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Ken Loach, director of much loved and well known films such as Kes, Sweet Sixteen and Land and Freedom – known for repeatedly championing the underdog and revealing the hardships and struggles of those at the bottom of the social... Read more
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Bristol peace activist arrested in Palestine Friends have spoken by phone to the Bristol peace activist who is being held in an Israeli jail. He is cheerful, but suffering bruises and a black-eye from a beating by Israeli soldiers during his... Read more
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Palestine campaigners in Bristol will join a UK-wide protest against Security company, G4S, for their support for Israeli prisons and interrogation centres. They are protesting the recent death in custody of a Palestinian prisoner, the abuse... Read more
2013 Bristol Film Festival Screens ‘ To Shoot an Elephant’ To Shoot an Elephant (Alberto Arce, Mohammad Rujailah, 2008, Spain, 112 mins) was filmed in the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast Lead
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Bristol: Local campaigners have raised funds for a mini-bus which is leaving Bristol this Friday as part of a UK Aid Convoy bound for Gaza. The vehicle is carrying children’s educational equipment and toys, IT equipment, and medical... Read more
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By Iqbal Tamimi It is November, and the Bristol Palestine Film Festival is almost in its full gear and about to knock the doors of art lovers and those who are interested in diverse ways of expression through innovation. At the same time... Read more
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Palestine supporters and anti-war activists in Bristol are shocked at the recent attacks on Gaza by Israel . In Bristol , the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Bristol-Stop-The-War, the SWP, and other groups are calling a protest on the... Read more
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In September, Bristol man Sakir Yildirm raised money by donation, bought an ambulance, and drove across Europe to deliver it to medical teams in Syria on what he called a “one man mercy mission”. During this trip he saw the desperate living... Read more
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Bristol man, Sakir Yildirim, is leaving on a new mercy mission, this time to war-ravaged Syria. Sakir, who is well known for his previous humanitarian projects, decided to help after seeing scenes of devastation and suffering on... Read more
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20-year old Ahmed Baraka from the war-torn Gaza Strip in Palestine has arrived in Bristol this week to begin his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at UWE. He is the first student from Gaza to be awarded the University of the West... Read more