AL-HAQ PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref.: LRAD-E010-ALE-31/3 23rd March 2010 Al-Haq Action Alert: Four Unarmed Teenagers Shot Dead by Israeli Military in Nablus District Over a 24 hour period on 20 and 21 March 2010, Israeli occupation forces shot and killed four unarmed teenagers in the Nablus district. None were armed or posed any […]
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Omar Ala ad-Din: arrested and tortured as a warning
Omar Ala ad-Din had been arrested at the âcontainer checkpointâ on Monday March 15. He stayed seven days in custody being tortured and still he defied his torturers: âThis Friday you will see me again in the protestâ Omar was first physically assaulted when the soldiers at the checkpoint detained him and beat him with […]
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Second teenager dies from IOF bullets
A second teenager critically injured by Israeli forces near Nablus has succumbed to his wounds and died. Useid Abed An-Nasser Qadus, 19, was shot in the head by Israeli forces, that were invading Iraq Burin, a West Bank village south of Nablus, on Friday. Useid’s death follows that of his cousin, Mohammed Qadus, 16, who […]
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Four Palestinian youth killed in less that 24 hours
Nablus district has paid a high price for international recognition of role of popular resistance. Today, two 19-year old boys, Muhammad Faysal and Salah Muhammad Qawariq, were shot dead by Israeli military close to their village Awarta, south of Nablus. The two were on their way to work on their fields, presumably carrying farming tools. […]
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Bethlehem district: al Ma’sara and al Walaja defend their lands and homes
1) Al Maâsara: A tribute to international solidarity On Friday, the weekly march in the village of al Maâsara was dedicated to the remembrance of the American martyr Rachel Corrie, who was murdered in Gaza seven years ago, when an Occupation bulldozer ran over her body. Corrie and her colleagues from the International Solidarity Movement […]
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Ramallah district: anti-Wall protests spread to five villages
1) People of Bilâin defy the decision of the Israeli military. Dozens of demonstrators were injured this Friday in the weekly anti-wall march at Bilâin. A number suffered from respiration problems caused by the use of tear gas when Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian demonstrators and international solidarity activists. This is the result of the […]
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16-year old boy shot dead by Israeli snipers
This afternoon the Israeli military killed 16-year old Mohammad Qadus from Iraq Burin, a village south of Nablus, with a live round on his heart. A second youth, Asaud Qadus, 19 years old, was critically injured after being shot in the head. Mohammad was trying to carry Asaud to safety when he was hit. Today, […]
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Addameer and Stop the Wall launch: www.Right2StoptheWall.org
Addameer and Stop the Wall announce the launch of a new website to support their joint campaign to free Palestinian human rights defenders active against the Wall: www.Right2StoptheWall.org provides the latest news, background information, prisoner profiles, videos, current statistics, and everything you need to stay updated and take action on this important issue. Recent months […]
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Ni’lin: Israeli forces injure 8 protesters and arrest 17-year old boy
This morning, the Israeli occupation forces have attacked residents of Niâlin who were gathered in a march to protest the military orders against their village and the provocative Israeli construction close to the Palestinian holy places. The military used tear gas and stun grenades, rubber bullets and live ammunition against the villagers, wounding 8 protesters […]
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Stop the Wall releases two reports on Brazil’s complicity with Israeli wars and occupation.
Stop the Wall has issued today a briefing 'Brazil’s economic and military relationship with Israel' asserting that – if Brazil continues along its current political path -, it will effectively close off every possibility for the country to be an agent of just peace whether in the region or in the Middle East. Brazil's refusal […]