Contrary to rumors circulating widely on the internet through Twitter and Facebook, Samer Issawi will NOT be released on March 6. This was confirmed by a telephone call between Abbas Hamideh of the Free Samer Issawi campaign and Samer’s sister Shireen. It is true that the Israeli Magistrates Court in Jerusalem today sentenced Samer al Issawi for 8 months...
Abby Martin, anchor for news network Russia Today America, surprised both friend and foe on February 15 with a fierce call for the freedom of Samer Issawi, Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike in protest against his illegal incarceration by the Israeli occupation forces. This is the first time that an anchor of an English speaking news network breaks...
Samer Issawi, the Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli incarceration who is on the longest continuous hunger strike recorded so far, has today entered his 203rd day of refusing food. This morning, his laywer Fawaz el Shaloudy spoke to him, and Samer said: “I swear that I will continue this strike, either to victory or martyrdom. I am almost at the...
In a strong display of solidarity with the cause of the Palestinian hunger strikers, and with the Musical Intifada’s way of promoting their cause, the International Solidarity Movement’s French division has provided a French translation and has published the music video on their website today. The article ‘Hungry for Justice: why Palestinian hunger strikers matter’ was also translated into...
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