Miranda Cleland, advocacy officer at Defense for Children International - Palestine, traveled to Ireland in April 2023 with support from Sadaka - The Ireland Palestine Alliance to meet with members of parliament and Palestinian rights activists regarding Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system.
Miranda met with deputies from Sinn Féin, Labour, Green, and Fine Gael parties, as well as Independent Senator Frances Black, who expressed support for DCIP and solidarity with Palestinian children.
Delighted to meet with Miranda today from Defense for Children Palestine along with @Costellop who since 1991 have investigated, documented,& exposed grave human rights violations against children; they provide legal services to children in urgent need.. #Heartbreaking #Palestine pic.twitter.com/aNt7FiOy5Q
— Frances Black (@frances_black) April 25, 2023
Very informative meeting for the @sinnfeinireland team with the Defence for Children International, Palestine and @SadakaIreland 🇮🇪🇵🇸
— Mark Ward T.D. (@Wardy1916) April 25, 2023
17 children have been killed by Israeli forces in 2023 so far and countless more detained pic.twitter.com/J2BglTBF5A
Thanks to Miranda McClleland @DCIPalestine & @SadakaIreland for the informative briefing & meeting with me @labour today on abuses of the rights of children & child detainees in #Palestine pic.twitter.com/h3osBl37TX
— Ivana Bacik (@ivanabacik) April 25, 2023
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity campaign in southeastern Ireland hosted Miranda for a screening of OBAIDA and discussion of the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system.
Alongside former political prisoner Salah Hammouri, Miranda addressed civil society organisations, faith groups, and trade unions at a roundtable co-hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Sadaka at UNITE the Union's office in Dublin.
Irish civil society organizations were among the first to #StandWithThe6 after Israel outlawed Palestinian human rights organizations including @DCIPalestine and @Addameer. So of course it was an honor to share space with them alongside Salah Hammouri today. https://t.co/KKMmtU6WJb pic.twitter.com/AMSAIO9f02
— Miranda Cleland (@MirandaCleland) April 24, 2023
This advocacy trip was critical in nurturing relationships with Palestinian rights activists, civil society organisations, faith leaders, elected officials, and trade unions across Ireland.
In September 2021, Sadaka and DCIP partnered to introduce the No Way to Treat a Child campaign in Ireland through the Different Back to School Run campaign, highlighting the violations of Palestinian children's right to education.
