Results for: Desmond Tutu

BNC Statement

"Following you, Arch, we shall never accept “more comfortable” chains. We shall always insist on breaking them altogether so we can live in freedom and dignity".

BNC Statement

El movimiento de Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones (BDS) por los derechos del pueblo palestino transmite sus más profundas condolencias al pueblo sudafricano por la pérdida del arzobispo e

December 27, 2021
In the News

Archbishop Desmond Tutu & other leading members of the Episcopal Church tell the Church's General Convention that investment in companies supporting Israel's military occupation "make the Church complicit in the injustices suffered by Palestinians." They urge the Church to adopt human rights-based investment decisions that ensure it "does not profit from the suffering of others."

In the News

Musicians, artists, Radiohead fans, and human rights organizations respond to lead singer Thom Yorke's defence of crossing the Palestinian picket line. 

June 7, 2017
In the News

Open letter from 46 artists, including Thurston Moore, Roger Waters and Peter Kosminsky, as well as Archbishop Desmond Tutu says, 'Respect Palestinian call for a boycott of Israel, don’t play Tel Aviv on July 19.'

Open Letter

12 September 2016

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Cc: Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation NPC

Dear Archbishop Desmond Tutu,

Analysis

This statement was issued for Archbishop emeritus Tutu by Oryx Media

I am writing today to express grave concern about a wave of legislative measures in the United States aimed at punishing and intimidating those who speak their conscience and challenge the human rights violations endured by the Palestinian people.

April 2, 2014
Analysis

A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action to force an end to Israel's long-standing occupation of Palestinian territory and refusal to extend equal rights to Palestinian citizens who suffer from some 35 discriminatory laws.

I have reached this conclusion slowly and painfully.

In the News

Next week, student and local community activists will present a petition to the University of Colorado Board of Regents, urging it to remove from the university’s stock portfolio all companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip.

September 6, 2011
Analysis

As shareholders with the retirement giant TIAA-CREF head to Charlotte this week for their national meeting, there is one issue they will find conspicuously absent from the agenda: divestment from the Israeli Occupation. Despite pleas from shareholders, including medical professionals, students and academics from universities across the United States, the pension fund refused to allow a vote on a resolution that would have compelled TIAA-CREF to consider divestment from companies such as Caterpillar or Elbit.

July 19, 2011