African asylum seekers renew protests

After more than a month of continuous protests and actions, the African asylum seeker community in Israel declared Wednesday an “International day of solidarity with the African asylum seeker community in Israel.” Some 5,000 demonstrators marching from south Tel Aviv to the U.S. Embassy, where they stood silently with tape covering their mouths in protest…

African asylum seekers march in Tel Aviv to protest prolonged detention, arrests made during "freedom marches" earlier in the week (Photo: Activestills)

Human rights and gay rights activists rally in Tel Aviv

Thousands of African migrants, mostly Sudanese and Eritreans, and human rights activists marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday night shouting “freedom” and “no more prison,” in protest of the implementation of the Israeli government policy to imprison most illegal migrants. The protesters demanded that they will not be sent to detention facilities in the Negev…

Israeli activists and African refugees protest in the center of Tel Aviv against the forced deportation of Sudanese asylum-seekers. February 28, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Israeli human rights organizations against the deportation of asylum-seekers

In response to reports of an agreement to deport asylum-seekers from Israel to Uganda, Israeli human rights organizations said they doubted the likelihood that the agreement will materialize. In a joint statement the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Hotline for Migrant Workers, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, A.S.A.F., Amnesty International Israel and Kav…