Spotlight on Palestine
Date: 1 March
Time: 5-7 pm
Location: Centre For Stories (100 Aberdeen St, Northbridge, WA, 6003)
In November, PEN International condemned the arbitrary arrest of young Palestinian writer Ahed Tamimi from her house in the occupied West Bank, and called on the Israeli authorities to end their arbitrary arrests and detention of Palestinians, and to unconditionally release all those arbitrarily detained in Israeli prisons. In December, PEN International expressed grave concerns about the news that prominent Palestinian artist and cultural figure Ahmed Tobasi, the artistic director of West Bank-based The Freedom Theatre, and his colleague Mustafa Sheta, The Freedom Theatre’s producer and general manager were arrested by Israeli forces. PEN International calls for Ahmed Tobasi and Mustafa Sheta to be immediately and unconditionally released and for an end to the targeting of writers and artists in Palestine.
PEN Perth joins PEN International in these calls. Our Spotlight on Palestine honours the work and draws attention to those who have been arrested.
There will be no time for discussion but there will be light refreshments following the readings.
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