A refugee said "I cannot go back to my country because of the following points: 1. Imprisonment and Persecution 2. Torture and punishment 3. Electric torture 4. Beating with the stick on the feet (corporal punishment) 5. threatening me to be killed 6. Lack of human rights organizations which can lobby against human rights violation in the country. 7. Threatening to abuse my family members. 8. Demolition of my house. Due to all that I can’t go back".

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Feb 9, 2011

PUBLIC MEETING : THE SIEGE OF GAZA

Public Meeting: The Siege of Gaza - Eyewitness Accounts (ISTG)

posted by John Molyneux 9 Feb 2011

Date(s): 10 Feb 2011

Time(s): 8:00PM

Area: Dublin

Venue: Wynn's Hotel, Abbey Street, D1

This public meeting will feature eyewitness accounts of the illegal and brutal Israeli siege of Gaza, and will also discuss ways forward and how the siege can be challenged.

Speakers:

YOUSEF AL-HELOU: Palestinian freelance journalist based in Gaza, who reports for Press TV. Yousef is travelling directly from Gaza to Ireland for this speaking tour and will talk about daily life on the ground.

EWA JASIEWICZ: An English/Polish member of the the Free Gaza Movement and of the International Solidarity Movement, Ewa was in Gaza during the 'Operation Cast Lead' massacre in 2009. She was also on the Freedom Flotilla that was attacked by Israeli forces last May as it brought aid to Gaza and attempted to break the siege.

Chair:

FINTAN LANE: Coordinator of the Irish Ship to Gaza Campaign which is sending an Irish ship as part of Freedom Flotilla 2 in spring 2011.

Organised by IRISH SHIP TO GAZA - www.irishshiptogaza.org

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