Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said one year on from the end of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.
Amnesty International’s briefing paper Suffocating: The Gaza Strip under Israeli blockade gathers testimony from people still struggling to rebuild their lives following Operation “Cast Lead”, which killed around 1,400 Palestinians and injured thousands more.
This program was produced by Amnesty International for January 18, 2010.
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http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/israel039s-gaza-blockade-continues-suffocate-daily-life-20100118
Blast Magazine’s Sachin Seth talks about Israel denying water to Palestinians.
This program was produced by Blast Magazine for October 27, 2009
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Amnesty: Troubled Waters
In the face of ongoing Israeli military actions directed at the Gaza Strip, which have taken the lives of over one-hundred Palestinians within the past week — including multiple children — a popular committee has formed in Gaza, which has been coordinating a series of popular direct actions and appealing for protests lead by social justice movements throughout the world.
On Monday, February 25th, the Popular Committee Against the Siege in Gaza, organize a major protest, bringing tens-of-thousands of Palestinians on the streets of Gaza, to protest the ongoing Israeli closure enforced on Gaza, which has left the 1.5 million Palestinians of Gaza without basic supplies, without regular electricity and often without clean water. The protest aimed to highlight the realities of the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which Amnesty International recently deemed a violation of international law.
This interview with organizer Sam Hadeeb provides a direct perspective on popular, or grassroots organizing taking place in Gaza in opposition to the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which has been maintained in the context of ongoing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip, that have drawn international condemnation, including from the Secretary General of the U.N.
This program was produced by Stefan Christoff for Radio Tadamon! on March 10, 2008.
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http://freegaza.ps/english/
The Canadian government placed the U.S. and Israel on a list of nations that engage in torture. The government later caved to U.S. pressure to remove both nations from this list. The Real News speaks with Alex Nave, the Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada.
This program was produced by The Real News for January 22, 2008.
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http://amnesty.ca
http://www.stoptorture.org.il/eng/
Palestinians this week mark the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, while the Israeli army continue to attack Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, killing five this week. These stories and more in this weeks program.
This Week in Palestine for June 2 through June 9, 2007 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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The Israeli Army has continued to shell the Gaza strip and attack civilians in the West Bank. These stories and more in today’s update.
Palestine Today for May 23, 2007 was brought to you by Eliza Sprout and Ghassan Bannoura for the International Middle East Media Center.
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