Social Media Action November 25 for Khitam Saafin and the Palestinian Women’s Movement
Wednesday, November 25
10 am Pacific – 1 pm Eastern – 7 pm central Europe – 8 pm Palestine
Use these sample tweets for your posts: bit.ly/KhitamTweets
Download materials and more information at freekhitamsaafin.org
Use the hashtag #FreeKhitamSaafin in all of your posts during the action!
On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the US Palestinian Community Network, the International Women’s Alliance – Europe, Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine, Alkarama Palestinian Women’s Mobilization and the Palestinian Youth Movement for a social media storm and Twitter campaign to free Khitam Saafin and Palestinian women political prisoners!
Khitam Saafin, president of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, is jailed without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation under an indefinitely renewable six-month administrative detention order. She is a well-known international advocate for Palestinian women and freedom and justice for the Palestinian people. She has spoken around the world about the struggle of Palestinian women, including at the World Social Forum, and served as chair of the Global Women’s March Palestine.
