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Prisonnier politique en Israel : le cas de Mohammed Othman

Il sont encore quelques 7.000 dans les prisons israéliennes et près de 300 sont incarcérés sans procès car sous le coup d’un ordre de détention administrative. Catherine Monnet a suivi un de ces prisonniers, Mohammed Othman.

Ecoutez le reportage: http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/20100122-prisonnier-politique-israel-le-cas-mohammed-othman

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From the horse’s mouth- Activism and repression in Israel/Palestine

Produced by The Daily Nuissance, this short video interview with Wisam Ahmad (al Haq) analyses the current wave of repression. Ahmad argues that this repression wave highlights the fact that the perception of Israel as a ‘democratic’ state is essentially a misconception.

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Mazin Qumsiyeh: “The Israeli army wants me”

Israeli repression in Palestine is escalating

Thursday March 04, 2010 10:17 by IMEMC News

The Israeli army invaded Mazin Qumsiyeh’s neighborhood in Beit Sahour, a suburb of Bethlehem, on 2 March in the night, waking up his mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked roads during “the operation”. When his family opened the door, they demanded to see Mazin Qumsiyeh (*). They were told that Mazin already left to the US. He replies here to the questions of Silvia Cattori.

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Up against the wall: challenging Israel’s impunity

Israeli soldiers guarding a settlement built on the land of the West Bank village of Nilin (Ahmad Mesleh/Stop the Wall)

Jamal Juma’, The Electronic Intifada, 24 February 2010

Six years ago, we were busy preparing for the start of the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The world’s highest court was to decide on the legal consequences of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank, which together with the network of settlements, military zones and Jewish-only roads annexes around 46 percent of Palestinian West Bank land. The court’s decision, months later, was clear: Israel’s wall is illegal, it needs to be torn down and the international community has an obligation to ensure that it is dismantled.

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UN called on to investigate repression of human rights defenders

Press release, Addameer, The Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and the National Lawyers Guild, 12 February 2010

The following press release was issued by Addameer, The Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on 9 February 2010:

Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council should intervene with relevant Israeli authorities in all cases of Palestinian human rights defenders arrested in relation to their advocacy work on the Wall and its associated, unlawful regime; demand the immediate cessation of the use of impermissible force by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian protestors and pressure Israel to put an end to its policy of arbitrary detention.

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Our Goals

We call upon the international community, including diplomatic missions in the occupied Palestinian territory and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to intervene with Israel for:

• The immediate release of all Palestinian human rights defenders (HRD);
• An end to the Israeli practice of arbitrary detention;
• Full adherence to the ICCPR as applied to the Palestinian population in the OPT; and,
• Full respect of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

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Number of current prisoners


Hebron district

Beit Ummar (Khirbet Safa): 7


Bethlehem district

Ma'sara: 0

Hossan: 21


Jerusalem district

Beit Duqqu: 22


Ramallah district:

Budrus: 12

Bilin: 7

Nabi Saleh: 6

Nilin: 14

Beit Rima: 6


Qalqiliya district

Jayyous: 14


Tulkarem district

Tulkarem: 0


TOTAL: 109