BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:361@palestinecampaign.c6digital.dev DTSTART:20130514T191500Z DTEND:20130514T220000Z DTSTAMP:20130424T164737Z URL:https://palestinecampaign.c6digital.dev/events/palestinian-child-priso ners-public-meeting/ SUMMARY:Palestinian Child Prisoners Public Meeting DESCRIPTION:\n\nHaringey Justice for Palestinians is calling a public meeti ng to launch our campaign to highlight the plight of Palestinian children in Israeli jails. We are adding our voices to the international outcry aga inst the unjust and obscene Israeli policy of incarcerating Palestinian ch ildren\, in violation of all international human rights agreements\, inclu ding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.\n\n \;\n\nMost of t hese children are accused of stone throwing\, yet they are arrested in the middle of the night\, handcuffed\, shackled\, held without charge for up to six months\, and given draconian sentences when convicted. Throughout t he whole ‘legal’ process\, they are separated from their parents and h eld in terrifying\, humiliating and violent conditions\, sometimes in soli tary confinement. Many of them are under the age of twelve.\n\n \;\n\n The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign is already organising activity on this issue nationally\; our local campaign will be part of a country-wide prot est. HFJP belongs to the National Twinning Network\; we are twinned with A izeria (Bethany) on the West Bank in East Jerusalem\, and have hosted seve ral visitors from there. We hope this meeting will help to bring home to p eople in Haringey the sort of issues Palestinian families\, such as those in Aizeria\, have to face on a daily basis.\n\n \;\n\nWe are lucky to have Victoria Brittain (author of Death of Dignity) and Adah Kay (co-autho r of Stolen Youth) as guest speakers at our meeting. Kiri Tunks (PSC) will bring us up to speed with the national campaign. We will also be showing film clips from Stolen Youth. There will be plenty of time afterwards to d iscuss the issues and plan practical ways in which we can take the campaig n forward.\n\n \;\n\nThis issue deserves the attention of the whole co mmunity. Young people\, with their passionate concern for human rights\, m ay be particularly interested\, so please invite young people\, teachers a nd youth workers\, and bring friends and family. Attached is an A5 e-flyer and an A4 poster. Please help us by printing them out and displaying them . If you can\, send them electronically to friends\, colleagues\, teachers \, churches\, mosques\, synagogues\, community centres\, youth clubs etc. Everyone can be involved in this campaign in some way. So we urge you to p ut the date in your diary: with your support we can make the meeting big e nough to build the campaign across Haringey and start making waves. Join u s at St John Vianney on 14 May at 7.15pm.\n\n \;\n\nWe are also stagin g a ‘Palestinian Child Prisoners Walk’. Please join in and support thi s event:\n\nPalestinian Child Prisoners Protest at Wood Green Library\, 2p m\, Saturday 11 May 2013\n\n \n\nLynda Brennan (Chair HJFP)\n\n \;\n\ n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Priority LOCATION:St John Vianney Church\, 4 Vincent Rd (off West Green Rd)\, London N15 3QH\, London\, United Kingdom GEO:51.58636809999999;-0.09467670000003636 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4 Vincent Rd (off West Gree n Rd)\, London N15 3QH\, London\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITL E=St John Vianney Church:geo:51.58636809999999,-0.09467670000003636 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR