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In the name of Vittorio Arrigoni, the 'Stay Human' convoy has entered Gaza

By Stay Human Convoy  Posted by Stephanie Westbrook (about the submitter)       (Page 1 of 1 pages)   1 comment
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12 May 2011,

After leaving Cairo this morning at dawn, the 80 activists of the 'Restiamo Umani' convoy have entered Gaza at 4pm after crossing five Egyptian check-points.

The convoy, whose goal is to return to the place where Vittorio Arrigoni has spent his life, wrote a first report - posted on http://www.vik2gaza.org- "We are going to Gaza, Vittorio is with us".

The convoy will remain in the Gaza strip until the 17 of May to meet the Palestinian people who day by day are trying to resist the Israeli military occupation. The convoy will also join the commemorations for the thirtieth day of Vittorio's death and for Nakba, the day of the Palestinian catastrophe, which will take place between the 14 and the 15 of May.

Meanwhile, a second convoy, with over 100 buses, will leave from Tahir square in Cairo, the square that has become the symbol of recent popular revolutions in the Middle Aast , and will try to cross the Rafah pass on the 15 of May.

This is a collective movement that wants to show full support to the fight of the Palestinian people for self-determination, to their everyday resistance against military occupation and to the right of all Palestianian refugees to come back to their land.

Follow the Stay Human Convoy via:  

Web site: http://vik2gaza.org/en/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/vik2gaza
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002318810069&sk=wall

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Stephanie Westbrook is a U.S. citizen who has been living in Rome, Italy since 1991. She is active in the peace and social justice movements in Italy.
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