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1/ Right now, 500 Palestinian political prisoners are undertaking a "mass united resistance movement" against administrative detention through a boycott of Israel's military courts. Read about it in this letter penned from inside Israel's apartheid jails: addameer.org/index.php/news…
2/ Administrative detention is an Israeli policy by which Palestinians are imprisoned indefinitely, without charge or trial, on secret evidence. It's a form of arbitrary detention, one element of apartheid, as recently described by @amnesty. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
3/ Israel’s use of administrative detention is increasing alongside broader repression of Palestinians, criminalised for calling out injustice, and for raising the call for freedom. NGOs like @Addameer are targeted over human rights work. #StandWithThe6 palcivilsociety.com
4/ In their letter, the prisoners invoke a “moral responsibility on every human being who is free and stands for the truth, justice, and human rights. We hope you refuse to stand by and watch this inhumane atrocity committed against us.” #EndAdministrativeDetention #FreeThemAll
5/ Watch this space for more on this topic, and follow @Addameer for regular updates on the campaign to #EndAdministrativeDetention #لا_للاعتقال_الاداري
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Sep 2, 2021
PSC’s full statement on the Labour Party conference is here.

PSC was never banned - we had a stall and a fringe in place as in previous years.

palestinecampaign.org/psc-statement-…
But Young Labour were definitively told not to have PSC speak at a meeting because a senior figure feared support for BDS might fall foul of the IHRA definition. Yesterday after interventions by Young Labour and PSC, Young Labour were given a full apology...
And confirmation that of course PSC could be invited to speak at their meeting.

So the issue is resolved… But as our statement makes clear, this is yet further evidence of how the IHRA is being used to create a cloud of suspicion around legitimate activism for Palestine.
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Sep 1, 2021
Just to confirm, PSC will have its usual stall at the Labour Party conference and a meeting at the Fringe. We will also be taking part in the Youth Rising for Palestine @TWT_NOW event on September 28th with @YoungLabourUK.
PSC speakers will also be speaking at other events on Palestine at the conference.

However, it is also correct that an official within the Party has told Young Labour not to have a PSC speaker at a proposed event.
Meetings are taking place today to address this and we will make a fuller statement once the issue is resolved.

In the meantime, if you are attending the conference make sure to attend our fringe event “Justice for Palestine”➡️bit.ly/PSCLabourFringe
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Apr 6, 2021
In an article in @JewishChron last Thursday, Dave Rich deliberately misconstrued PSC’s position on the IHRA in order to reinforce his false assertion that the IHRA definition isn’t being used to suppress campaigning for Palestinian rights. (1/12)
PSC wrote to @JewishChron requesting a right of reply and a correction. This has been refused. We will be pursuing this and in the meantime, let’s deal with the facts. (2/12)
There are many examples of the IHRA acting to suppress activism for Palestinian rights.

Here's just one notorious one: (3/12)

theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/a…
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Jan 23, 2021
In a House of Lords debate this week on antisemitism in universities, John Mann, government advisor on antisemitism, made the spurious claim that there are no examples of the IHRA definition being used to suppress free speech. (1/14)
Even more outlandishly, he sought to cite PSC as a source for this assertion. He further framed the myriad of eminent bodies and individuals who have raised serious concerns about the IHRA’s threat to free speech and to legitimate critique... (2/14)
...of Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people as “some maverick academics.”

Facts are not a currency in which John Mann deals, but here are some helpful ones. (3/14)
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