Tag Archives: Organisations

#GazaUnderAttack | Tunisian civil society protests against Israeli aggression on Gaza

[ PIC 16/11/2012 – 06:36 PM ] TUNISIA, (PIC)– Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated after Friday prayer in many Tunisian cities against the Israeli brutal attacks on Gaza, the PIC correspondent reported. Several hundred protesters, gathered on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the centre of Tunis. They chanted slogans such as “No to reconciliation,” and “The people […]

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▶ The Letter From Gaza Footballers to @FCBarcelona Club (More Updates)

UPDATE SEP 30, 2012 | Israel arrested another football player and deported him to Gaza, updates below Palestine Chronicle | Sept 27, 2012 Do not side with the Oppressor! By Various Authors – Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine Dear President Sandro Rossell. We, Palestinian footballers, athletes and sporting organizations and officials, are dismayed to learn the […]

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#PalHunger | European organizations call on UN to save three Palestinian hunger strikers

[ PIC 17/09/2012 – 08:47 PM ] GENEVA,(PIC)– Five European and Middle East human rights organizations warned that three Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails risk death due to their continued hunger strike for more than 3 months. The five organizations called on the United Nations Commission for Human Rights to bear its responsibilities towards the […]

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80 Palestinian organizations protest against EU

[ PIC 06/09/2012 – 11:48 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Eighty Palestinian non-governmental organizations condemned the European Union’s recent decision to upgrade its economic and diplomatic relations with Israel in more than 60 fields. The organizations considered the European decision as a disavowal to the European-Israeli partnership agreement that stipulates an Israeli commitment to the international […]

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HRO criticize Israeli Supreme Court over Palestinian prisoners torture

Al Qassam Website 08-08-2012,09:43 Al Qassam website – Human rights organizations criticized the Israeli Supreme Court’s refusal to investigate the guards who practiced torture against Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons. The Israeli Committee against Torture stated that it presented a petition along with other Palestinian activists to the Israeli court where they confirmed torture and […]

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#PalHunger | Israel should free Ameer Makhoul on second anniversary of arrest ~ @aicnews

AIC NEWS | Sunday, 06 May 2012 18:48 Multiple organisations More than 25 organisations around the world have combined to urge Israel to free imprisoned human rights defender Ameer Makhoul on the second anniversary of his arrest. Ameer has been in prison since May 2010. On 1 May 2012, Ameer was transferred from Gilboa prison […]

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320 Local, International Groups Campaign For Detainee’ Rights | #PalestinePrisoners #IsraeliJail

Tuesday April 17, 2012 11:58 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies An International campaign, supported by 320 local and international human rights groups, was launched on Tuesday morning in Gaza city declaring support to the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners held in dozens of Israeli prisons, detention and interrogation facilities, the Palestinian News & […]

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Around 300 Int’l Groups Demand Lifting Restrictions on Palestinian Mobility

Wafa News Agency | March 15, 2012 GENEVA, March 15, 2012 (WAFA) – Around 300 international non-governmental organizations signed an appeal on Wednesday demanding lifting of Israeli restrictions on Palestinian mobility in the occupied West Bank, Thursday said a statement by the Euromid Observer for Human Rights (Euro-Mid(. The plea was submitted in a seminar […]

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Dance Group Urged to Cut Ties to Brand Israel Campaign

WAFA FEB 22 2012 NEW YORK, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – More than 20 American and Canadian organizations representing human rights activists and artists have called on the Batsheva Dance Company to cut all ties to the Brand Israel campaign and take a stand against the Israeli government’s violations of Palestinian rights, according to a […]

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USAID, International Youth Foundation Grant 4 Palestinian Organizations

WAFA Febr 19 2012 RAMALLAH, February 19, 2012 (WAFA) – The Youth Entrepreneurship Development Program, implemented by the International Youth Foundation in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to the West Bank and Gaza, has awarded grants to four Palestinian organizations to enhance career prospects for Palestinian youth, Sunday said […]

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Urgent Call for Action to UN: Khader Adnan at Risk of Death on 60th Day of Hunger Strike

Related: WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN KHADER! ~ Overview- Photos – Video – Action Alert To: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Cc: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Urgent Call for Action As Palestinian organizations dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), we […]

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Human Rights Organisations Demand PLO and International Community Uphold Victims Rights

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video 29 September 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights    During the 66th General Assembly, the world’s attention has been focused on issues surrounding recognition of Palestinian Statehood. However, as human rights organizations we believe that the true question is not only one of Statehood per se; rather […]

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Israel puts pressure on human-rights organisations

Vita Bekker | The National | Aug 7, 2011  TEL AVIV // Just months after Israel ended its invasion of the Gaza Strip more than two years ago, life became more challenging for Sari Bashi and her human-rights group Gisha. Right-wing government officials, legislators and pressure groups, angered at charges by rights organisations that Israel […]

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Norway attacks draw condemnation from pro-Palestinian organizations

[ 23/07/2011 – 05:11 PM ]   BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The twin attacks in Oslo that left some 90 dead have drawn strong condemnation by pro-Palestinian organizations on Saturday. The Labor party youth retreat was a supporter of Palestinian rights and an end to the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. In a statement following Friday’s […]

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Statement | Israeli Organisations Support for the Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla

  Sunday, 03 July 2011 14:06 Various Organisations| AIC We, Israeli organizations, Palestinians and Jews, declare our support for the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla and its declared goals: to break the Israeli siege on Gaza – both on the sea and land – which represents part of the ongoing Israeli occupation. We denounce the slanderous campaign […]

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