human rights

2018.08.07: Annual Lanterns for Peace at Tenney Park

6:00 pm1500 Sherman AvenueMadison Free and open to the public. For more info visit Physicians…

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Democracy Now’s Yemen Report

Just Foreign Policy, July 19, 2018 This morning, Democracy Now had a hard-hitting report on…

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2018.07.24: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb on “Hope in the Shadow of the Wall”

Tuesday, July 24 at 7 PM – 9 PM First Unitarian Society of Madison 900…

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2018.07.25: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb and Pastor Everett Mitchell

Wednesday, July 25 at 7 PM – 9 PM Christ The Solid Rock Baptist Church…

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Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinian Civilians and Wound 23 Others in Gaza

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), July 14, 2018

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Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Ban

Statement from AAI Executive Director Maya Berry on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v.…

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Speakout against Separating Families

International Socialist Organization – Madison Saturday, June 23 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM UW…

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2018.06.30: No More Family Separation

Sign up for a June 30 Event! Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. State Capitol,…

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Debunking Four Myths Surrounding the Palestinian Protests

The justifications given for the deaths of Palestinian protesters just don’t add up Khan Yunis,…

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Bernie Sanders’ Criticism Of Israel Is Radical. And He’s Taking It Mainstream

Aiden Pink, Information Clearing House, June 13, 2018 Not many in the media are noticing,…

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RE/MAX Israel Sells Properties in Illegal Israeli Settlements

CODEPINK, June 16, 2016 This weekend is the Presbyterian Church’s biannual General Assembly. Among the…

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2018.06.08: 2nd Banner Drop!

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Cities for Palestine

Image via Sacramento to Bethlehem Cities for Palestine, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Others,…

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A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence

Razan al-Najjar, 20, was trying to help an injured protester near the border fence when…

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As daughter of Holocaust survivors, I decry occupation of Gaza

Jenny Pressman, The Cap Times, May 30, 2018

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Standing with my Muslim neighbors in the wake of Jerusalem and Gaza

Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman, The Cap Times, May 17, 2018

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The Red Nation in Solidarity with Palestinians

Facebook, 5/15/18 Video Link

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Madison-Rafah Sister City Project/Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison Banner Drop

Members of Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison did a banner drop…

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