American activist Ryan Olander is currently being held at a deportation facility in Ramle. According to International Solidarity Movement,

Ryan was visiting the al-Kurds in the tent the Palestinian family built in their own backyard, after the recent setter take-over of a section of their house. At 1.15pm, on Friday 18 December, 6 Israeli police walked into the tent, where Ryan was talking to the family members and drinking tea, and took him for questioning at the Russian Compound police station in west Jerusalem…

Ryan was released without charges the following Saturday, 19 December, before the beginning of a trial with 26 Israeli activists arrested in Sheikh Jarrah, only to be illegally re-arrested by immigration police right outside of the same police station that told him he was free to go. Now Ryan is facing illegal deportation after being held in Israeli prisons for a week.

ISM asked supporters to contact the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, contact the Israeli Minister of Interior, or consider donating towards Ryan’s legal costs. (See this link.)

I know Ryan and he’s a great individual. I hope this goes the best way possible for him.

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 26th, 2009 at 4:26 pm and is filed under news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.