SENZA CENSURA n.6
Italy, october 2001
PFLP Press Release
9 October 2001
Ramallah: Given the unfortunate events that occurred yesterday afternoon in the
Gaza region, at a time when the Zionists are escalating their attacks upon the
masses of our people, and within the context of the American imperialist attack
upon Afghanistan aimed at reinforcing American domination and imposing it upon
the peoples of the world, we call upon the masses of our people, their vital
political forces, and the Palestine Authority to exercise the highest degree of
self-restraint. We call on them to strive to strengthen the bonds of popular and
national unity that have been consecrated by the blood of our people's martyrs
on the fields of confrontation along the fronts of the Intifada. We call on them
to strengthen the armed resistance throughout the whole of our dear homeland.
We must not allow the enemies to break the bonds
of our internal unity. We in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
on the basis of our responsibility to our people and their supreme national
interests, believe and declare the following:
1. The right of our people to express their opinion and their solidarity with
the people of Afghanistan is a sacred right that no one is entitled to violate.
2. The principle that was enhanced by the traditions of our national work and
was strengthened by the Intifada, demands that we look to the logic of
responsible, democratic dialogue to solve any manifestation of internal
differences.
3. We condemn the choice to resort to the use of weapons in solving problems of
internal differences and demand that those who violate this principle be brought
to trial.
4. We call on the leadership of the Palestine Authority, the national and
Islamic forces, and political and popular activists to work to limit the
divisive effects of this unfortunate event and to prevent the occupiers and
others from destroying our national unity or the supreme interests of our
people.
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21/10/2001
Palestinian Human Rights NGOs Demand An End to Political Arrests By The
Palestinian Authority And Call For The Release Of All Political Prisoners.
Palestinian security forces have entered the third day of a campaign of
political arrests against many individuals and leaders of the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine, after the PFLP military wing took responsibility
for the military action against the Israeli Minister of Tourism, Rehevam Ze'evi,
in response to the assassination of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa on 27 September
2001. The arrests come as a response to political and military pressure from the
Israeli and US administrations against the Palestinian Authority.
Palestinian human rights NGOs express their grave concern at the return of the
PA to a policy of arbitrary political arrests of leaders and members of the PFLP
and demand the following:
Immediately halt these political arrests which constitute a clear violation of
the Declaration of Human Rights, particularly Articles 2, 3, 9, 12, 19 of the
Declaration.
Immediately release those arrested and respect freedom of opinion as expressed
within the Palestinian Declaration of Independence and other international
covenants that uphold human rights and freedom of expression.
Palestinian human rights organizations reiterate their complete opposition to
the policy of assassination and extra-judicial killing practiced by the Israeli
authorities on Palestinian land since the beginning of the Intifada. Palestinian
human rights NGOs support the right of Palestinians to struggle for their
legitimate rights.
Palestinian human rights organizations warn the Palestinian Authority that the
arrest of political activists presents a very real danger to the lives of these
detainees. Placing political activists in prison presents them as targets to the
Israeli military, as has been demonstrated in the past. For example, on 18 May
2001 when Israeli forces attacked the Nablus Central Civilian Prison in an
attempt to kill Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, allegedly a leader of the military wing of
HAMAS.
Signed:
Al Haq Arab Thought Forum - Centre for Citizens Rights Mandela Institute for
Human Rights Democracy and Workers Rights Centre Addameer Association for
Prisoner Support and Human Rights Defence for Children International - Palestine
Section
ADDAMEER - Prisoners' Support and Human Rights Association
PO Box: 17338, Jerusalem.
Ramallah, West Bank.
Tel: +972-2-2960446 Fax: +972-2-2960447
E-mail: addameer@addameer.org
URL: http://www.addameer.org/