press release Date of issue: 15th April 2014 For immediate release Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called for supporters of human rights to gather outside G4S offices in Victoria Street London on Thursday 17th April to protest against the corporation’s provision of security services to Israeli prisons. G4S services Israeli prisons where Palestinian prisoners are illegally …
Former Palestinian political prisoner and hunger striker, Samer Issawi, speaks exclusively to PSC about his experiences and his hopes for the future of the Palestinian people. Samer went on hunger strike in protest at Israel’s reinstatement of his 26 year sentence, despite his earlier release as part of the prisoner exchange in October 2011. Israel’s …
Solidarity with Palestine – a trade union conference organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign with the support of TUC took place on Saturday 5 April at Congress House in London. After an introduction by Mohammed Taj the TUC President, the delegates heard about the situation in Gaza from Rania Khalil, and were treated to an update …
Take action: Why is the BBC ignoring Israel’s killing of Palestinian children? On March 19th, 14-year-old Yousef al-Shawamrah (pictured) was shot in the back and hip by Israeli soldiers as he gathered thistles near his West Bank village. The child was left to bleed to death. His two friends, aged 12 and 17, …
The BBC’s insistence on referring to the whole of Jerusalem as an Israeli city, despite the position of international law, is being challenged in the office of the Information Commissioner by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Friends of Al Aqsa. The two organisations have today submitted a request to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) asking that …
Thank you to all those who signed our petition calling on G4S to withdraw from Israeli prisons, and end its involvement with Israel’s human rights abuses.We handed this in at the G4S AGM in June, 2014. See a report>
Paying our respects to two great patrons of PSC Please join PSC and become part of the solidarity movement for Palestine. Supporters of Palestinian rights, justice and equality have lost two incredible figures over the last few days – Bob Crow and Tony Benn. Thousands came out to line the route of Bob Crow’s funeral …
PSC applauds BBC decision to award security contract to G4S rival Palestine Solidarity Campaign has welcomed the BBC’s decision not to award its security contract, worth £80 million, to G4S. PSC has campaigned since July 2013, urging the BBC to reject any bid by G4S, the firm which provides security services to Israeli prisons. PSC’s …
Click here to view this email in your browser Forward this email to a friend press release Date of issue: 18 March 2014 For immediate release PSC applauds BBC decision to award security contract to G4S rival Palestine Solidarity Campaign has today welcomed the BBC’s decision not to award their security contract, worth £80 million, …