This Sunday, 27 October, the international Free Marwan Barghouti and all Palestinian Political Prisoners campaign will be launched from the historic South African landmark of Robben Island, where anti-apartheid struggle icons Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada and others were imprisoned during Apartheid in South Africa. The Palestinian based Popular Campaign for the Release of Marwan Barghouti and all Palestinian Political Prisoners and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation are the primary organisers of the Robben Island launch event. Ahmed Kathrada launched the Free Nelson Mandela and all South African Political Prisoners campaign in 1962, just prior to his own arrest and subsequent imprisonment with Nelson Mandela and others on Robben Island. Now half a century later, the 84-year-old anti-apartheid struggle veteran, is launching yet another campaign for an iconic freedom fighter, Marwan Barghouti, commonly dubbed Palestines Mandela. Barghouti is one of the most prominent --of over 5000-- Palestinian political prisoners currently detained in Israeli prisons and jails. Following Sundays Robben Island launch, public events will be held in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. ---------- LAUNCH OF FREE MARWAN BARGHOUTI AND ALL PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS CAMPAIGN AND BDS-SA ANNOUNCEMENT OF G4S BOYCOTT WHERE: Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa WHEN: Sunday, 27 October 2013 TIME: Starting from 09h00 RSVP: Event full. ---------- CAPE TOWN PALESTINE PRISONER SOLIDARITY RALLY DAY: Sunday, 27 October TIME: 18h00 WHERE: Drommedaris Hall, Good Hope Centre ADDRESS: Christiaan Barnard Street, Cape Town CONTACT: 0823731143 / [email protected] COST: Free ---------- DURBAN PALESTINE PRISONER SOLIDARITY RALLY DAY: Tuesday, 29 October TIME: 19h00 WHERE: Durban Art Gallery, Durban City Hall ADDRESS: 2nd Floor, Durban Art Gallery, Durban City Hall, Anton Lembede Street (Smith St.), Durban CONTACT: 0823731143 / [email protected] COST: Free ---------- DURBAN PALESTINE PRISONER FUNDRAISING DINNER DAY: Wednesday, 30 October TIME: 18h30 WHERE: NMJ Hall ADDRESS: Mountain View Avenue (off Hendry Road), Morningside, Durban CONTACT AND RSVP: 0823731143 / 0827757860 COST: R300 pp ---------- JOHANNESBURG PALESTINE PRISONER SOLIDARITY RALLY DAY: Thursday, 31 October TIME: 18h30 WHERE: Baitun Noor Centre ADDRESS: Topaas Street, Extension 5, Lenasia CONTACT: 0823731143 / [email protected] COST: Free ---------- JOHANNESBURG PALESTINE PRISONER & HUMAN RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM DAY: Saturday, 02 November TIME: 09h00 WHERE: Constitutional Hill, Braamfontein CONTACT: 0823731143 / [email protected] HOSTS: The Foundation for Human Rights, Constitutional Hill and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation COST: Free ---------- The Robben Island launch and follow up events in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg will be addressed by Ms. Fadwa Bargouti (wife of Marwan Barghouti and head of the Palestinian based Popular Campaign for the Release of Marwan Barghouti & All Palestinian Political Prisoners), Azzam Ahmad (Former Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Palestinian delegation to the international Inter-Parliamentary Union), Qaddura Fares (Former Palestinian Minister of Detainees), Majed Bamya (Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Shawqi Issa (Director of Ensan, the Palestinian Centre for Democracy and Human Rights), Sahar Francis (Director of Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association), Helmi Al Araj (Director of Hurriyat), Nasser Alrayyes (Al Haq, the Palestinian Human Rights Organization), Yasser Amouri (Birzeit University) and Luisa Morgantini (the former Vice President of the European Parliament). The Palestinian delegates will be accompanied by Ahmed Kathrada and a host of other former South African political prisoners. Coalition For a Free Palestine (South Africa) BDS South Africa Palestine Festival, South Africa 2013
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:10:25 +0000
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