Sunday, May 2, 2010

Interview with Human Rights Activist Caoimhe Butterly


Al-Manar Exclusive

"As the whole world has shifted to the “World Cup mode”, with flags of every participating country seen on balconies, cars, stores, and practically everything in most countries including Arab states, a European young woman has decided to give momentum to the struggle for the rights of the Palestinians in occupied territories and in diaspora.

On May 24, 2010, the Freedom Flotilla sets sail for Gaza determined to, once again, challenge Israel’s blockade of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped in an open-air prison. Under the coordination of the Free Gaza Movement, numerous human rights organizations, including the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), the Perdana Global Peace Organization from Malaysia, the European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza, and the Swedish and Greek Boat to Gaza initiatives will send three cargo ships loaded with reconstruction, medical and educational supplies. At least five passenger boats with over 600 people on board will accompany the cargo ships.

Al-Manar.com.lb interviewed Caoimhe Butterly, the celebrated Irish human rights activist who worked on human rights observation projects and with NGOs in Zimbabwe, Chiapas, Guatemala, Iraq and Palestine. Caoimhe lived in the Jenin refugee camp for a year in 2002 before being shot by Israeli soldiers, then deported......."

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