Thread by @Addameer

🚨 Sahar Francis, the longtime director of Addameer, human rights defender & lawyer, was just banned from boarding a plane to the US while headed to the World Social Forum in Mexico—like director of @BisanResearch, @UbaiAboudi, who was prohibited from traveling earlier. 1/5

Preventing the directors of leading Palestinian civil society organizations from traveling & speaking abroad is a dangerous escalation in the Israeli-led harassment & isolation campaign.

➡️ But we are certain it will not prevent the world from seeing & condemning Israeli crimes.

Banning Sahar Francis & @UbaiAboudi from traveling is a blatant attempt at silencing criticism of Israeli apartheid & settler-colonialism. They were to speak at @Worldsocforum about political prisoners & the rising Israeli attack on & surveillance of human rights activists

Sahar & Ubai are directors of 2 of the 6 Palestinian orgs outlawed by the Israeli regime last October. International human rights experts have rightly condemned the attack as a dangerous totalitarian measure to quash opposition to Israeli apartheid. #StandWithThe6

https://twitter.com/ubaiaboudi/status/1520011362541449218

Despite the attacks, Addameer remains fiercely dedicated to protecting and up lifting the rights of palestine political prisoners. Learn more about the attack on Palestinian civil Society and ❗️take action❗️ here: palcivilsociety.com