According to
@Addameer
, the Israeli army has imprisoned over 12,000 Palestinian minors since 2000. The majority of them were accused of throwing stones, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison under military law.
#FreeAhmadManasra
#Unchilding
#الحرية_لأحمد_مناصرة
#BREAKING
: The Israeli Occupation Court drops "terrorism" charges from Ahmad's case & revokes a previous decision to prohibit the reduction of his sentence. His file will be reconsidered by a special committee. His lawyers will finally get a chance to defend him
#FreeAhmadManasra
Thousands of Palestinians are currently held as political prisoners, including hundreds in administrative detention w/o charge or trial. Palestinian children annd young people are not spared this injustice; hundreds are arrested every year.
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"When rejecting B.D.S. demands, governments, corporations and institutions have rhetorically argued that the arts, business relations, academic endeavors, sports, or fill-in-the-blanks are 'above politics'" - Omar Barghouti writes about double-standards⬇️
Activists have started a campaign for Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian teenager who stabbed 2 Jews in 2015, including a 12-year-old boy
They want to see Ahmad go free b/c he says, “I don’t remember doing it.”
We remember. And here’s the video.
THREAD - I’ve been very deeply distressed in my visit to the Holy Land; it reminded me so much of what happened to us black people in South Africa. I have seen the humiliation of the Palestinians at checkpoints and roadblocks, suffering like us when young 1/5
The Israeli occupation forces arrested
#AhmadManasra
when he was a small child. He has grown up in Israeli prisons. He didn't commit any crime and this is what the Israeli forces has proved today. Therefore, he must be released immediately.
#FreeAhmadManasra
Israeli ill-treatment of detained Palestinian minors must end. Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts that lack fundamental fair rights and guarantees.
#FreeAhmadManasra
#Unchilding
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
In my 6 years involved in the student movement as a BME students officer, working in the NUS & as a VP of student affairs in the Federation of Student Islamic Societies, I’ve seen countless Black, Brown & Muslim students smeared & maligned under the guise of fighting antisemitism