PRC Workshop delivered by Nasim Ahmed PRC Workshop delivered by Nasim Ahmed; "The invisible Prison Wall around Palestinian Refugees from Iraq" I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me to deliver this paper. When I was first asked to speak at this conference I was slightly ruffled about presenting a paper about refugees in a conference about prisoners. My perplexity was short lived because as anyone who has followed the plight of P ...

23-30 July 2011, Beirut The winds of change blowing through the Middle East are bringing enormous hopes for change. In Egypt, where Hosni Mubarak helped to maintain the siege on Gaza, there is now a big public campaign to open to Rafah crossing. It has not succeeded yet, but the situation in Egypt remains very fluid and hopeful. And the pressure is growing on Israel also to abandon the illegal siege. Viva Palestina is liaising constantly with our ...

By The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) & Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, Press Release: Feb 28, 2011 Folk music legend Pete Seeger has come out in support of the growing Palestinian movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel as a program for justice for Palestinians and a route to peace in the Middle East.     Seeger, 92, participated in last November’s online ...