Committees have been formed around the world and are listed alphabetically by country below. If you are interested in starting a committee in your country or area, please contact North American Coordinator Laurie King-Irani. Note: The legal team in no way endorses or shall endorse these activities, however supportive they may be in many instances.

Belgium
Italy
Lebanon
Palestine
Spain
United Kingdom
United States

Name: Sabra-Shatila Belgium, founded 2001.
Location: Ectorsstraat 19, B-3400 Landen, Belgium
Contacts: Carlo Van Grootel, Guido Van Ham, and Myriam Vandecan
info@sabra-shatila.be or sabra-shatila@skynet.be or codip@skynet.be
Website: www.sabra-shatila.be
Financial support: 000-0908101-84 (Bank van de Post).
Description:

"Here in Belgium, where the process is taking place, our group paves the way for the cause of international justice. Among our committee members are four members of the Belgian Senate."

Name: "Not to forget Chatila," founded 1999.
Location: Rome, Milan, Torino, Alessandria, Trieste, Naples, Florence, and Palermo.
Contact: Stefano Chiarini
Description:

"Our committee formed three years ago with the aim of providing a proper burial place and fitting monument to the martyrs of Sabra and Shatila. We wanted to remind people about what happened to the dead and we wished to appeal for justice for the 1982 massacre. In 2000 and 2001 we sent delegations to Shatila to commemorate the massacre. This year, given the grave situation in Palestine and the 20th anniversary of the atrocity, we hope to organize delegations from all over the world to visit Beirut, where people will participate with the massacre survivors in cultural events of high quality. Our committee is composed primarily of intellectuals, activists, and journalists who have worked with the solidarity movement for Palestine. Among our activities are: the translation into Italian of Four Hours in Shatila by Jean Genet, collecting hundreds of signatures for the Indict Sharon Now petition in early 2001, and organizing screenings of the BBC's award-winning documentary The Accused. We have also produced two video presentations about our campaign. Soon we will be presenting a Palestinian film festival (the first in Italy) as soon as we find some sponsors. We are also translating two film by Mai Masri, Children of Shatila and Dreams of Exile, and we have invited her to present her films in Italy in March 2002."

Name: Lebanese Committee for Justice for the Victims of Sabra and Shatila, founded 2002.
Location: Beirut
Contact: Jaber Suleiman

Name: Palestine Committee for Justice for the Victims of Sabra and Shatila, founded 2002.
Contact: Ingrid Jaradat, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights.
Location: Bethlehem, Palestine.
Website: www.badil.org

Name: Arab Cause Solidarity Committee, founded 2002.
Location: Madrid
Contact: Loles Oliván
Description:

"We have started to work on preparing the activities for the 20th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres in September 2002. Among our activities are the following:
1. Translation into Spanish of a video documentary, Yoom Ilak, Yoom Aleik, produced by BADIL.
2. Translation into Spanish of the text Four Hours in Shatila, by Jean Genet.
3. Organizing a Spanish delegation comprised of representatives of political and social organizations and institutions to travel to Beirut during the second half of September 2002."

Name: UK Sabra and Chatila Committee for Justice.
Location: London, founded 2002.
Contact: Aisling Byrne
Website: www.sabraandchatila.org.uk
E-mail: info@sabraandchatila.org.uk
Postal address: C/o PRRC London, BCM Box 7223, London WC1N 3XX.

Name: Campaign to Indict Sharon, founded 2001.
Location: New York City
Contact: Dr. Carlo Hatem
Website: www.geocities.com/indictsharon
Description:

"We have digitized the book Sabra and Shatila: Inquiry into a Massacre by Amnon Kapeliouk and have made it available for reading and download on the website; we have also designed and will launch a media campaign about Sabra and Shatila."

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