Scottish Trades Union Congress voted on Tuesday 15th April to heed the Palestinian call to join the boycott, disinvestment and sanctions campaign against G4S, the British-Danish ‘secure outsourcing group’. They called specifically for the Scottish Government to cancel G4S’s new contract for tagging of offenders and endorsed the UK StopG4S Campaign. The motion passed at STUC reads: …
Palestinian prisoners’ rights organisation, Adameer, have produced a new video for the global campaign against Israel’s use of administrative detention against Palestinians. visit stopadcampaign.com
The UK Government have publicly endorsed Israel’s right to host UEFA Championship even though Israel has not addressed their ‘serious concerns’ about freedom of movement’ . Make sure you make your voice heard that football doesn’t come before human rights. From: AINAGCorrespondence@fco.gov.uk” Subject: UEFA Under-21 football tournament 10 April 2013 Thank you for your email of …
Saturday 13th April 10.30-4.30 Brunei Gallery, SOAS Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG Join us at this major conference, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to discuss how to increase political pressure to break the isolation and siege on Gaza, and lessons for the solidarity movement on developing campaigning for Palestinian rights. With keynote speakers examining how regional …
Phillip Bennion MEP- Lib Dem Thank you for your email. As a Substitute Member of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Palestinian Legislative Council I follow developments in the region closely. Further information regarding my work in this area can be found on my website: http://philbennion.org/in-parliament/delegation-for-relations-with-the-palestinian-legislative-council As you refer to in your email Catherine Ashton, European …
This is the latest official response from G4S, following complaints to British Gas who use G4S for meter reading. In this response G4S admits to providing: security arrangements for some illegal Israeli settlement activity security systems at Israel’s checkpoints Prison and police security All activities which make G4S complicit in Israel’s breaches of international law. …
25 March 2013 Thank you for the email to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office about the Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi. Officials in the British Consulate General in Jerusalem continue to monitor the case of Samer Issawi and the continued long term hunger strike by him and Ayman Sharawna. They are in regular contact with the …
UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls for action on Israel’s growing racism The UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s latest report on Israel, released in March 2013, called on Israel to “abrogate all discriminatory laws and rescind all discriminatory bills so as to ensure non-Jewish communities’ equal access to work …