[IPSM] Free Palestinian Political Prisoners!: North American Speaking Tour of ex-PoliticalPrisoners from Occupied Palestine (MONTREAL, April 20, 7pm)

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FREE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS!
North American Speaking Tour of
ex-Political Prisoners from Occupied Palestine
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Speakers include:

-> Sahar Francis: Palestinian lawyer with Addameer, a Ramallah-based
organization that campaigns for the rights of Palestinian political
prisoners;

-> Ala Jaradat: Ex-political prisoner who works with the families of
detainees;

-> Suha Qattamesh: Ex-political prisoner who works around prisoner and
women's rights;

-> Osama Saleh: Former Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli prisons;
member of the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees in
Montreal;

-> With recorded solidarity statements from North American political
prisoners, including: Marilyn Buck, David Gilbert and Jaan Laaman, as well
as Eduardo de Arriluzea, Basque political prisoner at
Riviere-des-Prairies.


There are currently 8000 Palestinian political prisoners in
Israeli-occupation jails and prisons, including 350 children and 80 women.
Come to this unique event, with former political prisoners -- including
women activists from Palestine and recorded statements from North American
prisoners -- to learn more about this important struggle for justice and
dignity by Palestinians.

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Wednesday, April 20, 7pm
Leacock Building, Room #132
McGill University
855 Sherbrooke Street West
(metro McGill)
MONTREAL
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FREE! Donations appreciated.
Wheelchair accessible.
Translation available (English, French, Arabic).
Free childcare onsite.

INFO: ism-montreal at resist.ca or 514-859-9023

Organized and endorsed by: International Solidarity Movement-Montreal
(ISM); Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR); the Anarchist Black
Cross Federation-Montreal (ABCF); No One Is Illegal-Montreal; Twelve
Months: The Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar Project; Block the
Empire Montreal; Jewish Alliance Against the Occupation; Books to
Prisoners-Montreal; the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian
Refugees.

North American tour organized by Sumoud: A Political Prisoner Soldarity
Group: http://sumoud.tao.ca


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