Rami Aman

Rami Aman (Arabic: رامي أمان) is a Palestinian journalist and peace activist in the Gaza Strip.[1][2]

Rami Aman
رامي أمان
NationalityPalestinian
Occupation(s)journalist, peace activist

Activism

In 2010, Aman founded the Gaza Youth Committee.[3] Since 2015, through the committee, Aman has been organizing small-scale video chats between Israelis and Palestinian peace activists in the Gaza Strip in an initiative called "Skype With Your Enemy."[4]

Detention and release

On 6 April 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gaza Youth Committee held one of its largest videoconferences via Zoom, with more than 200 participants. Opponents of normalizing relations with Israel were also on the call, resulting in a public uproar which prompted Hamas to arrest Aman and several other call participants.[5][6]

On 9 April 2020, Aman surrendered himself at the Internal Security headquarters in Gaza City.[4][7]

On 9 September 2020, a coalition of 70 NGOs lodged a complaint with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the detention of Aman and demanded his release.[8][9]

On 24 September 2020, The New York Times reported that Hamas military prosecutors in Gaza had charged Aman and two other Palestinian peace activists with "weakening revolutionary spirit" for their role in organizing the April 2020 video call with Israelis.[10]

On 26 October 2020, the Permanent Military Court in Gaza issued a decision to release Rami Aman and 2 other persons detained, sufficed with the time they served.[11]

Rami's imprisonment was described in the article from AP.[12]

References
  1. "On the brink of change: The risks of being a Gazan peace activist". The Jerusalem Post. 2 August 2015.
  2. "Skyping With Gaza". Tablet. 17 July 2018.
  3. "Skyping Gaza: How a Ramadan scheme is connecting Americans to besieged Palestinians". The Independent. 2 June 2019.
  4. "Zoom Call With Israelis Lands a Gaza Peace Activist in Jail". The New York Times. 10 April 2020.
  5. unwatch (2020-04-12). "Amnesty International official gets Hamas to arrest peace activist". UN Watch. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  6. Algemeiner, The. "Amnesty International Employee Denounced for Getting Gaza Peace Activist Arrested by Hamas for Virtual Meeting With Israelis". Algemeiner.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. "Arrest of Gazans by Hamas for Zoom chat with Israelis sparks free speech row". The Times of Israel. 15 April 2020.
  8. "Case Filed At UN Against Hamas Over Detained Palestinian". AFP. 9 September 2020.
  9. "70 UN-accredited NGOs lodge UN case against Hamas & PA for arbitrary detention of Palestinian peace activist". UN Watch. 9 September 2020.
  10. "Gaza Peace Activists Face Prison for Holding Video Call With Israelis". The New York Times. 24 September 2020.
  11. "Rami Aman Released with Time Served". Palestinian Center for Human Rights. 26 October 2020.
  12. "Gaza man: After lengthy torture, Hamas forced me to divorce". AP News. 1 April 2021.
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