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Women sit-in in Beirut in support of Palestinian women prisoners
2-4-2019
Palestinian Democratic Women’s Organization (NADA), organized a sit-in in front of the ESCWA headquarters in downtown Beirut to mark the 43rd anniversary of Land Day and in support of prisoners in Israeli jails. More than one thousand participants were there, including the coordinator of the Arab Regional Center- the International Women’s Democratic League, Aida Nasrallah, and the head of the Council for Lebanese Women, Iqbal Dughan. Nasrallah on the occasion, condemned the recent Israeli assault on prisoners of Naqab Prison, calling on international human rights groups to act quickly in order to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against humanity. For her part, Dughan stressed the need to provide all forms of support to women and men prisoners in the Israeli jails. Similarly, Khalidat Hussein, on behalf of NADA, appealed to ICRC and involved human rights associations to alleviate the burden of the occupation and stop the atrocities and brutal crimes committed against Palestinian prisoners, particularly in Naqab Prison. Hussein asked the Palestinian Authority to officially complain at the International Criminal Court to this effect. Also, she called for a broad Arab and international solidarity campaign to expose the appalling measures taken by Israeli Occupation against women detainees and pressure for their immediate release. (Al Diyar, April 2, 2019)
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