11 SPSC members staged a 48-hour hunger vigil at St John’s Church in solidarity with thousands of political prisoners, hunger-striking in protest at the appalling conditions in which they are being held.
2-4th September 2004
Israel keeps over 10,000 Palestinian hostages in its dungeons.
Many are children. Many are detained without any trial.
SPSC members torment one of the "strikers" with a barbecue –
to mimic the sadistic tactics of the Israeli prison guards.
Right in the centre of Edinburgh, on Princes Street…
…some could smile, others found hunger a novel experience…
Israel has now – 2008 – kidnapped and is keeping over 50
elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council as hostages.
Israel is the only country in the world to legalise torture…
