Candlelit vigil in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike

international | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Thursday September 29, 2011 17:37 by éirígí

Palestinian prisoners associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine began a hunger strike on Tuesday September 27th against conditions imposed on detainees by the Zionist regime

The prisoners are calling for an end to the humiliating treatment and abuse of prisoners, and of those trying to visit them. They are also demanding an end to the solitary confinement of Ahamd Sa’adat, general secretary of the PFLP.

On Wednesday 5th October, éirígí will hold a candlelit vigil in support of the prisoners on hunger strike outside the Israeli embassy, Pembroke Road, Dublin. The vigil will begin at 6.30pm. Bígí linn