{"id":282761,"date":"2016-04-08T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=282761"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:59:34","slug":"ngo-action-news-08-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-08-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 08 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the Â鶹APP Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information \u201cas is\u201d without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NGO Action News<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>08 April 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>United States<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 4 April, Columbia University hosted a book launch with Asir Seleiman \u201cBeing Palestinian \u2014 Personal reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora\u201d. In parallel, on 6 April, the University hosted an event \u201cA Constitution for a non-State, or How to do Things with law, Palestine 1993-2015\u201d with Emilio Dabed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 27 April, the Israel-Palestine NGO Working group is hosting an event \u201cWhy We Refuse\u201d with conscientious objectors Yasmin Yablonko and Khaled Farrag. The event will take place at the Church Centre for the UN in New York at 13:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 25 April, Columbia University is hosting a screening of a Palestinian movie \u201c3000 Nights\u201d moderated by Lila Abu-Lughod and Hamid Dabashi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 9 April in the UK, Jews for Justice for Palestine are organizing an event: \u201cStop G4S \u2013 here and everywhere\u201d. In parallel, on 4 May, the \u201c2016 Edward W. Said London Lecture\u201d will be presented by an award-winning journalist Naomi Klein. The event is organized by A.M. Qattan Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>From 4 to 10 April, the Southampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign in the UK is organizing an exhibition: \u201cSilent voices\u201d created by Palestinian children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 12 April, The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is hosting a talk \u201cApartheid South Africa and Palestine\u201d in London by group of people who recently went to Palestine and would like to share their experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 18 April, in Dublin, Ireland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign will present lawyer Aouda Zbidat to mark the Palestinian Prisoners Day 2016. Her talk will be a first-hand account of the key human rights violations facing Palestinian political prisoners in the OPT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"16\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><strong>Jerusalem<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On April 8, Zochrot will commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre. 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