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PHOTOS: 24 hours outside Holot ‘open’ detention center
African asylum seekers converge on the Holot ‘open’ detention center to demand the release of those held there, and call for a comprehensive solution for their community. Photos and text by: Yotam Ronen, Oren Ziv and Tali Mayer/Activestills.org African asylum seekers from different cities in Israel held a two-day protest outside Holot detention center in the…
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Activestills
February 18, 2014
The origins and politics of Israel’s refugee debate
An in-depth look at the historical and political developments that shaped Israel’s current African asylum-seeker crisis — and one way to resolve it that meets Israel’s own needs while doing right by those who most need its protection. African asylum seekers in Israel have brought their struggle into the limelight in recent weeks. Through acts…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 28, 2014
Prison break: African asylum seekers claim their place on the Israeli political map
In Israel’s most vibrant demonstration ever to take place on the refugee issue, and in two bold escapes from an ‘open prison,’ African asylum seekers are starting to present themselves as a political force to be reckoned with. Saturday night was something like no one in Israel had ever seen before. It was supposed to…
By
Haggai Matar
December 24, 2013
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PHOTOS: Second ‘march for freedom’
For the second time this week, 130 asylum seekers leave the Holot ‘open’ prison facility in southern Israel to march through the desert in protest of their detention and the arrest of their comrades in the previous march. This time around, immigration officers stopped the march shortly after it began. Photos By: Oren Ziv, Tali Mayer / Activestills.org…
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Activestills
December 19, 2013
Immigration officers arrest asylum seekers on second ‘March for Freedom’
For the second time this week, 130 asylum seekers leave the Holot ‘open’ prison facility in southern Israel, march through the desert in an attempt to move their demonstration to a major city. This time around, immigration officers stopped the march shortly after it began. The asylum seekers are protesting their detention conditions and the arrest of…
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Haggai Matar
December 19, 2013
Police arrest asylum seekers who left ‘open prison,’ marched to J’lem
More than 150 African asylum seekers who deserted from an ‘open prison’ facility reach Jerusalem and are joined by supporters in a first-of-its-kind protest. Police and immigration authorities arrest them all and put them on buses back to prison. Update (4:15 p.m.): Police and immigration authorities detained all of the Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers…
By
Haggai Matar
December 17, 2013
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