a discussion of Palestinian child political prisoners and the situation of the Jericho Six.
recorded by pierre loiselle
Sumoud Political Prisoners Solidarity Group organized it's second annual Free Palestinian Political Prisoners speaking tour. There are currently around 8000 Palestinian political prisoners including 400 children and 100 women detainees in Israeli jails. The Halifax event was organized by The Palestine Solidarity Society- www.freepalestine.ca and co-sponsored by Canadian Arabs and Jews for Just Peace- http://forjustpeace.org
Ayed Abueqtaish is a former political prisoner and currently research co-coordinator for Defense for Children International in Ramallah (http://www.dci-pal.org) and representative of the Committee in Defense and Solidarity with the Jericho Six.
Adam Hanieh is co-author of "Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel's detention of Palestinian Children" (Pluto Press, 2004 )