NIMN and NH Peace Action are very excited to host a renown peace activist and tireless human rights advocate who will join us via Zoom on November 19th – 7pm on Zoom.
Issa Amro is a human rights defender based in Hebron city, West Bank and is the co-founder of the direct action group Youth Against Settlements. He is the Executive Director of Working for Peace and Justice: Friends of Hebron. Amro was nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize and he is the recipient of last year’s Right Livelihood Award for his peaceful resistance to the Israeli occupation. He also received the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law in 2024. In 2023, Amro received the Global Advocacy Award from the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights and the Harvard Human Rights Journal. In 2008, Amro won the One World Media Award for his role in coordinating the B’Tselem video camera distribution project in Hebron to document human rights violations by Israeli soldiers and settlers. As a consequence of his activism, Amro has been arbitrarily detained and tortured by Israeli forces, and he was prosecuted in an Israeli military court on charges deemed “baseless” and “politically-motivated” by Amnesty international, who included Amro in their 2017 “Write for Rights” campaign. Amro has also been jailed and beaten for criticizing the Palestinian authorities. Amro has been featured on CNN, BBC, France 24, Al Jazeera, NPR, and in New York Times, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Haaretz, Last Week Tonight, and more. On October 7th, 2023, Amro was captured and tortured by Israeli settlers joined by soldiers. Amro’s work focuses on community resilience, direct action, and international advocacy for Palestinian rights. Amro was listed as part of TIME Magazine’s “100 Next” upcoming leaders for 2025.
There is a suggested donation of $5-50. Proceeds benefit the Proceeds the nonprofit organization, Working for Peace and Justice: Friends of Hebron
Please use this link to register: Tickets – NIMN and NH Peace Action are very excited to host a renown peace activist and tireless human rights advocate who will join us via Zoom on November 19th – 7pm on Zoom.
Issa Amro is a human rights defender based in Hebron city, West Bank and is the co-founder of the direct action group Youth Against Settlements. He is the Executive Director of Working for Peace and Justice: Friends of Hebron. Amro was nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize and he is the recipient of last year’s Right Livelihood Award for his peaceful resistance to the Israeli occupation. He also received the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law in 2024. In 2023, Amro received the Global Advocacy Award from the Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights and the Harvard Human Rights Journal. In 2008, Amro won the One World Media Award for his role in coordinating the B’Tselem video camera distribution project in Hebron to document human rights violations by Israeli soldiers and settlers. As a consequence of his activism, Amro has been arbitrarily detained and tortured by Israeli forces, and he was prosecuted in an Israeli military court on charges deemed “baseless” and “politically-motivated” by Amnesty international, who included Amro in their 2017 “Write for Rights” campaign. Amro has also been jailed and beaten for criticizing the Palestinian authorities. Amro has been featured on CNN, BBC, France 24, Al Jazeera, NPR, and in New York Times, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Haaretz, Last Week Tonight, and more. On October 7th, 2023, Amro was captured and tortured by Israeli settlers joined by soldiers. Amro’s work focuses on community resilience, direct action, and international advocacy for Palestinian rights. Amro was listed as part of TIME Magazine’s “100 Next” upcoming leaders for 2025.
We are grateful for the support of our co-sponsors:
NH Peace Action Education Fund, Palestinian Education Network
NH Veterans for Peace
Jewish Voice for Peace-VT/NH
American Friends Service Committee NH
NHCUCC Peace with Justice Advocates
Palestine Solidarity Coalition – UNH
There is a suggested donation of $5-$50. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit organization, Working for Peace and Justice: Friends of Hebron
Please use this link to register: Tickets – https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/life-under-occupation-in-the-west-bank/