Addameer Offices Raided by Israeli Occupying Forces This Morning
Ramallah, 11 December 2012 – At 3 am this morning, 11 December 2012, the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights office was raided by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Four laptops, one hard disk and a video camera were taken among other materials. The IOF destroyed the office; desks, ransacked filing cabinets and files and scattered files around the office. At this moment, we are not clear as to what has been confiscated, but in the coming days we will know more about the level of destruction and damage. This is the first raid by the IOF since 2002, when the Addameer office was raided during the invasion of Ramallah.
The offices of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committee and the Palestinian NGO Network were also raided and ransacked last night. Addameer condemns this attack on human rights and civil society organizations, and sees it as an attempt to cripple solidarity with the prisoners movement.
We will provide more information in the coming hours as the situation develops. Follow our Twitter account at @addameer_ps and our Facebook page for the latest news.
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Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
P. O. Box: 17338, Jerusalem
Tel:
+972 (0)2 296 0446 / 297 0136
Email: info@addameer.ps Website: www.addameer.org