<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Dear friends,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal">Shatha Odeh, PHM’s Steering Council member and Director of Health Work Committees (HWC) in Palestine, was arrested by the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) on 7 July, 2021. On International Human Rights Day, PHM released a video with health workers, activists and others from across the world demanding her release. We condemn the incarceration of human rights defenders by IOF and urge the global community to stand with her, HWC and colleagues and demand that their harassment be stopped at the earliest.</span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4oZYMSMLA" target="_blank">Direct link</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the video.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://phmovement.org/freeshathaodeh-demand-of-health-workers-and-activists-from-across-the-world/" target="_blank">Website link</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the video. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Those of you who are active on Twitter, may consider retweeting the video: </font><a href="https://twitter.com/PHMglobal/status/1469264948509372418" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/PHMglobal/status/1469264948509372418</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">#FreeShathaOdeh</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">We will keep you updated with more activities and events. If you have any suggestions on how to take the campaign for Shatha's release forward, kindly email to: Jyotsna at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jyotsna@phmovement.org" target="_blank">jyotsna@phmovement.org</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>or David at <a href="mailto:david@vivasalud.be" target="_blank">david@vivasalud.be</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Thanking you,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Jyotsna and David,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">On behalf of PHM Global</font></div></div></div>