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    April 17

    PETITION FOR PALESTINIANS FALSELY IMPRISONED =PLEASE SIGN=

    Please sign this petition!!  =11000 Palestinians in Israeli jails=

     

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    http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/release-11000-palestinians-in-isra...

    Please help by signing and forwarding the link to every one.
    Help releasing 11.000 Palestinians from Israeli jails including mothers and children.

     

    Disgrace for Democracy: 51 Palestinian MPs and Ministers are

    Detained in Israeli prisons along with 11.870 Palestinian citizens

    By Iqbal Tamimi
    A serious crime and new political slap in the face for democracy is committed by the Zionist system against representatives of the Palestinian people by the abduction of the Palestinian ministers and MPs.

    The latest of which was the arrest of MP Ahmed al-Haj from the city of Nablus on 16/12/2007. Al-Haj is over Seventy-years old.

    Earlier on the 10th MP Dr. Miriam Saleh Minister for Women in the Palestinian government has been abducted too. Dr Miriam is a member in the Legislative Council from Ramallah governorate.

    The Minister of Palestinian Prisoner is in prison since many years... for the fifth time.

    There are more than 11.870 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, 117 of them are mothers. Some give birth while chained, and their children are forced to live in the cells where they do not live their childhood or play or go out.

    (237 prisoners) had been arrested more than 15 years.

    I don't have to tell you about lack of healthy conditions, or medical negligence. Some prisoners are denied warm clothes sent to them by their families.
    They are held in 30 different prisons and detention centres.
    1189 prisoner are schools, collages, and universities students of both genders, more than 400 of the detained are children. The youngest is the baby Youssef  (40 days old). His mother Fatima Alzzik (42) is from Alshojaeeyah camp in Gaza. She was arrested more than 8 months ago, and imprisoned now at "Hasharon" Israeli jail along with 110 other Palestinian women prisoners.

    There are 107 Palestinian teachers in Israeli prisons. 1150 Palestinian prisoner suffer acute illnesses.

    A large number of the detained are denied visits by family members.

    Thousands of Palestinian detainees in the Negev desert prison and other detention camps such as Ofer prison near the town of Ramallah, Hawara, Qadumim, Megiddo, Nafha, Beer Sheva, Ashkelon and other prisons are shivering from the cold under waves of rain and snowfall coming from northern regions of the world especially that some are detained inside tents made of cloth surrounded by walls open to the cruel cold of the desert, living in wet tents caused by snow falls and rain, sleeping on boards made of wood which gets soaked wet.

    Israel arrested 20% of the total number of citizens living in Palestine over the last decades, and this is the largest percentage in the world.


    Soon in April 17th is the International day of prisoners. I hope you can join in denouncing what the Israeli government is doing to those prisoners, and demand their release to join their families.

    Do not rely on journalism to get the news, journalist were the first to be attacked and harassed so that you do not know what was going on.

     The records documented 1147 aggressive attacks on journalists by the Israelis. Only between 28th of September 2000, and 31st of March 2007.

    Please sign the petition and buy those prisoners some happiness.
    We are hoping to get  at least 11.000 signatures, one for each prisoner, and present this petition to International Human Rights bodies like Amnesty International, and United Nations. Please Circulate this petition to all the people you can get the message through to them. It is about time we show solidarity for each other on human level.

    April 05

    MISSING LIVES!!! =PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO=

    WITNESS on the Web
    Sameer Padania interviewed by Seesmic du Jour
    Sameer Padania talks to Seesmic du Jour about the HUB. Click here to view the video.

    From Rodney King to Burma," Henry Jenkins of MIT interviews Sam Gregory, Program Director for WITNESS.

    "Orphan Films" What are they? Grace Lile, WITNESS Archive Manager defines "Orphan Films" in the lead up to the Orphan Film Symposium.
    Dear friends,

    There's some exciting news at WITNESS that I wanted to share with you.

    Our latest video, "Missing Lives," has received upwards of 15,000 views online; we have two really exciting events coming up at the Pen World Voices Festival; and I hope you'll watch this great interview with one of our staff members talking about the hub.

    "Missing Lives" Web Release

    Thank you to everyone who spread the word about "Missing Lives," our latest video co-produced by our partners Human Rights Center Memorial.  With more than 15,000 views online thus far, we know support is growing to end the Russian military and security forces' impunity for disappearances and torture.

    TAKE ACTION! If you haven't done so already, please send a letter to President Medvedev, urging him to enforce an efficient and fair judicial process to bring perpetrators to justice.

    WITNESS at PEN World Voices Festival

    We are proud to be collaborating with the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature this year at two exciting events:

    May 3, 2008  International Authors Discuss Human Rights

    Using video selections from the HUB, four internationally esteemed authors, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Jean Hatzfeld, Thant Myint-U, and Biljana Srbljanovi will discuss human rights.

    This panel will have an introduction by former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, and will be moderated by WITNESS' Sameer Padania, Manager of the Hub.

    April 30, 2008 Young Authors Offer Personal Reflections to High School Students

    Rising young authors, Uzodinma Iweala, Patricia McCormick, Amanda Michalopoulou, and Jutta Richter will choose clips from the HUB and discuss  the personal significance these clips have. This event will be hosted by WITNESS Program Associate Guergana Petkova.

    Click here to learn more about the festival, the authors and to purchase tickets. If you are unable to attend, you can stay updated on the HUB blog.

    Lastly, we're always looking for volunteers to help get the word out about the HUB. From blogging to online video editing, there's plenty of opportunities to get involved. Just click here to see how you can plug into this growing community of human rights advocates.

    Thank you for all you do to keep up the fight for human rights.

    Sincerely,

    Jenni Wolfson
    Acting Executive Director
    WITNESS