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Israel cancels release, charges astrophysicist
Israeli military prosecutors have filed “incitement” charges against Professor Imad Barghouthi, the Palestinian astrophysicist held in administrative detention since 24 April, who was due to be released on Sunday. Barghouthi’s….
INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION FOR TRAVEL BAN ON BDS CO-FOUNDER
MEDIA RELEASE – 28 May 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Sixteen international organisations condemn the travel restrictions on BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti
- World-wide academic boycott organisations write protest letter to their Foreign Ministers
- Organisations from the American, Asian and European continents demand freedom for Barghouti to travel
Letter to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs concerning the Israeli travel ban on Omar Barghouti
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.
Irish and Dutch governments join Sweden in speaking out for right to call for BDS
Dutch foreign minister says BDS “protected by the freedom of expression” Irish foreign minister says BDS is a “legitimate political viewpoint” and that his department is monitoring Israel’s repression of….
BDS is free speech, says Dutch government
The Netherlands has affirmed that activism calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel is a form of free speech. In response to parliamentary questions from Green Left MP Rik….
Acclaimed Irish literary festival’s refusal to accept Israeli state funding welcomed by artists and human rights campaigners
The decision by Listowel Writers’ Week Festival, an internationally acclaimed literary festival in the Irish heritage town of Listowel County Kerry, to refuse funding from the Israeli Embassy in Ireland….
‘We became subcontractors to the occupation’: B’Tselem ends work with Israeli army
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After 25 years of accountability work in the occupied West Bank, Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem announced on Wednesday its decision to discontinue their strategy of holding….
Academics take the shine off Israel’s tarnished prizes
Media release – 20 May 2016
UW-Madison Union of Graduate Student Workers (TAA) Endorses BDS Movement
Members of the Teaching Assistants’ Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison vote overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to divest from the State of Israel and corporations that profit from the illegal occupation of Palestine.