We are so excited to welcome Sahar Francis to the Palestine Voices tent as part of our Palestinian Prisoners theme. Over 25 years years she has fearlessly advocated for Palestinian Prisoners and she will tell us about her work on Saturday.
During her long career, Sahar worked closely with the UN Special Procedures system and appeared as a witness in front of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza War – Goldstone, and the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
She makes clear, in the video below, when speaking in Ireland recently that unless we bring pressure to support Palestinian prisoners, the terrible conditions they endure will be exported elsewhere. If ever there was a timely warning of the links between the Israeli occupation regime in Palestine and the rise of fascism and silencing of protest elsewhere, this is it.