Palestinian voices are being censored and silenced. We cannot let this happen. Earlier this month PSC commissioned an article from Salah Ajarma, the co-founder and Director of the Lajee Cultural Centre in Aida Refugee camp. The New Statesman published the piece as part of a two year partnership between the PSC and the New Statesman. …
By Salah Ajarma, the cofounder and director of Lajee Cultural Centre in Aida Refugee camp. Aida refugee camp, in which I live and work, is on the edge of the famous town of Bethlehem. Our families established the camp in 1950 after being forcibly expelled from their homes by Zionist militias in 1948. Palestinians …
Issued: 24/10/2016 For immediate release Today, Monday 24th October, MPs will debate the new regulations being imposed on the Local Government Pensions Scheme (LGPS), due to come into force on 1st November 2016. This legislation, will prevent local councils from being able to make ethical decisions, in the interests of their members, not to invest in companies …
The Home Affairs Committee report: Opposition to antisemitism must not prevent scrutiny of Israeli human rights abuses The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has responded to the Home Affairs Select Committee report on antisemitism. Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Hugh Lanning, criticises its recommendations: “It is muddled and fails to differentiate between the actions rightfully needed to …
The findings of the The Shami Chakrabarti Inquiry have been welcomed by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Sara Apps, interim Director of PSC, said: “This is a sensible report, and we welcome its recommendations. We particularly welcome the fact that legitimate criticism of Israeli government policies with regard to the Palestinians and the occupation have not …
More than 100,000 Palestinians are being directly punished for the events that took place in Tel Aviv on Wednesday 8 June – 83,000 who have had their permits to enter Palestinian East Jerusalem and Israel removed during Ramadan and 65,000 who live in the West Bank town of Yatta, which has been completely closed down. The …
Denial of free speech for the “crime of being Palestinian” Palestine Solidarity Campaign have written to the Speakers’ Trust to express their disgust at the organisation’s silencing of a Palestinian schoolgirl. Leanne Mohamad was blocked from taking up her place in the grand final of the – ironically named – Jack Petchey “Speak Out Challenge” after …
The following statement appeared in the Morning Star on Saturday 14th May: “We are organisations and individuals who – for many years – have campaigned for Palestinian human rights in our different and varied ways. We pledge to the people of Palestine that we will not be silenced and that we will continue to speak …
The anniversary of the Palestinians’ dispossession and violent removal from their indigenous land in 1948 will be commemorated across the globe this weekend. Across continents, from Australia to South America, Europe to Africa and North America, events will be held on 15 May to mark what is known to Palestinians as the Nakba. In London, …