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Israel's Palestinian Prisoners - America's Other Guantanamo
As part of a national tour organized by the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago (PSG), and in local partnership with Penn for Palestine, you are invited to attend an important event
Israel's Palestinian Prisoners, America's Other Guantanamo: A Report on the Conditions of Palestinian Political Prisoners Featuring human rights activist Ala Jaradat of Addameer - Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association in the Occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Mr. Jaradat, program manager for Addameer and a former political prisoner, will be sharing his experiences campaigning against political prosecution, for the rights of political detainees, and actively working against the use of torture, arbitrary detention, isolation, and other forms of political repression. Friday, November 13
The $3 billion dollars of annual U.S. aid to Israel helps fund Israeli prisons and detention centers where 8,100 Palestinian prisoners — including 60 women, 390 children, and 550 administrative detainees held without charge — are imprisoned in substandard conditions, subject to torture and denied legal counsel, medical treatment and family visitations.
LOCAL ENDORSERS INCLUDE: SUSTAIN, Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace, International Action Center, Philadelphia Against War and Socialist Action
Other cities on the tour include Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Youngstown, OH, College Park, MD and New York.
For more information, email phillyevent@palestineconference.org.
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Detroit
Submitted by PSG (not verified) on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 6:11pmWe are pleased to announce that two stops in Detroit have been added to the tour.
NEW ENDORSERS
Submitted by PSG (not verified) on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 3:25pmBubbies and Zaydes (grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East and the Palestine Solidarity Group-Philadelphia have also endorsed the event.
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Submitted by PSG (not verified) on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 7:12pmThe tour has been very successful thus far and has generated a lot of interest in other cities. As a result the tour has been extended and will also visit Washington, D.C. and Columbus, OH. Madison, WI remains a possibility too.
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