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Title:
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Palestinian Political Prisoners US/Canada Tour
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START DATE:
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4/14/2005
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START TIME:
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7:00 PM
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Duration:
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2 Hours
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Location:
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downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
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Location Details:
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Downtown Labor Center
675 S. Park View, 1st floor
Los Angeles 90057
(across from MacArthur park)
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Event Topic:
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political prisoners
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Event Type:
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presentation
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Contact Name:
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IWitness Palestine
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Contact Email:
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info@iwitnesspalestine.org
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Contact Phone:
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DESCRIPTION:
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Speaker info:
Sahar Francis,
a Palestinian lawyer with Addameer who has worked for
many years with Palestinian prisoners,
Akram Al Ayasa
ex-political prisoner and former President of
Bethlehem University Student Council. Arrested seven
times from 1976-1990 by the Israeli occupation forces.
Ala Jaradat,
ex political prisoner and activist with Addameer where
he works with families of political detainees.
The speaking tour has two primary objectives:
1. To raise awareness and solidarity around the
struggle of Palestinian political prisoners inside
Israeli occupation jails.
2. To connect the struggle of Palestinian political
prisoners to struggles against the prison industrial
complex in North America
There is a suggested donation- no one turned away
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