Ramallah, 2 October 2012- The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC)* is pleased to announce its participation in the World Social Forum-Free Palestine (WSF), which takes place from 28 November to 1 December 2012, in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. This global event is a public space to share ideas and strategize ways to maximize the potential for solidarity with the Palestinian people.

 

The four-day WSF will consist of five main panels with speakers from across the globe, including a panel on the right to return and right to self-determination, a panel on international law and human rights and a panel on the illegality of the annexation wall. There will also be a panel on popular resistance and another on strategies to mobalise and create solidarity movements, which will also discuss the case of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS).

 

The WSF provides an excellent opportunity for organisations and solidarity movements to network and share their work and experiences through self-organised activities spread across the four days of the forum.

For further information on the WSF, how to register and to organise side-events, the PHROC invites you to visit the WSF website www.wsfpalestine.net.

Information, contacts and links:

Choose your mode of registration: www.wsfpalestine.net

Promote distance activities: prensa@wsfpalestine.net

Contact GT communication: prensa@wsfpalestine.net

Palestinian Organizing Committee: samahd@pngo.net

Brazilian Organizing Committee: secretaria.fspl@gmail.com

International Committee: feroz@alternative-international.net

Website: wsfpalestine.net

 

 

 

	Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association Sahar Francis General Director		Aldameer Association for Human Rights Khalil Abu Shammala General Director
	Al-Haq Shawan Jabarin General Director		Al Mezan Center for Human Rights Issam Younis General Director
	Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights Najwa Darwish General Director		Defence for Children International Palestine Section Rifat Kassis General Director
	Ensan Center for Human Rights and Democracy Shawqi Issa General Director		Hurryyat - Centre for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights Helmi Al-araj General Director
	Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights Issam Aruri General Director		Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies Iyad Barghouti General Director
	Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling Maha Abu Dayyeh General Director