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April 18, 2011

Week 4: Fuad Qasim Al Razim – Palestinian political prisoner

Fuad Al Razim is the doyen of the Palestinian prisoners who hail from Jerusalem. He is a strong man who withstands torture and remains faithful to the Noble Sanctuary...
April 11, 2011

Week 3: Akram Mansour – Palestinian political prisoner

“If they made you choose between freedom for you or freedom for another prisoner, sentenced for life, what would your choice be? I choose freedom for the other prisoner,...
April 4, 2011

Week 2: Fakhri Barghouti – Palestinian political prisoner

Born in 1954 in the village of Cooper near Ramallah in the West Bank, Fakhri Barghouti witnessed many Israeli atrocities against his people. He married when he was twenty...
March 28, 2011

Week 1: Nael Al-Barghouthi – Dean of the Palestinian prisoners

Born on 23 October 1957, Nael Al Barghouthi has spent 33 years in prison. He was arrested on 4 April 1978 after carrying out a commando operation in which...
March 28, 2011

It’s time to end the anonymity of Palestinian political prisoners

Nelson Mandela and Aung Suu Kyi are known worldwide as prisoners of conscience who have spent lengthy periods in prison for standing up for their beliefs. South African political...
February 17, 2011

On the eighteenth day: Egypt is Arab and Free

It seems that Tunisia was destined to be the catalyst for the greatest event in modern Arab history. And it seems that Mohammad Bouzeizi, who set fire to himself...

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January 4, 2011

Urgent Appeal – Administrative Detention

Name: Imad Mohammad al-Ashhab Event: Administrative Detention Place of residence: Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territory Date of arrest: 21 February 2010 Charge: No charge Place of detention: Ofer Prison, Occupied...
August 28, 2010

The Spectator and Stephen Pollard apologise to Islam expo and pay damages

After several months of strenuous litigation the London based Islam Expo has won a landmark case against the right wing Spectator. The Middle East Monitor has obtained a copy...
July 9, 2010

British peers on fact-finding mission to Jerusalem

Three members of Britain’s House of Lords have arrived in Jerusalem on a fact-finding mission intended to look into the proposed expulsion of Palestinian parliamentarians by Israel. The visit...
July 1, 2010

Jerusalemite MPs seek refuge in Red Cross compound to avoid Israeli expulsion

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) has been following the story of three members of the Palestinian parliament and one ex-minister in Jerusalem who have been threatened with the choice...

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