[lbo-talk] More News: OVER 45 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED TODAY

Bryan Atinsky bryan at indymedia.org.il
Tue Aug 5 03:58:15 PDT 2003


** OVER 45 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED TODAY **

FROM PALESTINE, ISRAEL, U.S., U.K., ITALY, SWEDEN, FRANCE, DENMARK, IRELAND, GERMANY AND CANADA

At approximately 7am this morning, Palestinian, Israeli, and international human rights activists were detained while attempting to block the demolition of part of a Palestinian family’s home, near the village of Mas'ha. The building that had been slated for demolition by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) - because it lay in the path of Israel’s controversial Separation Wall – is now being destroyed.

Detainees are being held at Ariel Prison in Israel. Their names are now being given to the Ministry of Interior. Please flood the Ministry of Interior and Ariel prison with calls demanding the immediate release of all detainees without threat of deportation.

Nationalities of Detainees: Canada: 1 Denmark: 1 France: 2 Germany: 2 Ireland: 1 Israel: 4 Italy: 7 Japan: 1 Palestine: 3 Sweden: 4 United Kingdom: 6 United States: 13 World Citizen with no nationality: 1

If you are calling from outside Israel, the country code is 972 and drop the first zero from the phone number.

Ministry of Interior: 02 670 1648 +972 2 670 1648

Ariel Prison General Info: 03 906 5444 +972 3 906 5444

Ariel Prison Officer – Ami Baran and Haim Fadlan: 03 906 5406 and 03 906 5416 +972 3 906 5406 or +972 3 906 5416



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