Posts Tagged ‘imprisons’

Israel military court imprisons Palestinian student despite brain disease

A female journalism student was sentenced to four-and-a-half months in prison yesterday by an Israeli military court despite suffering from hydrocephalus, which requires regular drainage of fluid from her head. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, Dina Jarada, 23, has also been fined 6,000 Israeli shekels ($1760). Jarada was arrested on 7 August and was […]

Iran imprisons 8 Baha’is for alleged talks with BBC and VOA

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s crackdown on the country’s persecuted Baha’i community continues unabated, with the incarceration of eight Baha’is for allegedly speaking to Western news organizations. The US government media outlet Voice of America on Thursday first reported on the impending imprisonment of the Baha’is. Voice of America reporters Michael Lipin and Ramin Haghjoo wrote: […]

Abduct, imprison, repeat: israel systematically imprisons Palestinians on false or no charges

According to October 2017 statistics by the Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer, Israel holds 6,198 Palestinians in prison (including 280 children and 58 women). On October 27, Israeli forces abducted Ashraf Abu Rahme (36) from Bil’in, a village of around 2,000 people, just west of Ramallah. Abu Rahme’s alleged crime? “Throwing stones.” Even were Israel’s […]

Activists defeat anti-BDS legislation in Massachusetts

Nora Barrows-Friedman Activism and BDS Beat 20 July 2016 Boston activists protesting water rights violations by Israel also urged lawmakers to reject an anti-BDS bill in the Massachusetts state senate, 14 July. (Barbara Wilhelm) An anti-boycott amendment was withdrawn in the Massachusetts senate on 14 July following a campaign by Palestine solidarity groups. The amendment, which […]

KILL CIVILIANS? – THE TALMUD TELLS ME SO

Kill Civilians? – The Talmud Tells Me So By Brother Nathanael Kapner THE JEWISH TALMUD IS A WICKED BOOK. The Talmud teaches Jews to look down on Gentiles as inferior to them. Don’t believe the Jews when they tell you that Judaism does not teach contempt for the Gentiles. They’re lying. The Jews say they […]

Cops Fighting Mandatory Drug Tests – Claim it’s ‘Unconstitutional’ To Screen Police Urine

In an unprecedented protest against the routine offenses against due process and bodily integrity carried out in the name of the “war on drugs,” the union representing Pittsburgh police officers has condemned workplace drug and alcohol testing as a violation of the Constitution. Their zeal for the right to privacy only applies to themselves, however, […]

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