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Events and Actions: Solidarity with the Hares Boys – March 2015

The following call to action is being circulated by the campaign to support the Hares Boys – see the list of events around the world below or the campaign website: https://haresboys.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/latest-news/

Around the world: Join a social media Thunderclap to Free the Hares Boys:  https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/23221-free-hares-boys

This year, Sunday 15th March will mark 2 years since 5 teenage boys from the village of Hares, Palestine, were kidnapped from their homes, abused and violently interrogated, and locked in an Israeli prison. All for something they didn’t do.

It began on 14th March 2013, after a car accident resulting in some serious injuries for its passengers was allegedly caused by Palestinian youths throwing stones at the vehicle; except that there is no evidence to suggest that stone-throwing took place at all.

That same night, Israeli army stormed the villages of Hares and Kifl Hares and detained 19 Palestinian youths. Obtaining their “confessions” through interrogation and ill-treatment, some of these youths were eventually released. Five of them, however, are still incarcerated to this day. These are the Hares Boys.

Should the Israeli military courts get their way, the Hares Boys will face long years in prison for a “crime” that carries no evidence of their supposed guilt and which all the boys deny.

To mark the 2 years since the boys’ incarceration, we are calling on campaigners around the world to devise local actions aimed at raising the profile of the case of the Hares Boys and by doing so, put pressure on the Israeli occupation to respect the principles of justice and release these kids from prison.

We invite you to organise leafleting, vigils and protests, boycott actions, petitioning and letter-writing, talks and film screenings.

The on-going fight against Israeli military aggression and occupation is getting stronger with every new atrocity the apartheid state commits; it matters to vocalise opposition to the continuing injustices the Hares Boys – and, by extension, all Palestinian children in Israeli military prisons – face daily, in order to prevent these dangerous precedents from taking place at all.

Join the fight against oppression. Stand on the side of justice.

Events to Free the Hares Boys:

For more information, see:
Website: haresboys.wordpress.com
Facebook: Free the Hares Boys
Twitter: @HaresBoys

March 17, Cesena, Italy: Evening for Palestine – Palestinian political prisoners and children in Israeli jails

Tuesday, March 17
7:30 pm
Al Magazzino Parallelo, Via Genova 70, 47521 Cesena, Italy
For info: Comitato Difesa Sociale difesasociale [at] libero.it
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/875058099218970/

Part of the Global days of action for the Hares Boys

19.30: Photos and Screenings
From 21.00: Video Link with Nablus (Palestine) with:
Dr. Yousef Abdallah, a professor of economics, kidnapped several times by Israel, deported for 12 years in Jordan, released in February 2015.
Hassan Shbita, committee of the village of Azzoun, Qalqilya
Um Fadi, mother of Ali, one of the five Hares Boys imprisoned by Israel

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March 15, Glasgow: Free the Hares Boys! Free Palestine! 15 March Day of Action Glasgow

Free the Hares Boys! Free Palestine! 15 March Day of Action Glasgow

Sunday, March 15
2:00 pm
Marks and Spencer Sauciehall Street
Glasgow, Scotland
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/806926316048900/
International Day of Action for the Hares Boys – Palestinian teenagers imprisoned by Israel.

Organised by Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (Glasgow) All welcome – open megaphone – Free all Palestinian prisoners / Smash apartheid Israel!

This year, Sunday 15th March will mark 2 years since 5 teenage boys from the village of Hares, Palestine, were kidnapped from their homes, abused and violently interrogated, and locked in an Israeli prison. All for something they didn’t do.

Should the Israeli military courts get their way, the Hares Boys will face long years in prison for a “crime” that carries no evidence of their supposed guilt and which all the boys deny. To mark the 2 years since the boys’ incarceration, an international day of action has been called for 15 March with all progressive people around the world to devise local actions aimed at raising the profile of the case of the Hares Boys and by doing so, put pressure on the Israeli occupation to respect the principles of justice and release these kids from prison.

The fact that it is British based security multinational G4S that provides the guards to imprison and torture these kids means our solidarity is vital. No to Britain’s support for Apartheid Israel!

Join us for an international day of action for The Hares Boys! Bring flags, whistles, banners, placards to help raise attention. Gather outside Marks and Spencer, one of Britain’s biggest corporate sponsors of Israel.

An open megaphone will be there for all to use.

For more information about the Hares Boys visit: http://haresboys.wordpress.com/

Glasgow Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! is organising for Palestine Prisoners Day on 17 April so any ideas get in contact

Facebook Glasgow FRFI
07938908891
www.frfi.co.uk

March 13-16: Events in Latin America call to Free the Hares Boys: Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica

Part of the global call to Free the Hares Boys, organizers are coordinating Latin American events to call for their freedom.

March 13:
Montevideo, Uruguay, 8:00 pm, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación (FHCE) Salón ROMERO Montevideo, Uruguay
https://www.facebook.com/events/1070350206313920/

March 15:
San José, Costa Rica, 2:00 pm, Plaza de la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica
https://www.facebook.com/events/400661190095156/

March 16:
Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 6:00 pm, Beppo Bazaar, 11 oriente no. 8, Puebla
https://www.facebook.com/events/953892107954333/

Over the next two weeks we will see co-ordinated joint protests and events across several countries around the world, all in solidarity with the Hares Boys – five Palestinian teens tortured and caged in a G4S secured Israeli prison and facing life sentence for a crime that never happened!

The global solidarity event for the Hares Boys will start in Chile and UK where activists will use posters and hand leaflets in their home towns. Specifically in Chile it´s going to be a rally for Children’s Rights where activists will share information specifically about Palestinian children under military occupation on March 7.

A conference will be held in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay at a faculty part from the University where there will be a talk about the relation between the Hares Boys, the Palestinian children living under israeli military occupation overall, G4S and BDS.

On March 15 Costa Rica will held a demonstration in its capital city San José to bring awareness about the special situation of these teenagers who are facing a life in prison for the supposed crime that never happened.

Our Mexican editor will give a conference in Puebla de Zaragoza on March 16 talking about the Hares Boys and the multinational ‘security’ company G4S’ complicity in Israeli occupation crimes against the Palestinians.

As a united global solidarity activity for the Hares Boys, all the events will use the same ‘Free the Hares Boys’ leaflets and posters in three different languages.

The events began on March 7 in Santiago de Chile, where Unadikom Chile joined in a march for the rights of the child, highlighting the cases of Palestinian children denied their rights:

A full list of events can be found here as well:
https://haresboys.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/latest-news/

March 14, London: Film Screening – “A Stone’s Throw from Prison”

Palestinian Film Screening: “A Stone’s Throw From Prison”
Saturday, March 14
1:00 pm
P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, Euston, London NW1 1JD, UK
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/775948029139967/ 

The Middlesex University Global South Solidarity Campaign is organising the showing of a new documentary filmed in Palestine, “A Stone’s Throw from Prison,” in order to raise money for Palestinian charity: Interpal. The film will be followed up by a Q & A with the director/writer of the documentary Raquel Castells who is coming from Spain to speak at the event.

The film focuses on the arrest and imprisonment of Palestinian children and youth. Its description: “Growing up in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is not easy. When you leave home for school, your mother can’t be sure of when you’ll be back. Maybe that night, maybe a year later. A stroll with your friends may end up in a police interrogation station. On any night, a group of soldiers may wake you up in the middle of the night and take you, your brother, your father… to prison, after blinding and handcuffing you in front of your family. You do not need to do anything special, just be there, be a kid. Rami, Ahmed, Mohammed… Three among thousands. The film is their story, but also that of courageous Israelis and Palestinians working to cut abuses, stop conflict and heal its consequences.”

Since its inception in 1994, Interpal has, together with its local partners, supported thousands of Palestinians through projects aimed at alleviating poverty, providing health care, advancing education, and fostering community development. Interpal supports beneficiaries across the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan. The Global South Solidarity Society is a political society set up to fight against Globalisation, Imperialism, neo-Liberalism and to defend human rights.

Tickets are £5.00 (+ 95p for booking fee)
Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-event-film-showing-to-raise-money-for-palestine-tickets-16058783253

Watch the trailer:

A Stone’s Throw From Prison. Trailer Eng. from Raquel Castells on Vimeo.

Middlesex University Global South Solidarity Society:
https://www.facebook.com/mdxgsss
https://twitter.com/mdxgsss

Interpal:
http://interpal.org/
Registered Charity No. 1040094

International support grows for imprisoned Palestinian student Lina Khattab

International support continues to grow for imprisoned Palestinian student Lina Khattab, raising voices around the world for her immediate release. In addition to the solidarity declaration by French student union Solidaires Etudiant.e.s and the new exhibition by Oberlin Students for a Free Palestine, activists in Brussels, New Mexico, and the Union of Communist Students (Étudiants Communistes) in France are calling for Lina’s release.

The Étudiants Communistes issued a statement and call to action in solidarity with Lina, as well as a graphic and petition for French students to declare their solidarity with Lina:

Lina Khattab is a student – but in December 2014, she was imprisoned at the age of 18 after a student demonstration for the freedom of Palestinian political prisoners.

She is imprisoned for her involvement in student organizations at Bir Zeit University. She is also a dancer, and participates in the cultural and political activities of her campus. For that, she was sentenced by a military court to 6 months in prison, three years probation and € 1300 fines. Her sentence is illegal under international law.

Today, every Palestinian student engaging in democratic student organization (unions, blocs), is likely to be arrested by the current government of Israel. Lina is now locked up in a military prison in extremely difficult conditions including humiliation and sexual harassment.

On your campus, mobilizes with the UEC for the release of Lina and Palestinian student political prisoners.

Sign the petition (in French) here: http://www.etudiants-communistes.org/node/12095

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The Red Student Faction and Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of New Mexico joined author Nora Barrows-Friedman (author of “In Our Power,” a book on student leadership in the movement for justice in Palestine) on March 2 to demand freedom for Lina Khattab:

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And activists and organizers in Brussels, Belgium, joined in Café Palestine on March 6, celebrating International Women’s Day and Palestinian women’s resistance, and standing in solidarity with Lina Khattab:

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In London, Inminds organized a protest on February 27, highlighting Lina’s case as well as that of 15-year-old Palestinian prisoner Khalid al-Sheikh, demanding their freedom in the event held outside the headquarters of security corporation G4S, the subject of a global boycott campaign due to its profiting from contracts to provide security systems to Israeli prisons where Palestinian women, men and child political prisoners are held. Video of the protest here:

Also in London, on March 8, an International Women’s Day protest demanded the freedom of all Palestinian women political prisoners:

To learn more about the campaign to Free Lina Khattab, visit the Call to Action or the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FreeLina

 

 

Oberlin students mount exhibition highlighting imprisonment of Lina Khattab

Oberlin Students for a Free Palestine mounted a week-long exhibition at Oberlin College’s Mudd Library on March 9, highlighting the case of imprisoned Palestinian student Lina Khattab and urging her immediate freedom. The exhibit, a “stone pile” with accompanying text, greets students and visitors as they enter the library. “These rocks symbolize the resistance embodied by Khattab and other Palestinians living under occupation,” said SFP.

The exhibition is accompanied by an informative pamphlet with background materials and action suggestions calling for Lina Khattab’s release.

Oberlin Students for a Free Palestine’s pamphlet on Lina Khattab:

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French student union calls for freedom for Lina Khattab and Palestinian prisoners

French student union Solidaires Etudiant-e-s issued a statement in support of imprisoned Palestinian student Lina Khattab, calling for her freedom and that of her fellow Palestinian political prisoners:

Since December 13, 2014, Lina Khattab, a student at Bir Zeit University is imprisoned by the Israeli authorities, following her participation in a demonstration for the release of political prisoners in Palestine.

We demand her immediate release and express our solidarity with her. We support all those fighting for her release and that of her fellow prisoners.

Freedom for Lina Khattab! Freedom for all the prisoners!

Freedom for Palestine!

The Support page (in English), where you can sign a petition / letter requesting the release of Lina Khattab: http://samidoun.net/2014/12/take-action-free-lina-khattab-imprisoned -student-and-folkloric-dancer 

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FreeLina

Depuis le 13 Décembre 2014, Lina Khattab, étudiante à l’Université de Bir Zeit est détenue par les autorités israéliennes, suite à sa participation à une manifestation pour la libération des prisonnier-es politiques en Palestine.

Nous exigeons sa libération immédiate et lui exprimons toute notre solidarité. Nous apportons notre soutien à toutes les personnes luttant pour sa libération et celle des autres détenu-es.

Liberté pour Lina Khattab ! Liberté pour tou-te-s les prisonnier-es !

Liberté pour la Palestine !

La page de soutien (en anglais), où l’on peut signer une pétition/lettre pour demander la libération de Lina Khattab : http://samidoun.net/2014/12/take-action-free-lina-khattab-imprisoned-student-and-folkloric-dancer/

La page facebook de soutien, où il est possible de poster des messages de soutien :https://www.facebook.com/FreeLina?fref=ts!

! تضامنا مع لينا الخطاب و جميع السجناء و السجينات الفلسطينيين

منذ 13 كانون الاول 2014 لينا الخطاب,طالبة في جامعة بيرزيت,معتقلة عند سلطات الاحتلال لإسرائيلية و ذلك عقب مشاركتها في مظاهرة للإفراج عن السجناء السياسيين في فلسطين

نطالب بالإفراج الفوري عنها, و نعرب لها عن تضامننا. نبدي دعمنا لجميع الذين يناضلون من أجل إطلاق سراحها و سراح جميع المعتقلين

!الحرية ل لينا الخطاب ! الحرية لجميع الاسرى ! الحرية لفلسطين

March 12, Ottawa: Palestinian Women Prisoners – Anti Colonial Struggles and Experiences

Free event presented by Students Against Israeli Apartheid #IAWOttawa
When: Thurs, March 12 @6:30PM
Where: 100 St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1532797326984127/

Part of Israeli Apartheid Week Ottawa

This panel will provide gendered perspectives on imprisonment and resistance, with a focus on Palestinian women prisoners. Speakers include:

DR. NAHLA ABDO is an Arab Canadian feminist and political activist, Professor of Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She has extensive publications on women, racism, nationalism and the State in the Middle East with special focus on Palestinian women. She has received several research awards. Among her recent publications: Counter Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the IsraeliPrison System (Pluto 2014) –which received the Times Higher Education Book of 2014; Women in Israel: Race, Gender, and Citizenship (2011); Gender, Citizenship and the State: The Israeli Case. (2010 -Arabic); Women and Poverty in the OPT: Some Conceptual and Methodological Notes, (2007) Violence in the Name of Honour: Theoretical and Political Challenges, -with Shahrzad Mojab, (2004) and Women and the Politics of Military Confrontation: Palestinian and Israeli Gendered Narratives of Dislocation – (with Ronit Lentin 2002).

MARIAM BARGHOUTI is a Palestinian student, writer, and activist hailing from occupied Ramallah. With a focus on colonialism, the Israeli prison system, and Palestinian women prisoners, she blogs atramallahbantustan.wordpress.com and tweets at @mariambarghouti. Her commentaries have been published at the New York Times, Middle East Monitor, Mondoweiss, Oximity, and elsewhere.

March 15, Manchester: Protest in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners

Part of the global day of action to Free the Hares Boys

Sunday, March 15
1:00 PM
Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, UK
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/359415240933896/

The Palestinian prisoners organisation Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network has called for an international day of protest to release the Hares boys – 5 teenagers who were captured by Israeli forces near the Palestinian town of Hares on 15 March 2013.

Join us in a street protest in Manchester city centre, linking the struggle for the release of Palestinian prisoners with the growing movement to boycott Israeli apartheid. Britain bears continuing responsibility for the Israeli state’s colonisation of Palestine and says nothing of the 6,000 Palestinian political prisoners locked up by Israel. Many of these prisons are run with the collusion of G4S, a British multinational ‘security’ corporation. Manchester Labour council sees no problem with allowing G4S to run its security operations. We need to break these links.

Free the Hares Boys!
Boycott Israel!
Stop G4S!
Victory to the Palestinian people!

Manchester Boycott Israel Group – Victory to Palestine!

Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! (FRFI) Manchester

Stop G4S

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