Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Stories written by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Jillian Kestler-D'Amours is an independent reporter and documentary filmmaker based in Jerusalem since May 2010. She is a regular contributor to Free Speech Radio News, The Electronic Intifada and Al Jazeera English, and her first documentary film, ‘Sumoud: The Struggle for al-Araqib’, will be released by the Alternative Information Centre in Fall 2011. | Web

CANADA: U.N. to Probe Missing and Murdered Native Women

By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

As a United Nations committee initiates an inquiry procedure into the alarming number of missing and murdered Native women across Canada, human rights groups are hoping that an on-the- ground investigation by the international body will finally help stem systematic violence against Native women.

Stepping Towards Nuclear-Free Middle East

By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Representatives from over 65 organisations and countries convened in Amman, Jordan last week in an effort to lay the groundwork for the United Nations' goal of creating a Middle East without nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

ISRAEL: Eritreans Flee From Dictatorship to Detention

By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Standing across the street from the American embassy in Tel Aviv, more than 200 Eritrean asylum seekers chanted "Yes to justice! Yes to humanity!", and demanded international intervention to stop torture camps in the Egyptian Sinai. Protests by African asylum seekers in Israel are growing, in the face of increasingly tough policies by the Israelis.

Activists on hunger strike in support of prisoners. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D

MIDEAST: Prisoners on Hunger Strike Find New Support

By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Sitting in the shade of a small lemon tree in the German Colony area of Haifa, eight Palestinian activists are on hunger strike since Saturday in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners who have been striking for nearly two weeks in protest against poor prison conditions and a lack of basic rights.