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Statement by Political Prisoner Robert Seth Hayes in Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners

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Commentary

Featured Speakers/Commentators:

Robert Seth Hayes

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Tom Keefer Contact Contributor

Date Published:

April 23, 2005, 12:13 p.m.

Summary: This is a statement by Political Prisoner and former Black Panther Party member Robert Seth Hayes, in support of a recent tour organized by Palestinian political prisoner support groups Sumoud and Adameer, to bring former Palestinian Political Prisoners a

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Notes: The people taking part in the tour include Sahar Francis, a Palestinian lawyer with Addameer who has worked for many years with Palestinian prisoners, Akram Al Ayasa an ex-political prisoner and former President of Bethlehem University Student Council. Arrested seven times from 1976-1990 by the Israeli occupation forces. Ala Jaradat, an ex political prisoner and activist with Addameer where he works with families of political detainees.

The speaking tour has two primary objectives: 1. To raise awareness and solidarity around the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners inside Israeli occupation jails. 2. To connect the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners to struggles against the prison industrial complex in North America.

For more information about the tour and for PDF leaflets containing information about Palestinian Political Prisoners please go to http://sumoud.tao.ca/?q=node/view/192

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Length (hh:mm:ss): 00:04:22

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Date Recorded: April 23, 2005

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Recorded from Wende Correctional Facility, Alden NY.

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