Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Dear Madam, Sir, We had occasion to write to….
MEDIA RELEASE – 28 May 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sixteen organisations from around the world, all supporting the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, have written a letter condemning the Israeli government’s harassment of the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement Omar Barghouti. The letter is being sent to the Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Pakistan, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States.
On 4 Mai 2016, AURDIP, BACBI and BRICUP have written to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation drawing his attention to the renewed detention of Imad Barghouthi, Professor of Theoretical Space Plasma Physics at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem, and calling upon him to request the suspension of the EU Association Agreement until Israel releases Professor Barghouthi. The letter is set out below.
Call closed on May 15, 2016
AURDIP views with great concern the threats that Israeli Minister of Intelligence Yisrael Katz has pronounced against supporters of the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions). You can read the….
To:
Monsieur Laurent Fabius, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères
Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Dear Madam, Sir, On October 22, we wrote to….
On 22 October 2015, AURDIP and BRICUP have written to the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to alert them to the dramatic situation of Palestinian students confronted by the new Israeli aggression which targets in particular Palestine’s youth and its education system. The letter urges the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
Call closed on November 16, 2015
Ghassan Kanafani was born in Akka Palestine in 1936 and died, as a result of an Israeli bomb planted in his car in Beirut on 8th July 1972. His Danish….
This Report was prepared by a delegation of 8 academics from 5 European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.
