BDS Victory: Veolia Sells Shares in Jerusalem Light Rail Friday, 15 October 2010 07:38 Alternative Information Center (AIC) The EUR 9 million to be received by Veolia is minuscule compared to the almost EUR 5 billion of contracts that Veolia has lost around the world due to the BDS movement in the past two years,…
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Friday 15th October 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release FRENCH CONSULATE PROTESTED OVER PERSECUTION OF “BOYCOTT ISRAEL” ACTIVISTS. The French Consulate in Edinburgh faced protest yesterday on the day that a French Green Party MP and a university professor faced trial on charges of racism over their support for the growing campaign…
Around 30 Palestine campaigners converged on the French Consulate in Edinburgh today to protest the political show trials of Palestine solidarity activists in France. See Video French courts have charged the human rights campaigners with “incitement to racial hatred” for taking part in the non-violent campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) called for by Palestinians…
Tuesday 12th October 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release FORMER TALIBAN PRISONER HITS OUT AGAINST US MILITARY OVER NORGROVE KILLING. A former prisoner of the Taliban has hit out against the failed rescue attempt of aid-worker, Linda Norgrove, after news emerged that earlier accounts of her death were inaccurate. Speaking at…
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Show SOLIDARITY with French BDS activists Thursday 14 October – 12 noon to 1pm French Consulate in Edinburgh – 11 Randolph Crescent (map here) Palestine solidarity activists in France are being prosecuted for boycotting Israel. The French government has asked all French judges to condemn boycott actions against Israel and, encouraged by this,…
Thursday 7th Oct 2010 Edinburgh University Students For Justice In Palestine: Media Release STUDENTS SHUT DOWN CAREERS FAIR IN PROTEST AT PRESENCE OF ARMS MANUFACTURER BAE SYSTEMS Edinburgh University Students for Justice in Palestine shut down the University’s career fair yesterday (Wednesday 6th October) to protest the presence of BAE systems who are…
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