Defense for Children International DCI – Palestine, September 14, 2009.

Photo: Palestinian children within an Israeli military check-point, West Bank, Palestine.

According to the latest figures compiled by DCI-Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and temporary Israeli army detention, the number of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons and detention centres inside Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the end of August, was 339.

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Report, August 2009 Defense for Children International.

Photo: Palestinian child in the Gaza Strip.

On 14 August 2009, Hamdi al-Ta’mari (UA 1/09) was issued with his fourth administrative detention order by the Israeli military commander in the West Bank. This latest order was issued for a duration of four months. The order was reviewed by an Israeli military court on 20 August 2009, which confirmed the order.

On the same day, Hamdi turned 17.

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action urgente en solidarité avec Mohammad Khatib de Bil’in
et tou(te)s les prisonnièr(e)s politiques palestinien(ne)s

vendredi, le 14 août à 12h00
devant la librairie Indigo
au coin de Ste-Catherine & McGill college
(métro McGill)
Montréal, Canada

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DCI-Palestine submits alternative report to UN Human Rights Committee.

Photo: Darren Ell. Palestinian children in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Ramallah, 30 July 2009 – On 29 July 2009, Defense for Children International (DCI-Palestine) submitted an Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee which is scheduled to review Israel’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) (ICCPR) in October 2009.

The report focuses on the right to life (Article 6), torture and ill-treatment (Article 7), arbitrary detention (Article 9) and fair trial rights (Article 14) in the Israeli military court system which has operated in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the last 42 years.

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juillet / août 2009: à l’extérieur de 2035 Saint Laurent

Joignez Tadamon! pour une série de films du Moyen Orient. La révolution algérienne, la guerre civile libanaise et la lutte palestinienne seront les thèmes pour cet été.

Toutes les projections de film auront lieu à l’extérieur de 2035 Saint Laurent (près de la rue Ontario- Métro Saint Laurent) Heure: 21h, gratuit!. Voir ci-dessous pour les dates de projection de chaque film. En case de pluie, la projection sera reportée d’une semaine, la projection aura lieu au même endriot.

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Photo essay by Valerian Mazataud.

Photo: Valerian Mazataud. Bil’in vs. Israeli apartheid at Concordia University.

Bil’in village has been a focus for the Palestinian solidarity movement in Canada during the past month, as Mohamed Khatib from Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements and Emily Schaeffer, an Israeli lawyer representing the village of Bil’in, have recently toured across Canada.

In Montreal hundreds have gathered in solidarity with Bil’in this past week, for a major lecture at Concordia University, the last stop on the cross-Canada tour and for a solidarity demonstration with Bil’in outside the Quebec Superior Court, both events are documented in this photo essay.

Bil’in’s historic lawsuit against Green Park International and Green Mount International, two companies registered in Quebec, began this week at the Quebec Superior Court. Bil’in’s lawsuit is rooted in the fact that the two companies are constructing illegal Israeli colonies on Bil’in’s lands in the West Bank.

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Aljazeera, June 22nd, 2009.

Photo: ActiveStills. Israeli military launches tear-gas on Palestinian protester in Bil’in.

A Canadian court is to consider a lawsuit brought by Palestinians from the West Bank town of Bilin who say two Canadian firms have committed war crimes by assisting in construction of Israeli settlements.

Activists filed the suit against Green Mount International and Green Park International – two Canadian companies contracted to build in the settlement of Modiin Illit, in a Montreal court, where the companies are registered.

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Hour June 11th, 2009, by Stefan Christoff.

Photo: ActiveStills. Palestinians stand against Israeli apartheid wall.

While Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to expand Israeli colonies in the West Bank, in a key speech in Cairo last week the Obama administration called Israeli settlements a violation of international law and an impediment to peace talks.

The heated international issue will become a local one this month when two Quebec companies involved in Israeli settlement construction on Palestinian lands will face a potential lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court.

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Mouvements radicaux allant du Weather Underground aux Prisons et à la Palestine.

SAMEDI 16 MAI 2009 à 19h00
avec: Laura Whitehorn et Susie Day
1400 de Maisonneuve Ouest
local LB-125, Cinéma de Sève
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec

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Soha Béchara écrivaine libanaise, résistante et ex-prisonnière politique

LUNDI le 2 MARS à 19h00
Cégep de Saint-Laurent, salle Émile-Legault
625 ave Sainte-Croix
Montréal, Québec
(métro Du Collège)

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