BAFTA AWARD to Mohammed Omar:
Mohammed Omer accepts his Martha Gellhorn Prize on behalf of the voiceless in Gaza. Award at BAFTA presented by John Pilger .To view the video of Mohammed receiving the award, please click here.
Mohammed Receiving the Award
Mohammed's harrowing presentation of life in Gaza
He showed the current humanitarian and economical crisis because of the Israeli blockade
He showed realities of massacres in Gaza
Mohammed Omer’s home in Yibna refugee camp, in Rafah, was demolished by the Israeli Occupation Forces - you can hear his calm, but moving talk about how he found this out .
Mohammed Omer spoke on how his brother was shot by the Israeli Occupation Forces and then every person who tried to take him for medical treatment was also shot
Mohammed Omer spoke about the internationals killed by Israeli soldiers in or close to Yibna: Tom Hurndall, James Miller and Rachel Corey
Mohammed Omer spoke about Alan Johnson and Mohammed’s colleague, the Palestinian Reuters journalist, 23 year old Fadel Shana, killed in April 2008 by an Israeli tank shell
Short videos of Q&A session: http://www.humanrightstv.com/series/63 |