Please attend these upcoming protests, in NYC and during the mobilization to SHUT DOWN the DNC! in Philadelphia, to support Bilal and 7,000 other Palestinian political prisoners.
Palestinian political prisoner Bilal Kayed had been scheduled for years to be released on June 13, the end of a 14 1/2-year sentence by an Israeli military court in the occupied West Bank.
Instead, on the morning his family and friends planned to welcome him home, he was given an “administrative detention” order, a decree by an Israeli military commander sentencing him to six more months’ imprisonment, without charge or trial and subject to indefinite renewal.
Now one of 715 Palestinian “administrative detainees” in Israeli prisons, Bilal launched a hunger strike June 14 to demand his freedom. On Sunday, he was moved from solitary confinement to an Israeli hospital. Dozens of Palestinian prisoners have joined his strike in solidarity.
SCHEDULE OF PROTESTS
Friday, NYC: Protest to Free Bilal Kayed and All Palestinian Prisoners
4 PM: G4S Secure Solutions, 19 W 44th St between 5th and 6th Aves
Monday, NYC: NYC World Student Day of Solidarity with Bilal Kayed & All Palestinian Political Prisoners
5 PM: Consulate General of Israel, 800 2nd Ave at E 43rd St
Tuesday, Philly: SJP Ona MOVE – Philly to Palestine Contingent at the DNC
4 PM: City Hall, West Side – Broad St & Market
- Vans leaving NYC at 10 AM Tuesday from the Solidarity Center, 147 W 24 St, 2nd floor. Donations requested $5 -15.
- Firm reservations needed by Sunday, July 24.
- Join both the Black DNC Resistance March against Police Terrorism & State Repressionat 2 PM and the SJP Ona MOVE contingent at 4 PM
- RSVP by text or email by Sunday night to: ToniA12@gmail.com 415-845-6100
