PROTEST TO FREE ALL PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS

REMINDER: PROTEST MONDAY FOR PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS

PROTEST TO FREE ALL PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
MONDAY, APRIL 18
noon - 1:00 p.m.
Bay Area Red Cross Office, 85 Second Street, San Francisco

BECAUSE ...

... 8000 Palestinians are currently being held as political prisoners
by
Israel, including around 370 Palestinian children and 100 Palestinian
women.
These prisoners face forms of torture and mistreatment during their
arrest
and detention, and are consistently denied family and lawyer visits.
... April 17th is the International Day in Solidarity with Palestinian
Political Prisoners.
... The International Committee of the Red Cross is responsible for
maintaining contact with prisoners, delivering clothes and other
essential
items and monitoring the conditions of detention and ensuring
compliance
with international laws regarding rights of prisoners. The
International
Committee of the Red Cross in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is not
carrying
out frequent visits to central Israeli prisons and has failed to
deliver
urgently needed supplies.
... Eighteen-month-old Nour Ghanem and his mother, Manal Naji Mahmoud
Ghanem, are currently imprisoned in Telmond Prison and are denied
needed
medical care and adequate nutrition. Nour's relatives are not allowed
to
bring toys for him to play with.

This action called by the Justice In Palestine Coalition in solidarity
with
100s of actions to be held around the world that day

For info Kate 510-381-1287 katrap@mindspring.com