International protests continue against the Israeli Siege on Gaza

Saturday January 26, 2008 12:26 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News

Several protests were organize on Friday evening in several European cities, the protests had one thing in common they all called for the immediate left of the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.

Protesters in down town Montreal city on Friday – Photo by SPHR 2008

Hundreds including students, Trade union members, politicians and human rights activists joined together in a demonstration through downtown Montreal city in eastern Canada calling for an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza. The protest was organized by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), a non-profit, student-based organization that advocates on a strong social justice platform to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people in the face of human rights violations and all forms of racism, discrimination, misinformation and misrepresentation.

The demonstrators handed out information leaflets demanding an end to Israel's inhumane and collective punishment against the Palestinian people of Gaza and called on the Canadian government to pressure Israel to end its siege of Gaza.

Meanwhile on Friday night in several European cities scores of Palestinian, Arab and European families shutdown the lights in their homes as a Solidarity move with the residents of Gaza for 20 mints. The move was organized by the EU Campaign to Left the Siege on the Gaza Strip.

Earlier on Friday the EU Campaign to Left the Siege on the Gaza Strip organized a protest in the Belgium capital Brussels in which hundreds gathered in front of the EU headquarters in the city calling for the EU to but brusher on Israeli to stop its Siege on Gaza.

On Saturday the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in the British Capital London is planing to organize a smellier protest.

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