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Endless Checkpoints

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Sunday February 25, 2007 15:45

by David White - Amnesty International Irish Section

amnesty.exhibition at gmail dot com

087 4181964

Restriction of Movement in Occupied Palestine

Amnesty International Irish Section in association with Israeli organisation Checkpoint Watch and 4 Dame Lane present a photographic exhibition which documents the treatment of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers at checkpoints throughout the West Bank.

Endless Checkpoints: Restriction of Movement in Occupied Palestine (Image (c) Checkpoint Watch)

About Checkpoint Watch
Checkpoint Watch is an organisation of Israeli women, founded in response to repeated human rights abuses of Palestinians crossing army and border police checkpoints in the West Bank. Throughout the West Bank a large network of these checkpoints exist, under the pretence of security, but in effect are a collective punishment measure inflicted on the Palestinian population, severely curtailing their freedom of movement.

The women of Checkpoint Watch monitor the behaviour of soldiers and police at these checkpoints. Their goal is to ensure that the human rights of Palestinians are protected. They also report the results of their observations to the widest possible audience, effectively holding the soldiers to account.

About the Exhibition
The photographs, taken by the women of Checkpoint Watch, illustrate the unbearably harsh life to which the Palestinian population is subjected to by barricades, Israeli army checkpoints, and the West Bank wall. Hopefully, glancing into this reality may bring this nightmare closer to its end.

The exhibition takes place at 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 2, and runs from Thursday March 8th (International Women's Day) to Wednesday 14th March 2007. A launch evening takes place at 4 Dame Lane at 6.30pm on Thursday evening March 8th, at which Judith Keshet, a founder of Checkpoint Watch and an Orthodox Jew, and Terry Boullata, Palestinian Human Rights activist, will speak and officially launch the exhibition. The launch reception is open to the public, admission free, light refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

For further information regarding the exhibition, please contact Amnesty International's David White (087 4181964) or Aoife Daly (01 896 2934).