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Jewish community statement on the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike

Jewish community statement on the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike

by AJDS | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog, Statements

On April 17, Palestinian prisoners in Israel launched a hunger strike in protest of the conditions under which they were held. The strike was ended after 40 days, when the Israeli government offered a partial agreement to their terms. The following statement was...

Ignorance and fear see a return to the days of the child convict

by AJDS | Mar 14, 2015 | Newsletter

By June Factor The Age, 17/2/2015 Once upon a time, in 1834 to be exact, British civilisation introduced, on the shores of Van Diemen’s Land, the first children’s prison in the British empire. Not far from Port Arthur, Point Puer’s Boys’ Prison...

Ignorance and fear see a return to the days of the child convict

by AJDS | Mar 14, 2015 | Newsletter

By June Factor The Age, 17/2/2015 Once upon a time, in 1834 to be exact, British civilisation introduced, on the shores of Van Diemen’s Land, the first children’s prison in the British empire. Not far from Port Arthur, Point Puer’s Boys’ Prison...
We pay our respects to elders past and present, and acknowledge the history of the lands we stand, work and live on, noting that Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded, and that colonisation continues. Read more…
The AJDS formally acknowledges that we, as an organisation, have members who live and work on the land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, owners of the Melbourne region. We also have active members in other parts of Australia, all of whom reside on Aboriginal land