 28 May

Calgary, Canada – 1 pm to 4:30 pm, Community Wise Resource Center, 223-12 Avenue S.W., Calgary: Justice for Palestinians Mini Film Festival. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/JFPCalgary Organized by Justice for Palestinians.

Tuesday, 30 May

London, UK – 5 pm, Broadcasting House, London: Solidarity Fast and Vigil with the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://web.facebook.com/events/1512536478816531/ Organized by Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK

Wednesday, 31 May

Ireland – All Day, 24 Hour Solidarity Fast for 1500 Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/309226262823491/ Organized by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Friday, 2 June

San Francisco, CA, USA – 12 pm to 1:30 pm, University Center, 4th Floor Lounge, University of San Francisco: Hunger Strike for Dignity Arab Barghouthi Discusses Hunger Strike. For more information: scljstc@gmail.com

Please add your own local actions to this list! Email us at samidoun@samidoun.net, on Facebook, or use the form to tell us about your actions. Building this strong list of actions around the world will help to underline the global support for Palestinian political prisoners in their struggle for freedom, and the struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation.

PAST EVENTS:

Friday, 14 April

New York City, US – 5:30 pm, Best Buy Union Square, 52 E. 14th St, NYC: Protest to free Palestinian prisoners and boycott HP.  For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/191869654662310/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.

Vienna, Austria – 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, OKAZ – Österreichisch Arabisches Kulturzentrum, Gusshausstraße 14/3, 1040 Vienna: Commemoration of the 40th day of the assassination of Basil al-Araj. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/187418165107576/ Organized by the Friends of Basil al-Araj, with OKAZ, Handala Palestinian Cultural Forum, Palestine Arab Club.

Saturday, 15 April

Manchester, UK – 12 pm to 3 pm, Picadilly Gardens, Manchester: BDS protest: Manchester Day of Action for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information:  https://www.facebook.com/events/424909251209003/  Organized by the Manchester Boycott Israel Group.

Berlin, Germany – 3 pm, Rathaus Neukölln, Karl-Marx-Strasse 83, Berlin. Protest for Palestinian Political Prisoners, on the 40th day of the assassination of Basil al-Araj. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/03/30/berlin-sa-15-04-2017-kundgebung-zu-politischen-gefangenen/  https://www.facebook.com/events/1854956604763820/ Organized by the Democratic Palestine Committees – Berlin.

London, UK – 3 pm to 5pm, Under Hungerford / Golden Jubilee Bridges on the Southbank, London: Palestinian Prisoners Day London. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1986958591533520/ Organized by Inminds.

Paris, France – 3 pm to 6 pm, Metro Jourdain, Paris: Journée de solidarité avec les prisonniers Palestiniens. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/678719208979900/ Organized by a number of associations, including GUPS, AFPS, Comite Palestine 19, UJFP

Lyon, France – 3 pm, Place Le Viste (Angle Rue de la République, place Bellecour), Lyon: Rally to free Palestinian prisoners. Organized by Collectif 69 de Soutien à la Palestine

Rennes, France – 12 pm to 2 pm, Place de Zagreb, Rennes: Balloon launch for the Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1823001917963476/ Organized by Jeunes Communistes 35

Gennevilliers, France – 1:30 pm to 5:45 pm, Espace Gresillons, 40 rue Francois Kovac, Gennevilliers: Day of Palestine with film on Salah Hamouri and more. For more information: http://europalestine.com/spip.php?article12870

Wicklow, Ireland – 2 pm, Bray co. Wicklow: Palestine prisoner Solidarity bloc at 1916 March and Commemoration. More details to come. Organized by Irish socialist republicans.

Glasgow, Scotland – Outside Barclays Bank, Glasgow: Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by Glasgow Fight Racism Fight Imperialism.

Sunday, 16 April

Paris, France – 2 pm to 5 pm, Place de la Republique, Paris: Journée Internationale Des Prisonniers Politique Palestiniens. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/724460024403259/ Organized by Palestine House.

Malmo, Sweden – 3 pm to 4:30 pm, Möllevångstorget, 214 24 Malmö: Protest PA Security Coordination with Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/775623225947822/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Monday, 17 April

Toulouse, France – 4 pm, Square du Général Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse: Rassemblement pour les Prisonniers Palestiniens! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/601896656681838/ Organized by Coup Pour Coup 31.

Paris, France – 3 pm to 6 pm, Place de la Republique, Paris: Protest for Palestinian political prisoners. Information via CAPJPO-EuroPalestine

Paris, France – 6:30 pm to 8 pm, Librarie Quilombo, 23 rue Voltaire, Paris 11th: Launch of “In Between” exhibition, artistic homage to Palestinian political prisoners. For more information: http://liberonsgeorges.samizdat.net/mobilisation/17-avril-journee-internationale-de-solidarite-prisonniers-palestiniens/ https://www.facebook.com/events/278186659307004/ Organized as part of the International Week of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Paris, France  8 pm, CICP, 21 rue Voltaire, Paris 11th: Commemoration of Palestinian Prisoners Day. For more information: http://liberonsgeorges.samizdat.net/mobilisation/17-avril-journee-internationale-de-solidarite-prisonniers-palestiniens/ https://www.facebook.com/events/278186659307004/ Organized as part of the International Week of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Marseille, France – 11:30 am, Vieux Port, Marseille: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by BDS France Marseille

Nanterre, France – 8:30 pm to 11 pm, Cinéma Les Lumières, 49 rue Maurice Thorez, 92000 Nanterre: Projection du film “3000 nuits”. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1385657454828299/ Organized by AFPS Nanterre.

Madrid, Spain – 7 pm, Salon de Plenos, Junta Municipal Retiro, Metro Pacifico, Madrid: Día Internacional de las presas y presos palestinos. Organized by Sodepaz, Women’s Boat to Gaza, Unadikum, Paz con Dignidad an others.

London, UK – 1 pm, 52 Galena St, London: Protest PA Security Coordination w/ Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/283079908796371/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

London, UK –  4 pm to 6 pm, Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London: Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli prisons on hunger strike. https://www.facebook.com/events/1663333880628536/

Berlin, Germany – 3 pm to 5 pm, Hermannplatz, Berlin: Protest PA Security Coordination w/ Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/810752369078977/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Stockholm, Sweden – 4 pm to 6 pm, Rådmansgatan 48, SE-113 57 Stockholm: Protest PA Security Coordination w/ Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/752153938293311/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Landskrona, Sweden – 2 pm, Rudhus square: Protest tent to support Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1395030190540942&set=a.285984981445474.67775.100001019231619&type=3&theater Organized by Group 194

Malmo, Sweden – 5 pm, Möllevångstorget, Protest tent to support Palestinian prisoners. For more information: http://qudsnet.com/news/View/370420/ Organized by Al-Awda Youth Association in Sweden

Amman, Jordan – 6 pm to 8 pm, Riyad al-Mufleh 27, Amman, Jordan: Protest PA Security Coordination w/ Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1885979978336285/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Tunis, Tunisia – Law Students General Meeting, Tunis: Solidarity with Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Organized by the Tunisian Campaign to Free Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

New York City, US – 5 pm to 7 pm, 115 E 65th St, New York: Protest PA Security Coordination with Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1857531881194874/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Washington, DC, US – 4:30 pm to 6 pm, 1732 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC: Protest PA Security Coordination with Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/246258285781904/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Boston, MA, US – 4 pm, Park Street MBTA Station, Boston: Protest PA Security Coordination with Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/458303734505885/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Los Angeles, CA, US – 3 pm to 5:30 pm, 11766 Wilshire Blvd #1600, Los Angeles: Protest PA Security Coordination with Israeli Occupation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/273747333066325/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Los Angeles, CA, US – 7 pm to 9 pm, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, 337 Charles E Young Drive E, Los Angeles: Talk on Palestinian Prisoners Day with Dr Rabab Abdulhadi and Hank Jones. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1903054056631965/ Organized by SJP at UCLA

San Diego, CA, US – 7 pm to 9 pm, UCSD Raza Resource Center, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla: Discussion on Prisoners Day and Security Coordination. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/668576439996111/ Part of the End Security Coordination series of actions for 17 April.

Tuesday, 18 April

Dakar, Senegal – 10 am to 1 pm, Maison de la Presse, 8th floor, Dakar: Journee de Solidarite Avec Les Prisonniers Palestiniens. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1901954100082708/ Organized by the International Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouthi and all Palestinian Prisoners, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Senegal, the Collectif de Solidarité Sénégal Palestine, Amnesty International and Maison de la Presse

New Brunswick, NJ, US – 7:30 pm,  Busch Student Center, 604 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway, New Jersey: Detaining Dreams: Israel’s Torture of Children. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1758692427774230/ Organized by Rutgers NB Students for Justice in Palestine

Wednesday, 19 April

Nanterre, France – All day, Université Paris Nanterre: Journée de solidarité étudiante pour la Palestine, student letter-writing for Palestinian prisoners. For more information:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1867322946874659/ Organized by the Étudiant.e.s Communistes Nanterre.

Leuven, Belgium – 8 pm to 10:30 pm, Van Den Heuvelinstituut 29.2, Dekenstraat 2, Leuven: Israel tortures, KULeuven ignores. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/301448586940488/ Organized by the Stop Law Train Coalition.

Brussels, Belgium – 2 pm to 4 pm, Rond-point Schuman, Brussels. Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1367332569989947/, organized by the Palestinian Community of Belgium and Luxembourg.

Vienna, Austria – 4 pm to 9 pm, Wien, Pestsäule, Graben. Tag der Solidarität mit den palästinensischen Gefangenen. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/435769400097679/ Organized by BDS Austria

Rome, Italy – 5 pm to 7 pm, Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome: Sit-in in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1896005030674227/ Organized by Assopace Palestina

New Brunswick, NJ, US – 3 pm to 6 pm, Brower Commons, Rutgers University, New Brunswick: Demonstration in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1881542335439345/ Organized by Rutgers NB Students for Justice in Palestine

Cardiff, Wales – Action in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by South Wales Palestine Action

Thursday, 20 April

Udine, Italy – 6:30 pm, Biblioteca dell’Africa, Galleria Astra, Iato via Battisti 7/a, Udine: Giornata di solidarieta’ con i prigionieri politici palestinesi. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/146389529225805/. Organized by Gruppo Ibriq

Naples, Italy – 5 pm, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, Naples: Day of Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/904557526353336/ Organized by Comunità Palestinese Campania

London, UK – 4:30 pm to 6 pm, St. Martins in the Fields Trafalgar Square, London: Palestinian Prisoner Protest. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1865228013736812/ Organized by CADFA (Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association)

Rabat, Morocco – 6 pm, Headquarters of al-Nadj al-Democrati, Rabat: Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Basil al-Araj. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1321753831275072/ Organized by Nadj Democrati Youth and BDS Maroc

Belfast, Ireland – 7 pm, International Peace Wall, Falls Road, Belfast: Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/102359593660921/ Organized by Ireland Supporting Palestinian Youth

Friday, 21 April

New York City, US – 5:30 pm, Best Buy Union Square, 52 E. 14th St, NYC: Protest to free Palestinian prisoners and boycott HP.  For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/707830809407918/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.

Clifton, NJ, USA – 7 pm, Palestinian American Community Center, 388 Lakeview Ave, Clifton, NJ: Screening of “3000 Nights”. For more information: http://www.paccusa.org/event/3000nights/ Organized by the Palestinian American Community Center

Durham, NC, USA – All Day, Solidarity Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/254251538380129/ Organized by the Coalition for Peace with Justice

Rome, Italy – 7:30 pm, Comitato Popolare ia Passino 20, Garbatella – Roma: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners – Film screening, discussion and buffet. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/734054266678507/photos/a.734064736677460.1073741828.734054266678507/1286683188082276/?type=3 Organized by Fronte Palestina

Derry, Ireland – 7 pm, Hunger Strike Memorial, Derry: Protest to support Hunger-Striking Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.derrynow.com/news/sinn-fein-republican-youth-urge-support-derry-rally-support-palestinian-hunger-strikers/157368

Athens, Greece – 6 pm, Syntagma Square: Protest to Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike.

Thessaloniki, Greece – 6 pm, Protest to support Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike

Oslo, Norway – Norwegian Parliament, Protest to support Palestinian prisoners

Saturday, 22 April

Waterford, Ireland – 2 pm to 3 pm, John Roberts Square, Waterford: Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity Protest. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/149770245547978/ Organized by Anti Internment Munster.

Copenhagen, Denmark – 3:30 pm, Rode Plads, Norrebro, Copenhagen: Demostration in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Solidaritetsgruppe med palaestinensernes rettigheder

Toronto, Canada – 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, OISE, Room 4-414, 252 Bloor St. W., Toronto: Criminalizing Resistance – Joint Struggles of Land Defenders, Human Rights Activists, and all who Struggle for Liberation. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/178140356027878/. Organized by Actions4Palestine.

Lille, France – 3 pm to 5 pm, Place de la Republique, Lille: Rally of solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/208070236352193/ Organized by AFPS 59/62

Manchester, UK – 12 pm, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester: Protest – Victory to the Hunger Strikers! Free all Palestinian Prisoners! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/429459287404327/ Organized by the Manchester Boycott Israel Group

London, UK – 3 pm to 5 pm, Embassy of Israel, 2 Palace Green, London: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/153376048526086/

Brighton, UK – 1 pm to 3 pm, The Clocktower, Brighton: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike.

Berlin, Germany – 4 pm, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin: Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/19/berlin-22-04-2017-protestkundgebung-fuer-die-palaestinenischen-gefangenen/ Organized by the Palestinian National Action Commission in Berlin.

Stuttgart, Germany – 4 pm, Stuttgart Königstrasse Ecke Marstallstraße. Am Brunnen, Stuttgart: Vigil to support the Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by Women for Palestine of Stuttgart.

Amsterdam, Netherlands – 1 pm, Het Spui, Amsterdam: Freedom for Palestinian political prisoners! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/109880746238399/ Organized by BDS Amsterdam

Uppsala, Sweden – Central Square, Uppsala: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Association of Palestinian Refugees.

Sunday, 23 April

Milan, Italy – 9:00 pm, Panetteria Occupata, Milan: Discussion on Palestinian Prisoners with Myassar Atyani from Nablus. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/801519560005165/ Organized by Fronte Palestina

Beirut, Lebanon – 12 pm to 3 pm, Ghubairi Municipality Park, Ghubairi: Protest to Support the Palestinian Prisoners’ Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/431247563906278/ Organized by the Lebanese Democratic Youth Union, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Jaffa Association for Return, Youth Movement for Change, Herak al-Shaab, Murabitoun Movement, Popular Democratic Party, Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Lebanese Communist Party, Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon and the National Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah

Monday, 24 April

Athens, Greece – 7 pm, Athens University of Economics and Business: Evening of Solidarity with the Struggle of Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/205442036623165/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.

Portland, Oregon, USA – 5 pm to 6 pm, East end on the Hawthorne Bridge, SE Grand and Hawthorne, Portland: Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/282728912184587/ Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace – Portland, OR

Johannesburg, South Africa – 12 pm, Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze St, Johannesburg: Press Conference – Free Palestinian Political Prisoners (South African Campaign). For more information: http://nc4psouthafrica.com/press-conference-announcement-of-actions-in-solidarity-with-hunger-strike-launched-by-palestinian-political-prisoners/ Organized by the National Coalition for Palestine, BDS South Africa and more.

Madrid, Spain – 7 pm, Embassy of Palestine, Avenido de Pio XII 20, Madrid: Act to Support the Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/286796815111143/

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Tuesday, 25 April

Detroit, MI, US – 1 pm (rally at 1:00 PM, hearing starts at 2:30 PM), U.S. District Court, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., downtown Detroit, Michigan: All Out to Support Rasmea Odeh. For more information: http://justice4rasmea.org/news/2017/04/06/all-out-to-detroit-for-plea-hearing/ Organized by the Rasmea Defense Committee.

St. Paul, MN, US – 8 pm, Old Main 001, Macalester University, St. Paul: Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike: Open MacSUPER Meeting. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/272992896493601/ Organized by Macalester Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights

Milan, Italy – 2 pm, Piazza San Babila, Milano: For the Resistance and No to Friends of Israel. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/489585487915946/ Organized by Fronte Palestina

Buenos Aires, Argentina – 6 pm, Obelisco Buenos Aires, Argentina: Open Hunger Strike of Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/793669734123327/ Organized by the Comite de Apoyo a Palestina

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Wednesday, 26 April

Berlin, Germany – 6 pm, Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, Berlin: Solidarity Demonstration with Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/25/berlin-mi-26-04-2017-solidaritaetskundgebung-fuer-die-palaestinensischen-gefangenen/

Buenos Aires, Argentina – 6 pm, Obelisco Buenos Aires, Argentina: Open Hunger Strike of Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/793669734123327/ Organized by the Comite de Apoyo a Palestina

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Thursday, 27 April

Vancouver, Canada – 7 pm, Room 2245, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings, Vancouver: BDS Strategy: Summing up G4S, Air Canada and Israeli Wine campaigns and moving forward! For more information: http://www.cpavancouver.org/index.php/2014/12/02/bds-vancouver-coast-salish-territories/ Organized by BDS Vancouver – Coast Salish Territories

County Donegal, Ireland – 6:30 pm, Station Road Roundabout, Letterkenny, Donegal: Support the Palestinian Hunger Strikers Vigil. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/194265191084239/ Organized by Donegal Awareness for Palestine

County Armagh, Ireland – 7:30 pm, Garvaghy Road, Portadown: Vigil in Solidarity with the Palestinian Hunger Strikers. Organized by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Tampa, Florida, USA – All Day, 24 Hour Hunger Strike for #PalHunger. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1848333452094174/ Organized by Block the Boat Tampa, Florida Peace Action Network, Food Not Bombs

Manchester, UK – Launch of Student Hunger Strike, Manchester, UK: Hunger Strike for Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/791608477673651/ Organized by Recognize Refugee Rights and BDS Campaign – University of Manchester

London, UK – 4:30 pm to 7 pm, Kentish Town, London: Palestinian Prisoner Protest. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/251061031967261/ Organized by Cadfa (Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association)

Siena, Italy – 4 pm to 7 pm, Piazza Antonio Gramsci, Siena: Siena for Gaza with the Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/150968285436406/ Organized by L’Altra Europa and Si Toscana a Sinistra.

Vaxjo, Sweden – Event of Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Friday, 28 April

Belfast, Ireland – 5 pm to 10 am Saturday 29 April, Old Andersonstown Barracks Site, Falls Road, Belfast: Freedom and Dignity Vigil. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/207587066411186/ Organized by Socialist Republicans for Palestine

Girona, Spanish state – 6 pm, Pont de Pedra, Girona: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike! Organized by BDS Catalonia, BDS Girona

Brussels, Belgium – 5 pm, Carrefour de l’Europe (near Gare central), Brussels: Rally to support Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1906291959641425/ Organized by Association Belgo-Palestinienne, Palestina Solidariteit

Dublin, Ireland – 5 pm, GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin: Dublin Freedom and Dignity Vigil. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/103190163580006/ Organized by Socialist Republicans for Palestine

New York, NY, USA – 5:30 pm, Best Buy Union Square, 52 E. 14th Street, New York City: Protest to support the hunger strike and stop HP. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/424742754552584/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

London, UK – 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, Charing Cross Road next to St-Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London: Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/415527582163715/ Organized by Inminds

Parma, Italy – 8:30 pm, Il Pedale Veloce, Borgo Bernabei 29, 43100 Parma: Occupation, Repression and Resistance in Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/273546809759141/ Organized by Gruppo Azione Palestina.

Berlin, Germany – 7 pm, von Wittenbergplatz bis Joachimstaler Str, Berlin: Solidarity with Hunger-Striking Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/26/berlin-sa-29-04-2017-menschenkette-in-solidaritaet-mit-den-palaestinensischen-und-arabischen-gefangenen/ Organized by the Palestinian National Action Committee in Berlin.

Montreal, Quebec – 12 pm to 1 pm, Carre Westmount, Westmount, QC: Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/419541931740374/ Organized by PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity)

Copenhagen, Denmark – 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm, Lundvangsvej 4, 2900 Hellerup: Solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/757547721080888/ Organized by Internationalt Forum

Aarhus, Denmark – 4 pm, Radhuspladsen 1, Aarhus: Protest for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Committee of Associations to Support the Prisoners.

Albany, NY, USA – 2 pm to 4:30 pm, West Capital Park, Albany: When I see them, I see us: Public Protest. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1400935433271604/ Organized by Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network (QPEN)

Strasbourg, France – 6 pm, FNAC, Place Kleber, Strasbourg: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Saturday, 29 April

Paris, France – 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, Place de la Republique, Paris: Rally for the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/202604946912253/ Organized by GUPS France, CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and more

Gothenburg, Sweden – 1 pm to 3 pm, Fredsbron, SE-411 O7 Gothenburg: Demonstration for the Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/290914928021175/ Organized by Palestine House in Gothenburg.

Rome, Italy – 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Palestinian Documentation Center, Via dei Savorgnan 40, Rome: Screening of “Sogni Reclusi” (Dreams of the inmates) and connection with the Handala Center for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1933196126916648/ Organized by Palestinian Documentation Center

London, UK – 2 pm to 4 pm, Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London: Protest for hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1703123046370362/ Organized by a number of organizations.

Torino, Italy – 4 pm, Presidium in Piazza Castello, Torino: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by Invicta Palestina and a number of groups.

Memphis, Tennessee, USA – 10 am to 3 pm, Overton Park (The Greensward), Memphis: Palestine Festival. Prisoner Solidarity at the Memphis Voices for Palestine stand at the festival. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1846479925570758/ Organized by Memphis Voices for Palestine

Washington, DC, USA – 10 am to 12 pm, the White House, Washington, DC: Support Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/105794673322368/

Berlin, Germany – 2 pm to 6 pm, Info Stand, 6 pm to 8 pm, Demonstration, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin: Solidarity Demonstration with the Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails.

Koblenz, Germany – 4 pm to 6 pm, An der Herz-Jesu Kirche, Lohrstrasse 1a, Koblenz: Demonstration for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/26/koblenz-sa-29-04-2017-kundgebung-fuer-die-palaestinensischen-gefangenen/. Organized by the Palestinian Community in Koblenz.

Bremen, Germany – 11 am, Domsheide Square, Bremen: Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Albertville, France – 2 pm to 4 pm, from the Sous-Prefecture, Albertville: Silent March for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: http://www.france-palestine.org/Marche-silencieuse-dans-les-rues-d-Albertville-en-soutien-aux-prisonniers Organized by AFPS of Albertville

Winnipeg, Canada – 1 pm to 2 pm, Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Avenue Winnipeg: Info Conference on Palestinian Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/rafe.abdulla.9/posts/10212931323947181

Bonn, Germany – 2 pm to 4 pm, Friedensplatz, Bonn: Info Stand on BDS and Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike. for more information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bds.bonn/permalink/1906146039597085/ Organized by BDS-Gruppe Bonn.

Montpellier, France – 4 pm, Place de la Comedie, Montpellier: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://bdsf34.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/samedi-29-avril-16h-place-de-la-comedie-montpellier-soutien-aux-prisonniers-palestiniens/ Organized by BDS France 34

Magusa, Cyprus – Palestine night with the #SaltWaterChallenge. Organized by the Palestinian community in Cyprus

Odense, Denmark – 3 pm, Radhuspladsen, Odense: Demonstration to support Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Sunday, 30 April

Padua, Italy – 5 pm, Piazetta Padua: Discussion with Fronte Palestina and Myassar Atyani on Palestinian prisoners (part of a three-day event). For more information: https://m.facebook.com/events/638319456375566?view=permalink&id=641441536063358 Organized by Fronte Palestina

Milan, Italy – 4 pm, Piazza Cordusio, Milan: solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Palestinian Association in Italy.

Malmo, Sweden – 5 pm, Mollevangstorget, Malmo: Protest in Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/675338782662300/ Organized by Palestine Group Malmo

Melbourne, Australia – 3 pm to 5:30 pm, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Melbourne: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day Event. for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1279677832086814/ Organized by Fateh Movement Melbourne.

Beirut, Lebanon -All Day, 24 Hour Hunger Strike for Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/436204716734040/

Monday, 1 May

Athens, Greece – 10:30 am, Gather on Patission and Chalkokondili, march to Syntagma Square and then to Israeli Embassy, Athens: Support Palestinian Political Prisoners. More information: http://laiki-enotita.gr/?p=8410 Organized by Popular Unity.

Liege, Belgium – 12 pm, Place Saint-Paul, Liege: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1298181800259724/ Organized by Association Belgo-Palestinienne-Liege.

Copenhagen, Denmark – 12 pm to 5 pm, Faelledparken, Copenhagen: Tent for Palestinian Prisoners at May Day, with the participation of artist Salim Assi. Organized by the Palestinian National Alliance in Denmark.

New York, NY, USA – 3 pm, Whole Foods at Union Square, NYC: Palestine Contingent for May Day. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/423457958018949/ Organized by NYC Students for Justice in Palestine

Lille, France – 10 am, Porte de Postes Lille, behind the banner of AFPS Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille: Palestine contingent in May Day demonstration. Organized by AFPS Nord-Pas de Calais

Arras, France – 10 am to 6 pm, Stand of AFPS Nord-Pas de Calais, Place des Héros, near the belfry, Arras: Book Fair for May Day. Organized by AFPS Nord-Pas de Calais.

Lyon, France – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, Place Jean Mace to Place Bellecour, Lyon: Solidarity and freedom for Palestinian prisoners! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/290277098094266/ Organized by Collectif 69 Palestine

Metz, France – 11 am, Hotel de ville, Metz: Balloons and Palestinian flags at May Day event, Metz. For more information: http://www.agencemediapalestine.fr/blog/2017/04/28/rassemblements-de-soutiens-aux-prisonniers-palestiniens/ Organized by AFPs Meurthe and Moselle Nord

Poitiers, France – 10:30 am, Place d’Armes, Poitiers: Palestine contingent for May Day. For more information: http://www.agencemediapalestine.fr/blog/2017/04/28/rassemblements-de-soutiens-aux-prisonniers-palestiniens/

Montpellier, France – 10:30 am, Place Zeus (Antigone), Montpellier: Participation in Palestine Contingent for Palestinian Prisoners on May Day. For more information: https://bdsf34.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/1er-mai-les-syndicats-palestiniens-appellent-a-lintensification-du-bds/ Organized by BDS France 34

Lausanne, Switzerland – 5 pm, gathering, followed by event at 6:30 pm, Lausanne May Day event – support Palestinian political prisoners! For more information: http://europalestine.com/spip.php?article12925

Albertville, France – 10 am to 12 pm, Place de l’Europe, Albertville: Information Table on Palestinian political prisoners at May Day event

Paris, France – May Day rally and march, Place de la Republique to Nation, Paris: Salute Palestinian resistance on hunge rstrike. For more information: http://europalestine.com/spip.php?article12925

Beziers, France – May Day rally, before the departure of May Day march, Beziers: Information table for Palestinian prisoners. For more information: http://europalestine.com/spip.php?article12925

Saint-Etienne, France – 3 pm to 5 pm, City Center, Saint-Etienne: May Day gathering – support Palestinian prisoners.

Madrid, Spain – 10:30 am to 12 pm, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid: Support the Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1688464977833840/ Organized by PalestinaTomalaCalle

Berlin, Germany – 1 PM, Karl-Marx-Platz, Berlin-Neukolln: Red May 1st. For more information: http://erstermai.wordpress.com

Berlin, Germany – 4 pm, Lausitzer Platz, Berlin-Kreuzberg: Revolutionary 1 May Demonstration, Internationalist Block. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/26/berlin-01-05-revolutionaere-1-mai-demonstration/

Cologne, Germany – 12 pm, Hans-Buckler-Platz, Cologne: Information on solidarity with Palestinian prisoners at the May Day demonstration. Organized by the Palestinian community of Cologne.

London, UK – 11 am, Clerkenwell Green, 1 pm march to Trafalgar Square, 2 pm Rally, Sun Tavern, 66 Long Acre, London: May Day March, Palestinian contingent participation for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1850138368541836/

Los Angeles, CA, USA – 10 am to 4 pm, Broadway and Olympic, Los Angeles: Palestine Contingent in May Day demonstration. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/217253992095826/ organized by LA4Palestine, Al-Awda and Jews for Palestinian Right of Return

North Bergen, NJ, USA – All Day, American Muslims for Palestine – NJ, 9020-28 Palisade Plaza, North Bergen: Fast4Justice. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1834959813495495/ Organized by AMP-NJ

Oakland, CA, USA – 3 pm rally, 4 pm march, Fruitvale Bart Plaza (International Boulevard between 35th and Fruitvale), Oakland: AROC Contingent March on May Day for immigrants, workers and Palestinian political prisoners. Contingent will meet in front of Reem’s (3301 E. 12th St #133, Oakland) at 3 pm. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1239048449465541/ Organized by Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)

Tuesday, 2 May

Athens, Greece – 6:00 pm, Israeli Embassy (Kifissias Av) 2 Triti, Athens: Protest in solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1572308/ Organized by Solidarity Meeting on Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Helsinki, Finland – 5 pm to 7 pm, Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki: Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Protest. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1673130756326326/ Organized by Suomen Palestiinalaisten Siirtokuntayhdistys

San Diego, CA, USA – 12 noon press conference, 10 am to 8 pm solidarity fast, Civic Center Plaza – Downtown San Diego: One-Day Solidarity Fast to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by a coalition of San Diego groups, (ADC, BDS, Karama, JVP, PAWA, PYM, iCSD Al-Awda)

Chula Vista, CA, USA – 5:30 pm, Grassy Area between Cesar Chavez and 300 Buildings, Southwestern College, Chula Vista: Salt Water Challenge. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1147646748680682/

London, UK – 6 pm, Nelson Mandela Statue, Parliament Square, London: Launch of hunger strike of British-Palestinian activist. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/mahmoud.alsarsak/posts/1911653409103151 Organized by 17 April Group.

San Sebastian, Basque Country – FNAC, San Sebastian: Protest to support the hunger strike and boycott HP

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Geneva, Switzerland – 5:30 pm, Bel-Air fountain, Rue de la Cite, Geneva: Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1658422964462665/ Organized by BADIL Geneva.

Wednesday, 3 May

Turin, Italy – 5 pm to 8 pm, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena 100, Turin: Palestinian Political Prisoners – meeting with Myassar Atyani. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1884362401802715/ Organized by Progetto Palestina

Cardiff, Wales – 2 pm to 4 pm, McDonalds Queen Street, Cardiff: Free the Hunger Strikers South Wales Palestine Action. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/420709361626784/ Organized by South Wales Palestine Action

Charleroi, Belgium – 6 pm, Salle Hamignie, Rue Leon Bernus 9, Charleroi: Stop the Belgian collaboration with the Israeli Police. For more information: http://www.pourlapalestine.be. Organized by Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine

Paris, France – 7 pm to 10 pm, Salle de l’International, 5/7 Rue Moret, Paris: Concert of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/222469588239529/ Hosted by Association France Palestine Solidarite

Johannesburg, South Africa – 7 pm, Constitution Hill, Legotla room, Women’s Jail, 11 Kotze Street, Johnnesburg: Screening and Presentation on 300 Palestinian Child Prisoners. For more information: http://nc4psouthafrica.com/300-palestinian-children-in-israeli-prisons-film-screening-and-presentation/ Organized by BDS South Africa, National Coalition for Palestine

Brussels, Belgium – 12 pm to 2 pm, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Information table about Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Organized by Comite BDS ULB.

Berlin, Germany – 6 pm to 8 pm, Hermannplatz, Berlin: solidarity demonstration with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails

Dearborn, MI, USA – 6 pm, Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave, Dearborn. Vigil in Solidarity with Prisoners in Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1270795399624097/ Organized by American Muslims for Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace – Detroit.

Burbank, IL, USA – 4 pm, Harlem and 85th, Burbank: Ongoing tent of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine.

Washington, DC, USA – 1 pm, The White House, Washington, DC: Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/293310991094049/ Organized by CODEPINK

Padua, Italy – 5:30 pm, Piazza Cavour, Padua: For Freedom and Dignity for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/199133533929879/ Organized by Mille e Mille Pensieri Contro La Guerra

Thursday, 4 May

Chicago, IL, USA – 5 pm to 7 pm, Israeli Consulate Chicago, 500 W. Madison St, Chicago: Solidarity Protest – Stand with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/226212284530982/ Organized by Coalition for Justice in Palestine – CJP

Middletown, CT, USA – 7 pm, Allbritton 311, Wesleyan University, Middletown: Discussion on Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike and BDS. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1329066803845510/ Organized by Wesleyan Students for Justice in Palestine

Manhattan, KS, USA – 4 pm, Bowman Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan: Salt Water Challenge and Protest of Golda Meir Quote. Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine KSU.

Washington, DC, USA – 6:30 pm, Busboys and Poets, 14th and V, Washington, DC: Life and Prison in Palestine wth Mohammed Sabaaneh. For more information: http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/white-and-black-political-cartoons-from-palestine-by-mohammed-sabaaneh-auth Organized by Just World Books

San Diego, CA, USA – 12 pm, Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, San Diego State University: Salt Water Challenge. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/981608935308979/ Organized by SDSU Students for Justice in Palestine

London, UK – 4:30 pm to 6 pm, Kentish Town, London: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/448383195496046/ Organized by Cadfa (Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association)

Oslo, Norway – 5 pm to 7:45 pm, Eldorado Bookstore, Torggata 9 A, Oslo: Legal Aid to Palestinian Children. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1264018033686237/ Organized by the Campaign for Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Prisons

Belfast, Ireland – 12 pm, Outside QUB Lanyon Gates (facing SU), Queens University, Belfast: Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: http://www.ipsc.ie/event/belfast-rally-in-solidarity-with-palestinian-hunger-strikers-qub-jps Organized by QUB JPS

Dublin, Ireland – 5 pm, The GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin: Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: http://www.ipsc.ie/event/dublin-vigil-in-solidarity-with-palestinian-hunger-strikers-ipsc Organized by Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Newbridge, Ireland – 6 pm, Wyeth Roundabout, Buckley’s Cross, Newbridge: Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: http://www.ipsc.ie/event/newbridge-dublin-vigil-in-solidarity-with-palestinian-hunger-strikers-ipsc Organized by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Galway, Ireland – 7 pm, Eyre Square, Galway: Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1091693810934870/ Organized by Galway Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Nantes, France – 7 pm, Nantes Place du Bouffay: Support Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/649611315229709/ Organized by Generation Palestine Nantes

Friday, 5 May

Dublin, Ireland – 6 pm, O’Connell Bridge, Dublin: Palestinian Hunger Strike Solidarity/1981 Black Flag Vigil. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/659119907622292/ Organized by eirigi.

Waterford, Ireland – 5 pm, Outside Waterford Train Station, Waterford: Solidarity Vigil with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: http://www.ipsc.ie/event/wateford-solidarity-vigil-with-the-palestinian-hunger-strikers Organized by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Edinburgh, UK – 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, outside St Johns, West End, Princes Street, Edinburgh: solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1855017678069771/ Organized by SPSC Edinburgh.

Manchester, UK – 6 pm to 8 pm, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester: Emergency Protest – Victory to the Hunger Strikers! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1269570166493644/ Organized by Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Manchester

Brussels, Belgium – 5 pm, Gare Centrale, Carrefour de l’Europe, Brussels: Protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1035538523213311/ Organized by a group of Belgian associations.

Rotterdam, Netherlands – 12 pm, Park Bij De Euromast, Rotterdam: Salt Water Challenge Rotterdam. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1355110621250317/ Organized by BDS Rotterdam

Toronto, Canada – 3:30 pm, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeman’s Office, 344 Bloor Street West; 5 to 6 pm, Israeli Consulate, 180 Bloor Street West, Toronto: Support Palestinian Prisoners’ Demands! Organized by a coalition of Toronto groups.

New York, NY, USA – 5:30 pm, Best Buy, Union Square, 52 E 14th St, NYC: Protest to support Palestinian prisoners on the Dignity Strike and Stop HP. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1873863436235482/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA – 7 pm to 9 pm, US Federal Courthouse, 299 E. Broward Blvd, Fort Lauderdale: Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/579931158844268/ Organized by Al-Awda South Florida.

Budapest, Hungary – Deák Tér, Budapest: Protest in Support of Palestinian Hunger Strike. Organized by the Palestinian community in Hungary.

Bilbao, Basque Country – Protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Organized by  BDZ Bizkaia

Grenoble, France – Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Organized by Friends of Ain el-Helweh.

Saturday, 6 May

Istanbul, Turkey – 2 pm to 3 pm, Galatasaray Lisesi, Istiklal Caddesi, Taksim Istanbul: Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1914356778810820/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and BDS Turkey

London, UK – 2 pm to 4 pm, Opposite Israeli Embassy, Palace Green, High Street Kensington, London: Solidarity vigil with the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/379990825733850/ Organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK

Birmingham, UK – 1 pm to 3 pm, Outside PC World, High Street, Birmingham: Vigil supporting Palestinian hunger strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/119988471894579/ Organized by the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Whitstable, UK – 2 pm, Brian Haw Peace Bench on beach by Kearns Yard, Whitstable: Vigil for Palestinian Hunger Strikers. Organized by Faversham and Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Norwich, UK – 1 pm to 2 pm, Haymarket, Norwich: Solidarity Vigil for the Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.palestinecampaign.org/events/solidarity-vigil-hunger-strikers-norwich/ Organized by the Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Sheffield, UK – 12 pm, Town Hall, Sheffield: Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers. For more information: http://mailchi.mp/ab0fb6561b74/hungerstrikers Organized by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Oxford, UK – 12 pm, Cornmarket Street by St. Michael’s Church, Oxford: Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers #SaltWaterChallenge. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/oxfordpsc/photos/a.206123529467670.52835.177208992359124/1383992575014087/?type=3 Organized by Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Halifax, UK – 1 pm to 2 pm, Halifax Central Library, Northgate, Halifax: Solidarity Vigil with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.palestinecampaign.org/events/solidarity-vigil-hunger-strikers-3/ Organized by Halifax Friends of Palestine.

London (Lewisham), UK – 1 pm to 3 pm, 68 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath: Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers Street Stall. For more information: https://www.palestinecampaign.org/events/16668/ Organized by Lewisham Friends of Palestine.

Bristol, UK – 12 pm to 3 pm, Podium in central Broadmead shopping center, Bristol: Let’s Show Solidarity with the Palestine Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/256044448134865/ Organized by the Bristol PSC.

Glasgow, Scotland – 12 pm, Donald Dewar Statue, Glasgow: Scotland Supports Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378685758855598/ Organized by We Are All Hana Shalabi

Edinburgh, Scotland – 11 am, Johnston Terrace (joining May Day March), Edinburgh: Scotland Supports Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378685758855598/ Organized by We Are All Hana Shalabi

Dundee, Scotland – 12 pm, Main Square, Dundee: Scotland Supports Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378685758855598/ Organized by We Are All Hana Shalabi

Inverness, Scotland – 12 pm, High Street, Inverness: Scotland Supports Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378685758855598/ Organized by We Are All Hana Shalabi

Aberdeen, Scotland – 12:30 pm, Castlegate, Aberdeen (Joining May Day March): Scotland Supports Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378685758855598/ Organized by We Are All Hana Shalabi

Uppsala, Sweden – 1 pm to 2 pm, Slottsbacken, Uppsala: Demonstration for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1882658598624646/ Organized by the Palestine House

Dublin, Ireland – 2 pm to 3 pm, Henry Street Shopping District, Dublin: Solidarity Picket in support of Irish and Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1853156531613096/ Organized by End Internment

Newry, Ireland – 2 pm, Ray McCreesh Park, Patrick Street, Newry: Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. Organized by Saoradh Ard Mhacha

Limerick, Ireland – 1 pm to 3 pm, Bedford Row, Limerick: End Irish Arms Trade with Israel and Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1887040821567524/ Organized by Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Derry, Ireland – 2:00 pm, Free Derry Corner, Derry (Immediately following the monthly POW Whiteline picket): 24-hour Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/eistigi.eistigi/posts/202157720299079 Organized by Eistigi.

Berlin, Germany – 10 am to 6 pm, Alexanderplatz, Berlin: Hunger strike action in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/30/berlin-sa-06-05-2017-hungerstreikaktion-in-solidaritaet-mit-den-palaestinensischen-gefangenen/ Organized by the Palestinian National Action Committee in Berlin.

Stuttgart, Germany – 4 pm to 6 pm, Konigstrasse Ecke Marstallstrasse, Stuttgart: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/26/stuttgart-06-05-2017-kundgebung-fuer-die-palaestinensischen-gefangenen/ Organized by Women for Palestine

Cologne, Germany – 3 pm, Domplatte, Cologne: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Organized by the Palestinian community of Cologne. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/04/30/koeln-sa-06-05-2017-kundgebung-in-solidaritaet-mit-den-palaestinensischen-gefangenen/

Paris, France – 3 pm to 5 pm, Place de la Republique, Paris: Rally to support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/442420172817240/ Organized by many organizations in France

Auckland, New Zealand – 2 pm to 4 pm, Steps at Aotea Square, Auckland: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on their Strike for Dignity. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/290005081456346/ Organized by Palestinians in New Zealand.

San Diego, CA, USA – 11 am to 2 pm, 750 North Harbor Drive (near the fish market), Seaport Village, San Diego: Solidarity Vigil and Press Conference for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Wear a black shirt and kuffiyeh! Organized by KARAMA.

Tucuman, Argentina – 11 am, In front of the In front of the Argentinian Independence House, Congreso 150, Tucuman: Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1679049522404891 Organized by Tucuman por Palestina

Sunday, 7 May

Sydney, Australia – 12 pm, Hyde Park, Elizabeth Street, Sydney: Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers at May Day Rally. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1521817667868976/

Amsterdam, Netherlands – 1 pm to 5 pm, Het Spui, Amsterdam: United in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/418752325173986/ Organized by Palestijnse gemeenschap in Holland

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy – 10 am to 12 pm, Piazza Yenne, Cagliari, Sardinia: Sit-in in solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1303216739774497/ Organized by the Comunità Palestinese Sardegna

Munich, Germany – 2 pm to 6 pm, Karlsplatz/Stachus, Munich: Solidarity with the Dignity and Freedom Strike. for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/293753701074014/

Portland, OR, USA – 7 pm to 9 pm, First Unitarian Church, 1226 SW Salmon Street, Portland: Mohammed Sabaaneh, Life and Prison in Palestine: A Cartoonist’s Eye. For more information: http://www.auphr.org/auphrgooglecal.php?showcal=1&uid=0E012C8D-A89D-4E9F-9AA8-BEDC492E8C9A Sponsored by Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights

Boston, MA, USA – 5 to 7 pm, 415 Summer Street, Boston: Action Against AIPAC to end the #DeadlyExchange. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/696155613888692/ Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace – Boston

Fremantle, Australia – 11:30 am to 2 pm, Esplanade Park, Fremantle, Western Australia: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/421350548250495/ Organized by Friends of Palestine WA and Palestinian Community of Western Australia.

Quito, Ecuador – 11 am to 1 pm, Quito Plaza Grande, Quito: Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/737639689739226/ Organized by EcuadorXPalestina

Monday, 8 May

London, UK – 7 pm to 9 pm, SOAS, SALT Lecture Hall, Senate House Building (North Block), London: Combatting Arbitrary Detention from the UK to Palestine. For more information: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/combatting-arbitrary-detention-from-the-uk-to-palestine-tickets-33866946950 Organied by War on Want.

Olympia, WA, USA – 6 pm to 7:30 pm, Orca Books, 509 4th Ave E, Olympia: Life and Prison in Palestine with Mohammed Sabaaneh. For more information: http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/event/mohammad-sabaaneh-cartoonist-to-visit-oly Organized by the Rachel Corrie Foundation.

Santiago, Chile – 6:45 pm, Carcel de San Miguel, San Francisco 4756, San Miguel, Santiago: Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/786746891487150/ Organized by BDS UChile

Larnaca, Cyprus – Rally in solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Palestinian Community in Cyprus

Tuesday, 9 May

San Francisco, CA, USA – 6:30 pm, 518 Valencia St, San Francisco: Life and Prison in Palestine – Mohammed Sabaaneh in the Bay. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/276228436161112/ Organized by a coalition of groups in the Bay Area

Bologna, Italy – 5:30 pm, Piazza del Nettuno, Bologna: Sit-in for #DignityStrike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/216133712214851/ Organied by Colletivo Handala, Link Bologna, BDS Bologna, Assopace Palestina Bologna

Coventry, UK – 3 pm to 5 pm, The Piazza, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry: Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/648053568728712/ Organized by Warwick Friends of Palestine Society

Tours, France – 6 pm, Tours: Rally to Support Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1359513150761735/ Organized by Coordination BDS 37

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spanish State – 7 pm, outside Galician Parliament, Santiago de Compostela: Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1880385678896048/ Organized by BDS Galiza.

Bern, Switzerland – 6 pm, Bern Bahnhofplatz, Bern: Freedom for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Organized by Alternative Left Bern, Justice and Peace in Palestine (GFP),
Green Alliance Bern, Party of Labor Bern / Biel, Socialist re-Organisation Party – SYKP Turkey.

Geneva, Switzerland – 5:30 pm, by the Fountain at Rue de la Cite, Geneva: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://europalestine.com/spip.php?article12973 Organized by Urgence Palestine.

Wednesday, 10 May

Toulouse, France – 5 pm, Square de Gaulle, Metro Capitole, Toulouse: Rally for Dignity and Freedom. For more information: http://www.couppourcoup31.com/2017/05/toulouse-le-10-mai-rassemblement-pour-la-liberte-et-la-dignite.html Organized by AFPS – Association France Palestine Solidarité 31,Attac Toulouse 31, CGT éduc’Action 31, Collectif Coup Pour Coup 31,Campagne BDS Toulouse, Comité 31 du Le Mouvement de la Paix, Npa-infos Haute Garonne 31, Sud santé sociaux Haute Garonne 31…

Brussels, Belgium – 3 pm, Avenue de l’observatoire 40, Uccle: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/405393003181202/ Organized by L’association l’avenir Palestinien Belgique

Karachi, Pakistan – 4 pm, Karachi Press Club, Karachi: Hunger Strike for Freedom of 1600 Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/449670588703029/ Organized by Palestine Foundation Pakistan

Cape Town, South Africa – 12 pm to 2 pm, 5 Wale Street, Cape Town: Picket in Support of Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://www.vocfm.co.za/ct-pickets-planned-highlight-palestinian-hunger-strike/ Organized by Al-Quds Foundation.

London, UK – 4:30 pm to 6 pm, Holloway opposite the University of North London: Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/452062815133931/ Organized by Cadfa (Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association)

London, UK – 6:30 pm, Trafalgar Square, London: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/186263875228973/ Organized by April 17 Group

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spanish State – 7 pm, Placa Sant Jaume, Barcelona: Demonstration of Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by a number of Catalonia-Palestine solidarity associations.

Clermont-Farrand, France – Rally to support Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Organized by AFPS 63 and BDS 63.

Thursday, 11 May

Anaheim, CA, USA – 7 pm to 9 pm, 907 S. Beach Blvd, Anaheim: Life and Prison in Palestine with Mohammed Sabaaneh and Aarab Marwan Barghouthi. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/210489979450533/ Organized by Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

Brussels, Belgium – All Day, Solidarity Hunger Strike at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and the Universite Catholique du Louvain – Alma for Palestinian prisoners #BrusselsStudentsHungerStrike. for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1572063402806954/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/1884252261790210/ Organized by Comite BDS-ULB and Rise Up

Burbank, IL, USA – 10 am to 7 pm, 8527 Harlem Ave, Burbank, IL: Hunger Strike and Encampment in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/290585068052077/ Organized by Chicago-based family members of Palestinian political prisoners and hunger strikers, U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-DePaul University, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-University of Chicago, Palestinian American Community Center, and many other solidarity and community activists and institutions.

Cambridge, MA, USA – 5 pm, Harvard Square, Cambridge: Emergency Standout for Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1518810508193745/
Organized by the Palestinian community in Boston

Maastricht, the Netherlands – 6:30 pm, Maastricht University Faculty of Law, Bouillonstraat 1-3, Maastricht: Children’s Rights in Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/121076628431279/ Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine and Unicef Studentteam Maastricht.

Oxford, UK – 2 pm to 5 pm, Carfax Tower, Oxford: Protest for Hunger Striking Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/113320419186029/ Hosted by April 17 Group

London, UK – 4:30 pm, Holloway opposite University of North London: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/113131262540167/ Organized by Cadfa (Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association.)

Friday, 12 May

New York, NY, USA – 5:30 pm, Best Buy Union Square, 52 E. 14th St, NYC: Protest to support the Prisoners’ Week of Outrage and Stop HP. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1352379548189127/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

Santa Clara, CA, USA – 6:30 pm, 3003 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara: Life and Prison in Palestine with Mohammed Sabaaneh. Organized by the Muslim Community Association.

Sacramento, CA, USA – 5 pm, 16th and J, Sacramento: Stand with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/248862838922278/ Organized by Answer Coalition.

Santiago and throughout Chile – 7 pm, All Plazas in the country, Santiago: Chile Supports the Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized by Juventud Árabe Por Palestina De Valdivia and Comité Chileno de Solidaridad con Palestina

Ñuñoa, Chile – 8 pm, Plaza Ñuñoa: Vigil for the Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/466647777009529/ Organized by Chile Unido por Palestina

Iquique, Chile – 7 pm, Monolito a Palestina, Av. Luis Emilio Recabarren. Chile Supports Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized as part of a national day of action with many Chilean organizations

La Serena, Chile – 7 pm, Bandejon Central, Av. Francisco de Aguirre con Av. Balmaceda. Chile Supports Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized as part of a national day of action with many Chilean organizations

Valaparaiso, Chile – 7 pm, Plaza Victoria, Valaparaiso. Chile Supports Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized as part of a national day of action with many Chilean organizations

Concepcion, Chile – 7 pm, Plaza Tribunales, Concepcion: Chile Supports Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized as part of a national day of action with many Chilean organizations

Temuco, Chile – 7 pm, Plaza de Armas, Temuco Chile Supports Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized as part of a national day of action with many Chilean organizations

Valdivia, Chile – 7 pm, Plaza de la Republica, Valdivia: Chile Supports Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/308218659611236/ Organized as part of a national day of action with many Chilean organizations

London, UK – 5:30 pm, Under Hungerford Bridge/Golden Jubilee Bridges on the South Bank (between London Eye and Southbank Center), London: Victory to the Dignity Strike – Vigil in Solidarity. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/221060138395709/ Organized by Inminds.

Brussels, Belgium – 5 pm to 7 pm, outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rue de Petits Carmes 15, Brussels: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by a collective of Belgian organizations.

Lyon, France – 4 pm to 6 pm, Outside the Gare de la Part-Dieu (side Vivier Merle), Lyon: Solidarity with Hunger Striking Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1894851397437717/ Organized by Collectif 69 de Soutien au Peuple Palestinien

Paris, France – 4 pm to 7:30 pm, International Committee of the Red Cross, 247 BD Raspail, Paris: Rally at the ICRC for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: http://europalestine.com/spip.php?article12973 Organized by L’association de Palestiniens en Ile de France

Paris, France – 7 pm, Cinema l’Ecran, 14 passage de l’Aqueduc, Saint-Denis: Projection of Derriere les Fronts. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1163646273745967/ Organized by Femmes en Lutte 93

Edinburgh, Scotland – 5:30 pm, outside St. John’s, West End, Princes Street, Edinburgh: Solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1855017678069771/ Organized by SPSC Edinburgh

Dungannon, Ireland – 7:30 pm, Anne St Car Park, Dungannon: Solidarity Rally for Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/436454493381791/

Kildare, Ireland – 6:30 pm, Ballymany Cross, Newbridge, County Kildare: Vigil in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1910075919240142/ Organized by Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Porto, Portugal – 9:30 pm, Rua do Rosario 281, Porto: Video and Urgent Assembly – Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1861774364074523/

Madrid, Spain – All Day, permanent support presence, Plaa de las Provincias, Madrid: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/695060030695257/ Organized by an alliance of Madrid organizations.

Padova, Italy – 9:30 am to 6:30 pm, Via Umberto I, Prato della Valle, Padova: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1379773338776386/ Organized by a wide array of groups in Padova

Douai, France – Sub-Prefecture, Douai: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by AFPS Nord-Pas de Calais.

Berlin, Germany – Israeli Embassy, Berlin: protest for Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike

Dortmund, Germany – Protest in solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Palestinian Community in Dortmund.

Istanbul, Turkey – Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul: Sit-in in Solidarity with Hunger Striking Prisoners. Organized by Tadamun and Intima.

Wexford, Ireland – 4 pm, The Quay, New Ross, County Wexford: Solidarity Vigil for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/195532600847841/ Organized by New Ross IPSC.

Vienna, Austria – 3 pm, Muhammad-Asad-Platz, Vienna: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1895233500755423/ Organized by Palestinian Youth in Austria.

Saturday, 13 May

Los Angeles, CA, USA – 1 pm to 6 pm, Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood, Los Angeles: Support 1500 Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1857581691148713/ Organized by the Arab American Committee for Support of Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike

New York, NY, USA – 1 pm, Leif Ericson Park, 67th St and 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY: Nakba Day March for Resistance and Return. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1454145594658964/ Organized by NY4 Palestine Coalition

Tucson, AZ, USA – 4 pm to 6 pm, Speedway and Campbell, Tucson: Tucson Stands with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1762936984036865/ Organized by Tucson Against Political Repression

Anaheim, CA, USA – 1 pm to 6 pm, Brookhurst and Ball, Anaheim: Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1428717853889582/ Organized by Arab American Activists.

Dearborn, MI, USA – 3 pm, Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave, Dearborn: Al-Awda Palestinian Nakba Midwest Regional Rally. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1772428819753398/ Organized by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

Clifton, NJ, USA – 8 pm, 257 Pershing Road, Clifton: Demanding Dignity – Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1806208506374483/ Organized by American Muslims for Palestine – NJ

Toronto, Canada – 2 pm to 4 pm, 180 Bloor Street W, Toronto: Protest for Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1326423874115469/ Organized by a group of Toronto organizations.

Ottawa, Canada – 4 pm, Human Rights Monument, Ottawa: Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/895474010593086/ Organized by a coalition of Ottawa organizations.

London, UK – 12 pm, Marks and Spencer, 173 Oxford Street, London: Nakba Day Picket – Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1894520734142093/ Organized by Victory to the Intifada

London, UK – 2 pm, 2 Palace Green, Kensington, London: Nakba Anniversary Protest. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1028144913988102/ Organized by Palestinian Forum in Britain

Bristol, UK – 12 pm to 3 pm, outside Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, Bristol: Palestinian Hunger Strikers Solidarity. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1363682383699534/ Organized by Bristol PSC.

Glasgow, Scotland – 1 pm, Sauchiehall Street at Hope Street, Glasgow: Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1905704499644863/ Organized by SPSC Glasgow

Milan, Italy – 11 am, outside Palazzo Marino, Piazza della Scala, Milan: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/472630006401389/ Organized by Fronte Palestina

Genova, Italy – 5 pm, Piazza de Ferrari, Genova: Rally of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/752129498279986/ Organized by the Palestinian Association in Italy

Genova, Italy – 12 pm, Piazza Caricamento, Genova: Sit-in in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1337354446350353/ Organized by Genova Palestina.

Mersin, Turkey – Solidarity Rally for Palestinian prisoners and the 69th anniversary of the Nakba. Organized by Palestinian Refugees Displaced in Mersin

Wuppertal, Germany – Solidarity Rally for Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by the Palestinian Community in Wuppertal.

Neuwied, Germany – Solidarity Rally for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by European Alliance in Defence of Palestinian Detainees.

Vaxjo, Sweden – 10 am, City Library, Vaxjo: Literature distribution on the Palestinian Nakba, Palestinian political prisoners and BDS. Organized by Palestinagrupperna i Kronoberg.

Gothenburg, Sweden – Rally to Commemorate the Nakba and Support Palestinian Political Prisoners

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy – 6 pm, Piazza Yenne, Cagliari: Flash Mob in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1781875265475791/ Organized by Associazione Amicizia Sardegna-Palestina

Dublin, Ireland – 1 pm to 2:30 pm, St. Stephen’s Green (Grafton Street Entrance), Dublin: Nakba69 March and Moving Gallery. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/319795051770541/ Organized by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Nice, France – 6 pm, Place Garibaldi, Nice: Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1363407040394741/ Organized by Association Thales

Montpellier, France – 5 pm, Place de la Comedie, Montpellier: Rally in Support of Hunger Striking Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/346323612432613/ Organized by BDS France 34

Berlin, Germany – 2:30 pm, Karl-Marx-Platz, Berlin: Demonstration in Memory of the Nakba. For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/05/04/berlin-sa-13-05-demo-im-gedenken-an-die-nakba/ Organized by the Nakba Day Committee

Berlin, Germany – 6 pm, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike and 69 Years of Nakba. Organized by Palestinian and Arab organizations in Berlin.

Frankfurt, Germany – Frankfurt auf der Zell am Brockhausbrunnen, Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210827356013986&set=a.1367129332304.2053495.1053806238&type=3 Organized by Palastina-Forum Frankfurt

Rome, Italy – 8 pm, Partira dallo Slargo de via di San Gregorio (Arco Constantino – Collosseo), Carrying torch in Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sandoga/permalink/730710503776192/ Organized by the Palestinian Community of Rome

Malmo, Sweden – 4 pm, Möllevångstorget, Malmo: In memory of al-Nakba. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1804079279908965/ Organized by the Left Party Malmo.

Auckland, New Zealand – 3 pm to 4:30 pm, Aotea Square (under Clock Tower), Auckland: In Support of Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1258763970887325/ Organized by NZ Palestne Solidarity Network.

Madrid, Spain – All Day, permanent support presence, Plaa de las Provincias, Madrid: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/695060030695257/ Organized by an alliance of Madrid organizations.

Sunday, 14 May

Vancouver, BC, Canada – 2 pm to 5 pm, Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby, Vancouver: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners – The Battle of Empty Stomachs. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1919935464950812/ Organized by International Peacekeepers Alliance

Malmo, Sweden – 2 pm, Amiralsgatan 35, 214 37 Malmo: Al-Nakba Commemoration. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/eiad.salah/posts/1421779451236363 Organized by a number of Palestinian community groups in Malmo

Manchester, UK – 12 pm, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester: Commemorating Nakba. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/311278209306495/ Organized by Manchester Palestine Action.

Donegal, Ireland – 1 pm, Station Road Roundabout, Letterkenny: Nakba Vigil 2017/Emergency Vigil for 1600 Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/274632019663361/ Organized by Donegal Awareness for Palestine

Lurgan, Ireland – 6 pm, Kilwilke Murals, Lurgan: Solidarity Vigil with the Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/749355631905651/ Organized by Saoradh Ard Mhacha

Madrid, Spain – All Day, permanent support presence, Plaa de las Provincias, Madrid: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/695060030695257/ Organized by an alliance of Madrid organizations.

Palermo, Sicily, Italy – 4 pm, La Cala, presso Circolo Canottieri, Palermo: Strike of Dignity. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2017179228514888/ Organized by Freedom Flotilla Italia; Freedom Flotilla Sicilia; Coordinamento di Solidarietà con la Palestina – Sicilia

Monday, 15 May

South Africa – 6 pm, 14 May to 6 pm, 15 May, Solidarity Fast and National Day of Action for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: http://nc4psouthafrica.com/300-palestinian-children-in-israeli-prisons-film-screening-and-presentation/ Organized by the National Coalition for Palestine – South Africa.

Cape Town, South Africa – 12 pm to 2 pm, 5 Wale Street, Cape Town: Picket in Support of Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://www.vocfm.co.za/ct-pickets-planned-highlight-palestinian-hunger-strike/ Organized by Al-Quds Foundation.

Johannesburg, South Africa – 6 pm, Women’s Jail Atrium, Constitution Hill – Braamfontein, Johannesburg: Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity Rally. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/738323446348193/ Organized by Free Palestinian Political Prisoners – South Africa campaign.

Montevideo, Uruguay – 7 pm, Plaza Libertad, Montevideo: 69 years of ethnic cleansing in Palestine – solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike! Organized by several trade unions, human rights and solidarity groups

Australia day of action – All Day, Organized by Australia Palestine Advocacy Network. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/661017800775813/

Glasgow, Scotland – 7 pm to 9 pm, CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow: 3000 Nights Screening: Glasgow Supports Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1470615566317051/ Organized by Glasgow Supports Palestine

Durham, NC, USA – 7 pm to 8:30 pm, People’s Plaza (near the Bull statue), Durham: Vigil in Solidarity with the Palestinian prisoner hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1544127255607190/ Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace – Triangle NC

Los Angeles, CA, USA – 4 pm, 11766 Wilshire Blvd #1600, Los Angeles: Nakba Day in Los Angeles. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/453623418311928/ Organized by Arab American Activists.

London, Ontario, Canada – 5:30 pm, Richmond and Central, London: Nakba Day rally in solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/324029738015603/ Organized by People for Peace.

London, Ontario, Canada – 7 pm, The Bus Stop, 870 Dundas Street, London. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/126079831282840/ Organized by Writing Across Walls

Istanbul, Turkey – 7 pm, Levent Metro, Istanbul: Nakba Commemoration. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1348847538541947/ organized by BDS Turkiye

Sydney, Australia – 6:30 pm, Town Hall, George Street, Sydney: Remembering the 1948 Nakba. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/415303885512398/ Organized by Palestine Action Group Sydney.

Donostia (San Sebastian), Basque Country – 7:00 pm, Boulevard-Donostia: Commemorate the Nakba – Free Palestine – Boycott Israel. Organized by BDS Donostia.

Antwerp, Belgium – 6 pm, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, Leopold de Waelplaats, Antwerp: Nakba Remembrance. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1355946287820057/ Organized by Antwerp for Palestine.

Madrid, Spain – 7:30 pm, Puerta del Sol, Madrid: Al-Nakba Palestine 1948 Demonstration for Freedom. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1976308199266847/

Athens, Greece – 5:30 pm, Panathenaic Stadium, Athens: Motorcade of Solidarity for Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/457825011217448/

Montreal, Quebec – All Day, Canadian-Palestinian Foundation of Quebec, Saint-Laurent: Hunger Strike for 24 Hours for Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/285956818518865/ Organized by the Fondation canado-palestinienne du Québec

Sao Paolo, Brazil – 5:30 pm, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Praca Ramos de Azevedo, Sao Paolo: No to xenophobia, defend refugees and Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/417422181965071/ Organized by Frente em Defesa do Povo Palestino

Madrid, Spain – All Day, permanent support presence, Plaa de las Provincias, Madrid: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/695060030695257/ Organized by an alliance of Madrid organizations.

London, UK – 7:15 pm to 9 pm, The Brady Art Center, London: Palestine Solidarity in Nakba Week. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/853039434846851/ Organized by Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity – Jenin Friendship

Toulouse, France – 6 pm to 8 pm, Square Charles-de-Gaulle, Toulouse: Rally for Freedom and Dignity. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1334102036655165/ Organized by a coalition of Toulouse organizations

Sydney, Australia – 1:15 pm, Harbour Master Steps, First Fleet Park next to Circular Quay Station, Sydney: Sydney Salt Water Challenge for Palestinian Prisoners.

Santa Cruz, CA, USA – All Day, UC Santa Cruz: Nakba Day Fast in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1903174456375300/ Organized by UC Santa Cruz Students for Justice in Palestine

Tuesday, 16 May

Rome, Italy – 6:00 pm, Palestinian Documentation Center, Via dei Savorgnan 40, Rome: Nakba – Diaspora of a People and the Right to Return. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/191623101357717/ Organized by the Palestinian Documentation Center

Dakar, Senegal – University of Dakar: Rally in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners

Granada, Spain – All day, Universidad de Granada: Meetings and events on Palestine from a decolonial perspective. Organized by Acción-Saberes Decoloniales/Semilleros de Investig-Acción.

Wednesday, 17 May

Hellemmes, France – 6:30 pm, Espace Marx, 6bis rue Roger Salengro, Hellemmes: Resistance of Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: http://nord-palestine.org. Organized by AFPS Nord-Pas de Calais

Evry, France – 7 pm, Place des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen, Evry: Solidarity Vigil for Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/370492580019027/ Organized by Evry Palestine

Chicago, IL, USA – 7 pm, DePaul University, Levan 406, Chicago: The Hunger Strike and Struggle for Liberation in Palestine. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1349109961840943/ Organized by DePaul Socialists.

Milan, Italy – 5:30 pm, RAI Headquarters, Corso Sempione, Milan: Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. Organized by Fronte Palestina.

Glasgow, Scotland – 5 pm, Top of University Avenue, University of Glasgow: Solidarity with Hunger Strikers – No to Apartheid! For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/640956979433673/ Organized by Scottish PSC, Association of Palestinian Communities in Scotland

Belfast, Ireland – 7 pm, International Wall, Divis Street, Belfast: Vigil to Support Palestinian Hunger Strikers. Organized by IRPWA Ireland

Buenos Aires, Argentina – 4 pm, Israeli Embassy, Av. de Mayo 701, Buenos Aires: Rally in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/jovenesconpalestina/photos/a.516152245237432.1073741828.516140778571912/688336198019035/?type=3 Organized by Jovenes Con Palestina

Granada, Spain – All day, Universidad de Granada: Meetings and events on Palestine from a decolonial perspective. Organized by Acción-Saberes Decoloniales/Semilleros de Investig-Acción.

Sevilla, Spain – 8:00 pm, Plaza Nueva, Sevilla: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by Andalucia con Palestina.

Malaga, Spain – 7:30 pm, calle Alcazabilla, Malaga: Salt Water Challenge in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Organized by Andalucia con Palestina.

Friday, 19 May

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy – 6 pm Piazza Yenne, Cagliari: Water, salt and dignity: Sit in in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/438276176540005/ Organized by Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina

New York, NY, US – 5:30 pm, Best Buy Union Square, 52 E. 14th St, NYC: Protest to Support the #DignityStrike and Stop HP. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2305375569686818/ Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

Copenhagen, Denmark – 5 pm, Solidaritetshuset, Griffenfeldsgade 41, Norrebro, Copenhagen: Al-Nakba 1948. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/305993826498418/ Sponsored by International Forum Middle East Group

Saint-Denis, France – 6:30 pm, MIC, Place des Art, Ile St. Denis: Palestine, political prisoners and international law. For more information: L’association de Palestiniens en Ile de France. Organized by Cafe des Savoirs de la MIC

Brussels, Belgium – 2:30 pm to 5 pm, Place de la Monnaie, Brussels: Solidarity Rally for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1674356999537421/ Organized by a coalition of Brussels organizations.

Berlin, Germany – 7 pm, Rathaus Neukölln, Karl-Marx-Straße 83 in 12043 Berlin (U-BahnU7). For more information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/05/18/berlin-fr-19-05-2017-solidaritaetsaktion-fuer-die-palaestinensischen-gefangenen-im-hungerstreik/

Milan, Italy – 6 pm, Les Mots Libreria, Via Carmagnola, Milan: Nakba 2017 with Bahar Kimyongur. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1859058697453228/ Organized by Fronte Palestina.

Cadiz, Spain – 9 pm, Festival Stop Racismo, Cadiz: SaltWaterChallenge for Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by Andalucia con Palestina.

San Roque, Spain – 7 pm, Alameda de San Roque: Salt Water Challenge for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by Andalucia con Palestina.

Aracena (Huelva), Spain – Teatro de Aracena, opening of “Palestina Existe” exhibition. Organized by Women in Black Sevilla with Women’s Boat to Gaza.

Mans, France – 6 pm, Place de la Republique, Mans: Rally to Support Palestinian Hunger Strikers in their Second Month. Organized by AFPS 72

Saturday, 20 May

Parma, Italy – 10 am, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, Parma: Water and Salt – Hunger Strike for Dignity. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1510894428955387/ Organized by the Palestinian Community of Parma.

Parma, Italy – 6 pm, Casa Cantoniera Autogestita, via Mantova, Parma: Al-Nakba, the tragedy of the Palestinian people. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/201217940391701/ Organized by Gruppo Azione Palestina

Berlin, Germany – 12 pm, Colditzstrasse 27, Berlin: Conference of Union of Palestinians in Europe and Cultural Evening. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1535726336461789/ Organized by the Union of Palestinian Communities in Europe.

Montreal, Quebec – 5:30 pm, Square Norman Bethune, Montreal: Support Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/275860639550574/ Organized by Tadamon!

Derry, Ireland – 2 pm, Shipouay Street, Derry: Whiteline Picket in Solidarity with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. Organized by Saoradh.

Thionville, France – 3:30 pm, Place Claude Arnoult, Thionville: Support Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/427426740969205/ Organized by Uckange Palestine Solidarite 57

Auckland, New Zealand – 3 pm, Aotea Square: In support of Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1258763970887325/ Organized by NZ Palestine Solidarity Network

Bristol, UK – 12 pm, Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, Bristol: Solidarity Stall with Palestinian Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1387090231349793/ Organized by Bristol PSC

Paris, France – 3 pm, Place de la Republique, Paris: Commemoration of the Nakba. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1953173401582784/ Organized by L’Association de Palestiniens en Ile-de-France, l’Union Générale des Etudiants de Palestine (GUPS), Forum Palestine Citoyenneté, et le Comité pour le Respect des Libertés et des Droits de l’Homme en Palestine

Imperia, Italy – 5:30 pm, Piazza Edmondo de Amicis, 18100 Imperia: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike: https://web.facebook.com/events/1580796895327539/ Organized by Arcihandala Imperia.

Athens, Greece – 12 pm, Monastiraki (Athens): Rally and March to Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://palestineresist.gr/network/anakoinoseis/547-%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B3%CF%8D%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82.html Organized by the Assembly to Support Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike

Dundalk, Ireland – 11:45 am: Support Palestinian prisoners on Hunger Strike. Organized by Sinn Fein

Sunday, 21 May

Copenhagen, Denmark – 3 pm to 5 pm, Rode Plads, Norrebrogade 210, Copenhagen: Stop Israeli Apartheid, Remember the Nakba. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1810433015941470&set=a.1380730465578396.1073741827.100009243661816&type=3&permPage=1 Organized by a number of organizations in Denmark.

Berkeley, CA, US – 1:30 – 4 pm, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1871 Rose Street, Berkeley; Support Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike. For more information: right2return@gmail.com.

Monday, 22 May

Johannesburg, South Africa – 6 pm, Constitution Hill Atrium, Johannesburg: Palestine Today – Sturggle and Solidarity. Organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Tuesday, 23 May

United States – Palestinian students in the US one-day hunger strike. At the campuses: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, DePaul University, Columbia University, University of California-Irvine, University of California Davis, and University of California-Riverside, University of California San Diego, Hunter College, Stony Brook University. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1677807652525542/ Organized by Palestinian Youth Movement – PYM, The Dream Defenders, For The People Artist Collective – FTP, Addameer, National Students For Justice In Palestine – NSJP, The United States Palestinian Community Network – USPCN

New Delhi, India – 5 pm, Embassy of Palestine, New Delhi: Solidarity Meeting for Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/166777550521443/ Organized by Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine

Toronto, Canada – 11 am to 7 pm, A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto: Cross-Stitching Solidarity and Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/429660727392295/ Organized by Cross-Stitching Solidarity.

Cardiff, UK – 2 pm, McDonalds Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff: Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1064529560347137/ Organized by South Wales Palestine Action.

Wednesday, 24 May

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy – 4:30 pm – 8 pm, Magistero, Via Is Mirrionis 1, Cagliari: 69 Years of Nakba. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1661948660781263/ Organized by the Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina.

Milan, Italy – 6 pm, Sede Rai, Corso Sempione, Milan: Solidarity with the Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/307866712972687/ Organized by Coordinamento Lombardo Palestina.

New York, NY, USA – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Red Stairs Times Square, New York City: Portraits 4 Palestine – Stand with the Strikers. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/815316605297509/ Organized by Palestinian Youth Movement and Existence is Resistance. Co-Sponsors: USPCN, ILPS/US, Bayan, IAC, NYCSJP, Samidoun & Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Paris, France – 6 pm to 7:30 pm, place de l’Opera, Paris: Rally in support of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information:  https://www.facebook.com/events/264157690726028/ Organized by AFPS.

Marseille, France – 6:30 pm, Quai de la Fraternite, Marseille: Rally in support of Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike in the Israeli occupation prisons. Organized by BDS France Marseille, Femmes en Noir, Génération Palestine, Ligue des Droits de l’Homme, Palestine 13, Rouge-Vif, Union Générale des Etudiants Palestiniens, Union Juive Française pour la Paix

Toronto, Canada – 11 am to 7 pm, A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto: Cross-Stitching Solidarity and Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/429660727392295/ Organized by Cross-Stitching Solidarity.

Bobigny, France – 6:30 pm, Bobigny – Pablo Picasso, Boulevard Maurice Thorez, Bobigny: Rally to Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1852879444976675/ Organized by Jeunes Communistes 93.

Beauvais, France – 6 pm, Beauvais Centre-Ville: Freedom and Dignity for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1943309049239408/ Organized by France-Palestine Solidarite Beauvais

Auxerre, France – 6 pm, Mairie d’Auxerre, Place de l’Hotel de ville, Auxerre: Support for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/198191764036168/ Organized y AFPS-Yonne

Perpignan, France – 6 pm, Place Francois Arago, Perpignan: For the Palestinian Prisoners – break the wall of silence. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/417281331977007/ Organized by PCF 66

Ferrara, Italy – 8 pm, Centro Sociale La Resistenza, via della Resistena 32-34, Ferrara: Public Assembly for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/220538761784032/ Organized by Centro Sociale La Resistenza Ferrara.

Toulon, France – 6:30 pm, Place de la Liberte, Toulon: Rally for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike.

Thursday, 25 May

Paris, France -9 am , Place de la Republique, Paris: Call for an international hunger strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1855744471341837/ Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine

Marseille, France – 9 am, Vieux Port, Marseille: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Lyon, France – 9 am, Place de la Republique, Lyon: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Albertville, France – 9 am, Place de l’Europe, Albertville: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Nimes, France – 9 am to 7 pm, Avenue Feucheres, Nimes: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Saint-Etienne, France – 9 am to 8 pm, Place du Peuple, Saint-Etienne: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Montpellier, France – information forthcoming

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy – 6:30 pm, RAI Studio Viale Bonaria, Cagliari: Sit-in in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/646445595557636/ Organized by the Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina.

Madrid, Spain – All Day, Puerta Del Sol, Madrid: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Berlin, Germany – 9 am, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (MOVED from Brandenburger Tor due to Obama visit): Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1449227791786976/ Organized by BDS Berlin and local organizations.

Bremen, Germany – All Day, Local Government Office at Bremen Cathedral, Bremen: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

The Netherlands – 6 am to 10 pm, across the country: Participation in Global Hunger Strike for Palestinian Political Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/125227938050801/ Organized by BDS Nederland.

Bratislava, Slovakia – 3 pm to 4 pm, Namestie SNP, Bratislava: Solidarity Hunger Strike for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/147557129118628 Organized by Iniciatíva za spravodlivý mier na Blízkom východe

Donostia/San Sebastian, Basque Country – 9 am, Kiosk on the Boulevard, Donosti: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

London, UK – 10 am, Trafalgar Square, London: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Brussels, Belgium – All Day, Gare du Nord, Brussels: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Portadown, Ireland – 7:30 pm, Garvaghy Road, Portadown: Vigil in Solidarity with Hunger Striking Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by the Portadown branch of the Ireland-Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.

New Zealand – All Day, part of the Global Solidarity Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1897997423815731/ Organized by NZ Palestine Solidarity Network.

Houston, TX, USA – 5:30 pm, Israeli Consulate, 24 Greenway Plaza #1500, Houston: Houston Stands with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1901154370159836/ Organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at UH

San Francisco, CA, USA – 4:30 to 6:30 pm, Israeli Consulate, 456 Montgomery, San Francisco: Press Conference and Protest for Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/289463528131951/ Organized by the Arab and Palestinian community of San Francisco.

Chicago, IL, USA – 12 pm, 230 S. Dearborn St, Chicago: Demand Senators Durbin and Duckworth Stand with Palestinian Prisoners. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/379626075766341 Organized by US Palestinian Community Network

Washington, DC, USA – 9 am, White House, Washington, DC: Participation in Global Hunger Strike to Support Palestinian Prisoners. Organized by CODE PINK, CAPJPO-EuroPalestine and local organizations.

Stanford, CA, USA – 7:30 pm, Jordan Hall, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford University: Aarab Barghouthi on Palestinian Dignity Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/599733690228330/ Organized by Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine.

Canada – All Day, part of the Global Solidarity Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1942042846039117/  Canadian organizers include: Canadian BDS Coalition, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid Victoria, Barnard-Boecker Center Foundation (BBCF), Victoria, Justice for Palestinians- Calgary; Canada Palestine Association, Vancouver; Palestinian Solidarity Network, Edmonton; People for Peace, London; Working Group for Palestinian Solidarity, Sudbury; Palestinian and Jewish Unity, Montreal; Quebec-BDS; Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice, Montreal; Solidarity for Palestinians, St. John’s; Christian Peacemaker Team-Ontario; UOIT/Durham College SJP Oshawa; Mennonite Central Committee; United Network for Justice and Peace is Palestine and Israel; along with individuals across Canada from St. John’s Newfoundland to Vancouver Island.

Victoria, Canada – 8 am, Mile 0 at the launch of the Walk for the Salish Sea protest against Kinder Morgan, Victoria: Support for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://caiavictoria.ca. Organized by Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid Victoria.

Toronto, Canada – 11 am to 7 pm, A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto: Cross-Stitching Solidarity and Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/429660727392295/ Organized by Cross-Stitching Solidarity.

Toronto, Canada – 5:30 pm, City Hall, Nathan Philips Square: Vigil for Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/CanadiansSolidarityPalestinianPrisoners/ Organized by the Canadian BDS Coalition and local groups

Calgary, Canada – Vigil for Palestinian prisoners. For more information and specifics: bdsactioncalgary@gmail.com

Halifax, Canada – 6:30 pm, Lindsay Childrens Room, Halifax Central Library: Barring Who We Are – Prison from Turtle Island to Palestine. For more information: http://radicalimagination.org/barring-who-we-are-prison-from-turtle-island-to-palestine/ Organized by Radical Imagination.

Tripoli, Lebanon – 10 AM, International Committee of the Red Cross, Tripoli: Vigil of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike. For more information: http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article13042 Organized by the Social Services Association of Tripoli

Palestinian conference in Berlin dedicated to prisoners, takes the #SaltWaterChallenge to support hunger strike

The fourth conference of the Union of Palestinian Communities and Organizations in Europe convened in Berlin, Germany on 20 May 2017. The conference brought together over 140 Palestinians from Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece and elsewhere to convene and plan activities for the coming period linking Palestinian exile communities throughout the European region. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network participated in the conference’s activities as well as providing prisoner support information and materials to attendees.

The conference was dedicated to the Palestinian prisoners and their ongoing Strike of Dignity and Freedom. Participants, including Samidoun and BDS Berlin organizers and Palestinian activists from across Europe, took the “Salt Water Challenge” to express their support for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike who have consumed only salt and water since the beginning of the strike. Among the participants in the conference was Sakhran Sakhran, the first Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Participants in the day-long conference elected a new leadership, including multiple Palestinian youth organizers and Samidoun activists from Greece, Belgium and Turkey, including Mohammed Khatib, the European Coordinator of Samidoun, based in Athens. Dr. Fawzi Ismail, of the Associazione Amicizia Sardegna-Palestina and director of the Al-Ard Doc Film Festival, was elected president of the union.

Samidoun posters highlighting the campaign to free Ahmad Sa’adat, the imprisoned leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and all Palestinian prisoners, adorned the walls of the conference venue, while materials about the cases of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Basil al-Araj and the current hunger strike were distributed to attendees.

The conference’s political statement began with a statement emphasizing support for the prisoners:

“In this Berlin Declaration, we affirm the Palestinian people’s right to return to their homeland and homes as a sacred and inalienable right that persists no matter how long the struggle, as we emphasize our stand with the principled struggle of the prisoners’ movement, the vanguard of our people and their valiant resistance. We dedicate the work of our conference to the Palestinian people everywhere, and to all of their prisoners in the Zionist prisons, led by the great national leader Comrade Ahmad Sa’adat, the struggler Karim Younis, the longest consecutively-held Palestinian prisoner, and the struggling brother Marwan Barghouthi, and all of the leaders of the struggling prisoners’ movement as the enter the 34th day of their historic open hunger strike. We urge our people, our nation, and all of our friends in Europe and in the Diaspora to build an even wider movement of solidarity with the prisoners’ struggle until we achieve freedom and dignity.”

The conference was followed by a cultural event that drew over 500 Palestinians and their supporters in Berlin, featuring a speech by longtime Palestinian veteran struggler from the refugee camps of Lebanon, Salah Salah, and performances by two Palestinian cultural performance groups, Raj’een Palestinian Dabkeh Troupe from Brussels, Belgium, and Al-Awda Band, based in Berlin. Both performance troupes elicited cheers as they performed Palestinian traditional and national songs and dances. Raj’een has performed at multiple demonstrations for the prisoners in Brussels with a special dabkeh performance developed to support the prisoners and depict their struggle and experience. The evening concluded with a performance by Al-Awda Band of “May wa Meleh (Salt and Water)” in a musical and dance salute to the striking prisoners.

The day before the conference, Friday, 19 May, conference organizers and participants – including Samidoun activists from Belgium, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere – joined in a protest organized by Palestinian and Arab organizations in Berlin in support of Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike outside Rathaus Neukolln in a busy district of Berlin. They held signs, posters and banners in support of Palestinian prisoners while distributing information to passers-by about the prisoners’ strike and chanting for freedom for the prisoners and the Palestinian people.

USPCN Call to Action: 5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Support Palestinian Hunger Strikers

The following call to action is reprinted from the US Palestinian Community Network:

5 things you can do RIGHT NOW to support Palestinian hunger strikers! USPCN calls for National Week of Action!

As the over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners enter their 36th day on hunger strike, the risks to their health are increasingly grave, so urgent actions in solidarity are of critical importance. 

Here are 5 things you can do RIGHT NOW to support the hunger strikers’hunger strike for dignity demands, which include the restoration of regular family visits, an end to solitary confinement, an end to administrative detention (imprisonment for months without formal charge), the strengthening of medical care, and access to education:

oneDemand a meeting with your U.S. Senator or U.S. Congressperson THIS WEEK, and ask them to pressure Israel to meet the prisoners’ demands. USPCN chapters and coalition partners in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and the Bay Area, thus far, have already made commitments to visit at least one of their Senators or Congresspeople.  If your legislator does not recognize the urgency of your request for a meeting, please join this National Week of Action anyway with a picket or protest of her office or other targets, like Israeli consulates, and let us know of your plans by emailing uspcn@uspcn.org.

twoCall or write your elected representatives and ask them to make a public statement in support of the hunger strikers, like this powerful one from U.S. Congressman Danny Davis of Illinois.

threeBlack out social media! Change all your social media profile pictures to this one here below and make sure to tag #DignityStrike.  

fourOrganize a day-long fast with your families, friends, and / or organizations in support of the Palestinian prisoners, like USPCN’s on May 11th or the one called by Palestinian-American students for Monday, May 22nd.

fiveCall the International Red Cross at 202.587.4600 to demand that it fulfills its obligation to examine the prisoners’ cells; and Amnesty International USA Headquarters at 212.807.8400 to demand it pressure Israel to meet the strikers’ demands.

For more information and regular updates on the hunger strike, follow @uspcn, @Addameer, and @SamidounPP on Facebook and Twitter, as well as these hashtags: #DignityStrike, #PalHunger, and #StopAD.

Sign on: An Injury to One is an Injury to All: Workers Support Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network endorses and urges all to sign on to the statement below, by Labor for Palestine, in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in the Strike for Freedom and Dignity.

SIGN ON AT CHANGE.ORG: https://www.change.org/p/an-injury-to-one-is-an-injury-to-all-workers-support-palestinian-prisoners-on-hunger-strike

“We urge all labor organizations and workers’ movements to express their solidarity and support for the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike, for the Palestinian people’s struggle for liberation and for the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.”
Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS (PTUC-BDS), April 28, 2017

Labor for Palestine joins workers around the world to stand with 1,500 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike since April 17 to protest conditions that Amnesty International calls “unlawful and cruel.” After more than a month, their health is failing, but their steadfastness remains unshakable.

From workers’ rights and women’s rights, to anti-racism and anti-colonialism, hunger strikes are a time-honored form of protest against injustice.

But the Israeli government — which receives $3.8 billion per year in U.S. weapons and closely coordinates with the same police agencies that systematically terrorize Black and Brown communities in the United States — threatens to force-feed the strikers, and is gunning down their supporters in the streets of Palestine. Such relentless state violence reflects the continuing Nakba, Israel’s 69-year-old ethnic cleansing campaign against the Palestinian people.

Undeterred, the prisoners have vowed: “Our chains will be broken before we are, because it is human nature to heed the call for freedom regardless of the cost.”

They know that, like Jim Crow and apartheid South Africa, Zionist settler colonialism will one day fall to the unstoppable tide of popular mass resistance.

Labor bodies around the world have risen to their defense, including the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Canadian Labour Congress, 26 European trade unions and labor organizations, World Federation of Trade Unions (representing 92 million workers in 162 countries), and International Trade Union Confederation (representing 181 million workers in 163 countries).

Their outpouring is accompanied by rising international labor respect of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) picket line, which demands an end to occupation and apartheid, full equality for all, and Palestinian refugees’ right to return to the homes and lands from which they were expelled.

In the U.S., BDS has been embraced by West Coast dockers refusing to handle Israeli Zim Line cargo, the United Electrical Workers, CT State AFL-CIO, UAW 2865, UAW 2322, GSOC-UAW 2110, AFT 3220, and thousands of other union members.

This parallels growing intersectional solidarity with Palestine from the Movement for Black Lives, Standing Rock, #NoBanNoWall, and other U.S. grassroots social justice movements.

Today, we affirm:
*Victory to Palestinian Political Hunger Strikers!
*From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free!

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Issued May 21, 2017 by Labor for Palestine Co-Conveners:
(Affiliations below for identification only)
*Suzanne Adely, Global Workers Solidarity Network
*Michael Letwin, Former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325; Labor for Standing Rock
*Clarence Thomas, Co-Chair, Million Worker March; Executive Board, ILWU Local 10 (retired)

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Endorsing Organizations (list in formation)

Al-Awda New York, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center
Jews for Palestinian Right of Return
LA4Palestine
Labor for Standing Rock
Palestinian Youth Movement – USA
Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
US Palestinian Community Network

SIGN ON AT CHANGE.ORG: https://www.change.org/p/an-injury-to-one-is-an-injury-to-all-workers-support-palestinian-prisoners-on-hunger-strike

Samidoun sends solidarity message to Copenhagen demonstration commemorating the Nakba

Photo: Boykot Israel

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network delivered a solidarity message to the Nakba commemoration demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark, marking 69 years of the occupation of Palestinian land and the dispossession of the Palestinian people.

The Nakba demonstration focused – through speakers, music, banners, flyers and poems – on 69 years of Nakba and and at the same time, the resistance struggle of the Palestinian people throughout that period and continuing today. The demonstration expressed its deep solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who not only fights for their human rights in the prisons but at the same time struggle against the Israeli occupation and apartheid. The demonstration called on boycott of Israel and emphasized the importance of involving the union movement in the Boycott Israel-movement.

Photo: Boykot Israel

The protest was organized by the Nakba Initiative, which includes the Democratic Palestine Committees of Denmark, the Boykot Israel Campaign and the Palestinian National Alliance in Denmark. The main slogans of the demonstration were “We will never forget the Nakba,” “Stop Israeli Apartheid,” “For the Right of Return,” and “Free Palestine.” Speakers included the Boykot Israel Campaign, Abdel-Nasser Ferwana from Gaza, and Annette Ekebjaerg-Jakobsen and John Ekebjerg-Jakobsen from the 3F Palestine Network. It also included musical performances by Marwan, Sanabel El Ard and Nassim.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network was invited to send a solidarity message to highlight the demonstration’s support for the Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike since 17 April in the Strike of Freedom and Dignity. Our message follows:

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is honored to participate in this demonstration in Copenhagen commemorating 69 years of Nakba and standing with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, 1500 of whom launched a hunger strike for freedom and dignity on 17 April 2017.
The hunger strikers have gone without food, subsisting on salt and water, for 35 days. As we stand here together, today, we demand the immediate implementation of these prisoners’ basic, human demands: to end the denial of family visits to Palestinian prisoners, for proper health care and medical treatment, to have access to continue their education, to end the use of solitary confinement and administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial.
Palestinian prisoners are leaders and strugglers who are an example and a true leadership of the Palestinian resistance and Palestinian people. They represent the Palestinian resistance that has never been crushed through 69 years of Nakba or 100 years of colonization in Palestine. They represent the true leadership of the Palestinian people that the occupier attempts to isolate and lock away. They represent Palestinian national unity in their struggle and confrontation of the occupier. Even more, they exemplify the internationalist struggle of the Palestinian people and the struggle to free all political prisoners in imperialist jails around the world.
From Copenhagen to Berlin to Brussels to Paris to Johannesburg to New York to London to Madrid to Athens to Istanbul, alongside the streets of Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps, people have taken to the streets to stand with the prisoners and their brave and inspiring hunger strike. After 35 days, the situation is more urgent than ever and the prisoners need all of our support and solidarity, to take to the streets, pressure the governments and build the boycott of Israel at all levels to implement the demands of the Freedom and Dignity Strike and demand freedom for all Palestinian prisoners.
Today, we stand with you – we will never forget the Nakba. The prisoners will be victorious, freedom is inevitable, and all Palestinian refugees will return home to freedom in a liberated Palestine from the river to the sea.

International legal organizations’ open letter to UN Secretary-General on Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike

The Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, International Federation for Human Rights and Palestine Legal came together to write an open letter to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, on the 37th day of a hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli prison. The letter urged the UN to call on Israel to respect the human rights of the hunger strikers. The demands of those on hunger strike include calls for Israel to: end the use of administrative detention; permit more family visits; ensure adequate medical services (including specific services required by women); end the use of solitary confinement; install public phones to improve telecommunications with families; and improve access to education and other services. The prisoners’ strike arises in the context of Israel’s 50-year occupation of Palestinian territory and its transfer of thousands of Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory into prisons within Israel, in violation of international humanitarian law.

23rd May 2017

H.E. Mr António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Executive Office of the Secretary-General
S-3800, United National Secretariat Bldg
New York, NY 10017

Re: Open Letter to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to urge Israel to Comply with the U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and International Law on Detention

Your Excellency,

Approximately 1,500 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons have entered the 37th day of their Freedom and Dignity hunger strike.  The demands of those on hunger strike include calls for Israel to end the use of administrative detention; permit more family visits; ensure adequate medical services (including specific services required by women); end the use of solitary confinement; install public phones to improve telecommunications with families; and, improve access to education and other services.  The prisoners’ strike arises in the context of Israel’s 50 year occupation of Palestinian territory, and its transfer of thousands of Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory into prisons within Israel, in violation of international humanitarian law.[1]

We urge you to publicly call for the State of Israel to ensure that its arrest and detention policies are in full compliance with its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as well as relevant international standards, including the U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisons.[2]

On the one month anniversary of the start of the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike, May 16th, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, called on Israel to comply with international law and international standards for detention.[3]  In his public statement he commented that he is “particularly concerned with Israel’s use of administrative detention, which involves imprisonment without charge, trial, conviction or meaningful due process, as well as the possibility of unrestricted renewal of their detention” and noting that “administrative detainees are imprisoned on secret evidence that neither they nor their lawyers can review or challenge.”[4]  Mr. Lynk reported that this application of administrative detention “is not in compliance with the extremely limited circumstances in which it is allowed under international humanitarian law, and deprives detainees of basic legal safeguards guaranteed by international human rights law.”[5]  Mr. Lynk also expressed concern that prisoners are being held in solitary confinement;[6] the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture has found that detention for prolonged periods in solitary confinement can constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, or torture.[7]

While it is uncommon for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to do so, on May 3rd the ICRC released a public statement in relation to the hunger strike.[8]  The ICRC called on Israel to “shoulder their full responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law,” with particular reference to ensuring family contact for Palestinians held in Israel.[9] The ICRC statement points out that “Palestinians are detained in Israel, rather than within the occupied territory as required by the law of occupation. As a consequence, family members have less access to their detained relatives. They need special permits and have to undertake long trips to see their loved ones, with checks and waiting times when crossing terminals or at the prison.”[10] These are issues Mr. Lynk also identified in his statement as “significant barriers” created for Palestinian families trying to access their relatives.[11]

In light of the recent events within the Israeli prisons, the ICRC statement expressed concern with Israel’s “systematic suspension” of family visits for those on hunger strike and affirmed that under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, “Palestinians are entitled to these visits, which can only be limited for security reasons, on a case by case basis, but never for strictly punitive or disciplinary purposes.”  Mr. de Maio, head of the ICRC delegation in Israel and the occupied territories, stated that “families are paying the price for this situation.”[12]

Improved health services are central to the demands of those on hunger strike.  Rather than taking steps to improve health services for those on hunger strike, credible Israeli media sources have reported recently that Israeli authorities are considering hiring non-Israeli doctors to force-feed those on hunger strike, since the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) has called on Israeli physicians not attempt to force-feed anyone participating in the hunger strike.[13]

The position of the IMA is in line with long-standing international medical standards related to the force-feeding of prisoners. Relevant authoritative guidelines are contained in the 1975 World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo, which state that “where a prisoner refuses nourishment and is considered by the physician as capable of forming an unimpaired and rational judgment concerning the consequences of such a voluntary refusal of nourishment, he or she shall not be fed artificially.”[14] As noted by a specialist on the medical aspects of detention with the International Committee of the Red Cross has stated, “doctors should never be party to actual coercive feeding…Such actions can be considered a form of torture and under no circumstances should doctors participate in them on the pretext of saving the hunger striker’s life.”[15] This approach also aligns with U.N. Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.[16]   In 2006, a group of U.N. Special Procedure mandate-holders examined practices of force-feeding and other conduct by U.S. authorities against detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, and found that these aforementioned “internationally agreed ethical norms are implied in, and form an essential part of, the right to health. Compliance by health professionals with such ethical standards is essential to realizing the right to health.”[17]

The international laws and standards concerning the treatment of people detained in any prison or detention facility are the same as what is required of the treatment of Palestinians held by the State of Israel – there is no exception or derogation permitted on the grounds of nationality or political affiliation – and it is the inherent right of any person detained in poor or unlawful conditions to engage in a non-violent hunger strike in an effort to ensure those in authority respect, protect and fulfill their human rights while in custody.

While these legitimate non-violent actions focus specifically on the appalling treatment of Palestinians within the Israeli prison system, it is also incumbent upon the United Nations and the international community as a whole to address the collective and widespread denial of the human rights of all Palestinians living under a 50 year occupation.  As Addameer Prison Support and Human Rights Association brought to the world’s attention through their public statements on April 17th when the hunger strike began, “the issue of Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons and detention centers transcends one of individual human rights; it is also one of collective rights of an entire people – the Palestinian people, who continue to be deprived of the right to self-determination and sovereignty – basic fundamentals of international law.”[18]

We strongly urge you, as the U.N. Secretary General, to publicly seek a timely assurance from the State of Israel that it will a) adhere to all relevant international law and standards concerning the treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, including the prohibition of transferring prisoners from occupied territory and in particular, b) adhere to the reasonable demands of those on hunger strike which align with these international laws and standards, and c) refrain from any attempt to force feed any Palestinian involved in the hunger strikes.

Sincerely,

Center for Constitutional Rights

International Association of Democratic Lawyers

International Federation for Human Rights

National Lawyers’ Guild

Palestine Legal



[1] See, e,g., United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, 19 May 2017 ‘No end in sight, says UN human rights expert after five decades of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory’. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21639&LangID=E.

[2] International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention Against Torture and Other, Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CoreInstruments.aspx. See also: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisons (1957). Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/TreatmentOfPrisoners.aspx

[3] United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, 16 May 2017 ‘UN Special Rapporteur on OPT calls on Israel to comply with international law on detention’ (‘UN Special Rapporteur on OPT statement on Detention’). Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21624&LangID=E

[4] UN Special Rapporteur on OPT statement on Detention.

[5] UN Special Rapporteur on OPT statement on Detention’.

[6] UN Special Rapporteur on OPT statement on Detention’.

[7] Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, U.N. Doc. A/66/268 (5 Aug. 2011) (by Juan Méndez) at para. 58.

[8] International Committee of the Red Cross, 3 May 2017 ‘News release: Detainees’ contacts with families are Israel’s obligation under IHL’ (‘ICRC News release’). Available at: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/detainees-contacts-families-are-israels-obligation-under-ihl  

[9] ICRC News release.

[10] ICRC News release.

[11] UN Special Rapporteur on OPT statement on Detention’.

[12] ICRC News release.

[13] See: The Times of Israel, May 4, 2017 ‘Israel said considering bringing foreign doctors to force feed hunger strikers’. Available at: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-considering-bringing-foreign-doctors-to-force-feed-hunger-strikers/; Haaretz, May 5, 2017 ‘Doctors refusing to force treatment on Palestinian hunger strikers must find their own replacement’. Available at: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.787483

[14] World Medical Association (1975) Declaration of Tokyo: Guidelines for Physicians Concerning Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman r Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment. Available at: https://ama.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/WMA_Declaration_of_Tokyo.pdf

[15] Reyes, H. (1998) International Committee of the Red Cross, ‘Maltreatment and Torture’, Research in Legal Medicine (Vol. 19). Available at: https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/article/other/health-article-010198.htm

[16] U.N. General Assembly (1982) Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/MedicalEthics.aspx

[17] U.N. Econ. & Soc. Council [ECOSOC], Comm’n on Human Rights, Situation of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, P 82, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/2006/120, p. 82. Available at: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G06/112/76/PDF/G0611276.pdf?OpenElement

[18] Addameer, 17 April 2017 ‘Take Action: Palestinian political prisoners launch mass hunger strike’. Available at: http://www.addameer.org/news/take-action-palestinian-political-prisoners-launch-mass-hunger-strike. Addameer  (the Arabic word for ‘conscience’) is a Palestinian civil society organization supporting Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons with free legal aid, legal representation and advocacy since 1992.

 

25 May, Chicago: Demand Senators Durbin and Duckworth Stand with Palestinian Prisoners

Thursday, 25 May
12 pm
230 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL, US
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/379626075766341

Organized by US Palestinian Community Network

Support Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike! Demand that U.S. Senators Durbin & Duckworth take a stand!

#DignityStrike #DignityStrikeChi

Over 1,800 Palestinian political prisoners have entered their 37th day of an open ended hunger strike, and their lives are in danger! Join USPCN-Chicago and friends for a lunchtime picket on Thursday, May 25th, at 12 Noon, at Federal Plaza (230 S. Dearborn St.) in downtown Chicago, to demand that our U.S. Senators take action to pressure Israel to meet the demands of the strikers.

There are 6,300 Palestinian political prisoners currently in Israeli jails, including more than 500 held under administrative detention, which is an Israeli policy of imprisoning Palestinians for months without formal charge. In response to routine violations of their basic human and civil rights as prisoners, the Palestinians launched their hunger strike over 5 weeks ago, demanding the restoration of regular family visits, an end to torturous solitary confinement, an end to administrative detention, the strengthening of medical care, and access to education–all rights enshrined under international law.

The corporate media and our legislative representatives have been silent on the issue, with only one of the 535 members of the U.S. Congress, Danny Davis, having made any kind of official statement. (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1YcQ8ThsCDaeTVWZ1JINlh5ZUE/view)

So join USPCN-Chicago on Thursday, May 25th, for a lunchtime picket and rally demanding that U.S. Senators from Illinois, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, take a clear stand in support of human rights for the Palestinian hunger strikers.

When: Thursday, May 25th, at 12 Noon

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5 things you can do RIGHT NOW to support Palestinian hunger strikers! USPCN calls for National Week of Action!

As the over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners enter their 36th day on hunger strike, the risks to their health are increasingly grave, so urgent actions in solidarity are of critical importance.

Here are 5 things you can do RIGHT NOW to support the hunger strikers’hunger strike for dignity demands, which include the restoration of regular family visits, an end to solitary confinement, an end to administrative detention (imprisonment for months without formal charge), the strengthening of medical care, and access to education:

1)Demand a meeting with your U.S. Senator or U.S. Congressperson THIS WEEK, and ask them to pressure Israel to meet the prisoners’ demands. USPCN chapters and coalition partners in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and the Bay Area, thus far, have already made commitments to visit at least one of their Senators or Congresspeople. If your legislator does not recognize the urgency of your request for a meeting, please join this National Week of Action anyway with a picket or protest of her office or other targets, like Israeli consulates, and let us know of your plans by emailing uspcn@uspcn.org.

2)Call or write your elected representatives and ask them to make a public statement in support of the hunger strikers, like this powerful one from U.S. Congressman Danny Davis of Illinois.

3) Black out social media! Change all your social media profile pictures to the USPCN Facebook profile picture and tag #DignityStrike.

4)Organize a day-long fast with your families, friends, and / or organizations in support of the Palestinian prisoners, like USPCN’s on May 11th

5)Call the International Red Cross at 202.587.4600 to demand that it fulfills its obligation to examine the prisoners’ cells; and Amnesty International USA Headquarters at 212.807.8400 to demand it pressure Israel to meet the strikers’ demands.

For more information and regular updates on the hunger strike, follow @uspcn, @Addameer, and @SamidounPP on Facebook and Twitter, as well as these hashtags: #DignityStrike, #PalHunger, and #StopAD.

25 May, Houston: Houston Stands with Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Thursday, 25 May
5:30 pm
Israeli Consulate
24 Greenway Plaza #1500
Houston, TX
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/289463528131951/

On Thursday May 25, university students, human rights advocates, and concerned members of the Houston community will undertake a symbolic hunger strike and peaceful protest in solidarity with more than 1500 Palestinian political prisoners that have been on hunger strike, abstaining from food and drinks, since April 17, 2017.

Drawing attention to the plight of Palestinian prisoners and their open-ended “Strike for Dignity and Freedom”, we will assemble in front of the Consulate General of Israel in Houston. Participants will contribute to the global #SaltWaterChallenge that has been launched in support of the demands of the Palestinian political prisoners. A variety of creative performances will take place, and prominent members of the Houston academic, cultural, and human rights community will address the peaceful assembly.

Palestinian prisoners are demanding an immediate end to medical negligence, solitary confinement, and administrative detention, a common practice by Israeli authorities where a prisoner is detained for periods up to six months — renewed indefinitely — without a trial or charge. They are also asking for longer and more frequent family visits, opportunities for secondary and higher education, and better access to medical care and services. Currently, these basic needs are denied to the 6500 Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated by the Israeli authorities.

Since the launch of the hunger strike in Palestine, the Israeli Prison Service has isolated the prisoner leaders into solitary confinement, confiscated clothes and personal belongings, and moved other strikers around the prisons to limit communication. Israel has received wide scale international condemnation for its policies towards the prisoners and the Palestinian people as a whole, but it nevertheless continues to violate the will of the international community.

Through this action, we insist that Israel immediately meet the demands of the Palestinian prisoners. We also express our support for the Palestinian people and its just quest for liberation, return, equality, and self-determination. Finally, we demand that Israel end its policies of apartheid, colonization, military occupation, displacement, dispossession, and mass incarceration.

25 May, San Francisco: Support Palestinian Hunger Strikers! Freedom and Dignity Protest

Thursday, 25 May
4:30 pm
Israeli Consulate
456 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/289463528131951/

May 25th is an International call to action: Day of global one-day hunger strikes for Palestinian prisoners. We invite you to join us for a protest and press conference at the Israeli Consulate in support of the Day of global one-day hunger strikes for Palestinian prisoners.

Join a coalition of Palestinian groups and solidarity activists, including JVP and Norcal Sabeel to demand that Israel meet the just demands of the strikers to be treated according to internationally recognized human rights standards.

In April of 2017, over 1000 Palestinian prisoners launched the largest collective hunger strike in years, on the occasion of marking 50 years of military occupation & nearly 70 years of Israel’s displacement & imprisonment of Palestinians.
Their demands are simple including: reinstating visitation rights, installing phones, improving medical care, and ending solitary confinement and administrative detention (the practice of holding prisoners for indefinite periods without charge or trial).