Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – Tweet for Freedom!

Tomorrow, April 17th, is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, when we stand in the solidarity with all Palestinian political prisoners in Apartheid Israel’s prisons.

Right now there are 4,450 Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, including 140 children, 440 internees, and 37 women.

It is these women in particular that we wish to highlight tomorrow, as part of a global online action coordinated by Addameer and the General Union of Palestinian Women.

We ask you to join us in virtually marking Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.

Palestinian Women Behind Israeli Bars

Since the beginning of the occupation, over 10,000 Palestinian women have been arrested and detained by Israeli occupation forces (IOF).

In the past year, and just like previous years, Palestinian women and girls are routinely arrested from the streets, Israeli military checkpoints, and during violent night raids on their homes.

At the end of March, 37 Palestinian women prisoners were being held in Israeli prisons and detention centres, including mothers, injured and sick prisoners and administrative detainees held without charge or trial.

Palestinian women are subjected to many forms of physical and psychological ill-treatment throughout the processes of arrest, detention, interrogation and incarceration.

Israel, the Occupying power, continues to systemically and unlawfully deport Palestinian prisoners outside of the OPT. These transfers, unlawful under IHL, are used as a tool to control prisoners and their families, creating “significant barriers to the families of prisoners”, according to the UN

Take Action on Saturday April 17th

TOMORROW Saturday 17th April from 10am Irish Time, we are asking people on Twitter and Facebook to post using the following hashtags.

#AgainstMilitaryCourts
#PalestinianPrisonersDay
#Palestinian_Women_Under_ArbitraryDetention
#For_Their_Freedom
#KhalidaJarrar #KhitamAlSaafin #IsraaJaabees #ElyaaAbuHijleh

And to tag the accounts on Twitter: @Addameer @of_committees @novact__ @PazConDignidad @aecos_comsoc

Below are some sample messages for social networks:

37 Palestinian women prisoners are held in Israeli prisons and detention centres, including mothers, injured, sick and administrative detainees held without charge or trial. #For_Their_Freedom #PalestinianPrisonersDay
Join the Call to Action ➡️ https://bit.ly/3dUYafG

Since the beginning of the occupation, over 10,000 Palestinian women have been arrested and detained by Israeli occupation forces (IOF).
#For_Their_Freedom #PalestinianPrisonersDay
Join the Call to Action ➡️ https://bit.ly/3dUYafG

Palestinian women are subjected to many forms of physical and psychological ill-treatment throughout the processes of arrest, detention, interrogation and incarceration.
#AgainstMilitaryCourts #PalestinianPrisonersDay
Join the Call to Action ➡️ https://bit.ly/3dUYafG

Palestinian women and girls are routinely arrested from the streets, Israeli military checkpoints, and during violent night raids on their homes. #Palestinian_Women_Under_ArbitraryDetention
#PalestinianPrisonersDay
Join the Call to Action ➡️ https://bit.ly/3dUYafG

Today is #PalestinianPrisonersDay Go in depth on the cases of 4 women #KhalidaJarrar #KhitamAlSaafin #IsraaJaabees #ElyaaAbuHijleh
#Palestinian_Women_Under_ArbitraryDetention
Join the Call to Action ➡️ https://bit.ly/3dUYafG

You can also download the campaign graphics here:

Poster 1. Statistics Women Prisoners: https://bit.ly/3uHsWQa
Poster 2. Khalida Jarrar: https://bit.ly/3mKCJSG
Poster 3. Khitam AlSaafin: https://bit.ly/3acymL7
Poster 4. Israa Ja’abees: https://bit.ly/3gbEAP1
Poster 5. Elyaa Abu Hijleh: https://bit.ly/3g9SfWR

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Posted April 16, 2021 in Campaigns, Human Rights, International Law, Press releases, Prisoners, West Bank.