Bassem Tamimi Lecture

20 Sep 2015

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Bassem Tamimi is an internationally recognized Palestinian human rights activist from the West Bank farming village of Nabi Selah, where weekly nonviolent demonstrations are held in opposition to illegal Israeli settlement construction and military occupation. Bassem has been detained by the Israeli authorities over a dozen times, at one point spending three years in administrative detention without trial. In 1993, as a result of interrogation by the Israeli Shin Bet, Bassem was left unconscious for eight days and partially paralyzed for months to follow. Bassem has been described by the European Union as a “human rights defender” and Amnesty International has demanded his release as a “prisoner of conscious”. At his talk in Pittsburgh, Bassem will speak about his village’s work for freedom and justice and the struggles endured by his family and others who have been injured and/or imprisoned.

The talk will take place in the O'Hara Student Center at the University of Pittsburgh in the Ballroom.

This event is co-organized by Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace.

Admission is free. Donations to help cover Bassem's travel expenses and support his resistance work are encouraged - any amount helps!

Event Date: 
Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Institution(s): 
Sponsored By: 
Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace
Location: 
O'Hara Student Center at the University of Pittsburgh in the Ballroom