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Occupation magazine - Life under occupation Home page  back Print  Send To friend Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlement arrested at Allenby Bridge Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Press release June 15th, 2012 sent by `Abir Kopty` Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlement arrested at Alenbi Bridge Amro was interrogated, arrested and prevented from departing to Italy Issa Amro, Coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, was stopped last night by Israeli authorities at the Alenbi Bridge. He was arrested and taken to Hebron police station, where he was interrogated for hours on suspicion of involvement in organizing the women`s action that took place in Hebron last Wednesday, at the segregated Shuhada Street. Amro, was traveling to Italy for a speaking tour organized by the Italian Peace Association to meet Members of the Italian Parliament and Senate, and municipality representatives from different Italian cities. Media Contact: Abir Kopty +972-546782420 Issa Amro, a prominent popular resistance activist in Hebron, was arrested several times in the past by the Israeli army for participating in activities to protest the occupation practices in Hebron. Throughout the past few years, Youth Against Settlements has been leading the global campaign to re-open Shuhada street, Hebron`s main commerce center that was closed to Palestinian movement in 1994. Last Wednesday, approximately 15 Israeli and International women dressed in Palestinian traditional clothing walked through Shuhada Street in silence protesting the policy of preventing Palestinian women from accessing the street. The women were shortly stopped by Israeli soldiers and attacked by both soldiers and settlers. Five activists and one journalist were arrested during the action. Later that day, a Palestinian man was also arrested on suspicion of “conspiracy” related to the same action. All seven were released throughout the next 24 hours, three on condition of a 90 day restraining order from area A and the Hebron area. Links to the latest articles in this section Occupation forces injure mourners following funeral of slain infant Mohammad Tamimi Nabi Saleh village assaulted - toddler shot in the head died in hospital Palestinians in the snow: thrown from home into the snow, throw snowballs and get arrested