African refugees protest Israeli detention for third day
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Protesters hold up signs in English as thousands of African asylum seekers protest in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Jack Guez) Protesters hold up signs in English as thousands of African asylum seekers protest in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Jack Guez)
Thousands of African asylum seekers demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for a third straight day of protests against #Israel's immigration policies and to demand the release of jailed friends. Migrants, most of them fleeing Eritrea or Sudan, held banners that read “We are refugees,” and “No more prison,” as they marched on Western embassies and the offices of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Tel Aviv was the scene of race riots in 2012 after the (...)