ACTION ALERT

For Immediate Release
20 August 2004

Expanded Call: Support Campaign for Palestinian Prisoners on Strike

"Any movement that does not support its political internees is a movement destined to fail." Break the Chains Conference, 2003

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition is expanding its campaign of support for Palestinian prisoners of war on hunger strike in Israeli prisons.

We ask all people of conscience in the US, Canada and elsewhere to join us as we prepare for a 48-hour fast in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Israeli jails, and their families. The fast will begin local times on Saturday August 28 at 7 am and last until 7 am Monday August 30.

In addition, we call on all supporters of Palestinian rights, first and foremost the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their original towns and villages, to plan media campaigns in their area during the coming week prior to the fast with:

Letters to the editor, press releases, phone calls to the media, (arrange for designated media spokespersons etc) in order to develop public awareness prior to the start of the fast. Please emphasize that this is a world-wide effort which includes the continuing letter writing campaign in support of Palestinian prisoners.

TALKING POINTS

* Over 7500 Palestinian men, women, and children are currently being held in Israeli prisons.

*The prisoners are denied all basic human rights guaranteed to them under international law. Many are being tortured.

*These prisoners are resisting the brutal Zionist occupation of Palestine in all of its formations and it is essential that we support them.

We are asking organizations and individuals from all over the world to sign on to this solidarity fast and to send their own letters of support to our comrades in the Zionist prisons at: palprisoner@yahoo.com or by fax to: 1-928-752-8355.

We will then present these letters to the prisoners and their families.

For more information, or to join/organize a Solidarity Fast, please write to:

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail: info@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC
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