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NGO ACTION NEWS
17 March 2017
Middle East
- On 14 March, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) called on the international community to advocate with the Israeli authorities for the re-opening of the Maps and Survey Department of the Arab Studies Society in East Jerusalem and the release of its director, Mr. Khalil Toufakji, reportedly arrested by Israel Police during a raid of the office.
- On 28 February, BADIL – Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee issued a report entitled “Coercive Environments: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians in the Occupied Territory”.
Europe
- To mark multiple anniversaries in 2017, the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine issued a call (“Justice for Palestine now – end European complicity”), stating that a sustainable peace will only be achieved through enforcement of international law.
North America
- On 13 April, the Jerusalem Fund in Washington, D.C. is hosting the screening of an interactive documentary entitled “Jerusalem, We Are Here”. Film director and producer Dorit Naaman will introduce the film.
- From 31 March to 2 April, Jewish Voice for Peace will hold its 2017 National Member Meeting in Chicago.
- On 12 March, Al Shabaka-Palestinian Policy Network issued a brief entitled “How Israel Uses Gas to Enforce Palestinian Dependency and Promote Normalization”.
- On 9 March, Churches for Middle East Peace held a webinar with Tania Hary, Executive Director of the Gisha-Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, entitled “Hand on the Switch: A Conversation about Gaza”.
- On 8 March, Palestine Legal and the Centre for Constitutional Rights issued a statement criticizing the passage of three anti-BDS bills by the New York State Senate as unconstitutional attacks on First Amendment rights to protest and dissent.
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Document Type: NGO Action News
Document Sources: Al-Shabaka, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Churches for Middle East Peace, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Coordination of Committee and Associations for Palestine, Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Subject: NGOs/Civil Society
Publication Date: 17/03/2017
Document Sources: Al-Shabaka, Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Churches for Middle East Peace, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Coordination of Committee and Associations for Palestine, Jerusalem Fund, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Subject: NGOs/Civil Society
Publication Date: 17/03/2017