Press and independent media
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Israeli military court convicts leader of the Bil’in wall protests
14/09/2010
[Canadian Union of Public Employees] The following is a letter written by Paul Moist, CUPE national president, to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urging Harper to call on the Israeli government to release Abdallah Abu Rahmah.
Bil'in's Abdallah Abu Rahmah's Trial to Enter Sentencing Phase on Wednesday
12/09/2010
[Popular Struggle] The trial of Bil’in protest organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah will renew this Wednesday, after his conviction of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations was harshly criticized by the EU, the Spanish Parliament and human rights organizations.
Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s trial will resume on Wednesday, as it will enter the sentencing phase, in which the prosecution will argue its case for an acrid sentencing, and is expected to ask for a sentence exceeding two years imprisonment. The defense will argue Abu Rahmah had already been devoid of his freedom for too long, and should be released immediately.
Spanish Parliament Condemns Abdallah Abu Rahmah's Conviction
08/09/2010
[Popular Struggle] The Spanish Parliament followed the footsteps of the EU and the Desmond Tutu of the Elders, and joined the rising tide of international criticism over Abu Rahmah’s conviction of incitement by an Israeli military court.
The Spanish Parliament’s Intergroup for Palestine issued a statement that expressed their "deep concern that Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s potential incarceration aims at preventing him and other Palestinians from exercising their legitimate right to protest against the existence of the Wall in a non violent manner."
Israel: Activist Convicted After Unfair Trial
08/09/2010
[Human Rights Watch] The convictions were based on allegations that did not specify any particular incidents of wrongdoing and on statements by children who retracted them in court, alleging they were coerced, and who did not understand Hebrew, the language in which Israeli military interrogators prepared the statements they signed. Abu Rahme, a 39-year-old schoolteacher, helped organize protests against the route of the Israeli separation barrier that has cut off Bil’in villagers’ access to more than 50 percent of their agricultural lands, on which an Israeli settlement is being built. He remains in custody pending sentencing, and could face 20 years in prison.
Nobel Peace Laureate Calls to Release Abu Rahmah
05/09/2010
[WAFA] Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, called upon Israeli government to release human rights defender Abdullah Abu Rahmah and calls on international community to take concrete steps to defend Abdullah Abu Rahmah and Palestinian human rights activists from Israeli repression and unlawful imprisonment
According to Israeli Peace Organization, Gush Shalom, Maguire said on September 3, 2010: “The conviction of Bil’in resident, and one of the Leadership of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in West Bank, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, by an military court, charged for allegedly causing incitement, is part of the ongoing wave of repression of Palestinian Human Rights activists, by Israel.
