Haaretz - July 12, 2010 The day after Barack Obama praised Benjamin Netanyahu for easing the blockade of Gaza, the High Court of Justice supported the state’s position that a lawyer from the Gaza Strip should not be allowed to leave it so she can study for a master’s degree in human rights at Birzeit University [...]
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Autopsy confirms Shopian rape, murder case, IHK HC told
Kashmir Media Service – 19 May 2010 Srinagar: The occupation authorities told the High Court of occupied Kashmir that medical opinion had confirmed rape and murder of teenager, Asiya Jan and her sister-in-law Neelofar of Shopian in May last year.
US actors, intellectuals protest Obama ‘crimes’
Breitbart - 13 May 2010 US actors and liberal intellectuals joined a list to be published Friday of nearly 2,000 people accusing President Barack Obama of allowing human rights violations and war crimes. “Crimes are crimes, no matter who does them,” the statement reads over pictures of Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush due [...]
Uzbekistan’s Aids shame
HIV infections are on the rise, yet activist Maxim Popov has been given a seven-year jail sentence for his prevention work Paul Canning guardian.co.uk – 12 May 2010 In Uzbekistan it seems that promoting condoms and sterile needles to stop the spread of HIV is “immoral” and deserving of imprisonment in its notorious jails. The [...]
European Union found guilty at first session of Russell Tribunal
Ewa Jasiewicz and Frank Barat* The Electronic Intifada – 15 March 2010 The first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) was heard in Barcelona, Spain earlier this month. The RTP is a peoples’ legal initiative designed to systematically try key actors responsible for the perpetuation of human rights violations in Palestine.
Police stop and search powers ruled illegal
By Geoff Meade, Press Association Independent - 12 January 2010 Police stop and search powers under UK terrorism laws were declared illegal by human rights judges today. The right to question people without grounds for suspicion – granted by the Terrorism Act of 2000 – violates the Human Rights Convention, said the European Court of Human [...]
Breaking the Thirst — Water Deprivation as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing
aicvideo 19 October 2009 In the South Hebron Hills of Palestine, 3500 Palestinians are suffering from the most extreme lack of water. They have no water infrastructure, face high water hauling costs, and must contend with Israeli soldiers and settlers destroying their road access and even poisoning their small wells.
Denmark drops plans to ban burka over human rights
Middle East Online 21 September 2009 Lawyers warn banning Muslim women from wearing Burka could violate their human rights. COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s Conservative Party shelved a proposal to ban the burka after lawyers warned it could violate human rights, the justice minister said Thursday.
Judge Goldstone and the pollution of argument
Attacks on human rights groups that probe Israel’s Gaza offensive are an insult to reasonable public debate Antony Lerman The Guardian, Tuesday 15 September 2009 The despicable attacks on human rights organisations investigating Israel’s Gaza offensive in January confirm Churchill’s observation: “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to [...]
Jonathan Cook: US Turns Blind Eye to Israel’s New Separation Policy
August 18, 2009 In an echo of restrictions already firmly in place in Gaza, Israel has begun barring movement between Israel and the West Bank for those holding a foreign passport, including humanitarian aid workers and thousands of Palestinian residents. The new policy is designed to force foreign citizens, mainly from North America and Europe, [...]
Israel targets human rights groups
Jonathan Cook The Nation August 03. 2009 NAZARETH // In a bid to staunch the flow of damaging evidence of war crimes committed during Israel’s winter assault on Gaza, the Israeli government has launched a campaign to clamp down on human rights groups, both in Israel and abroad. It has begun by targeting one of [...]
CIA Crucified Captive in Abu Ghraib Prison
By Sherwood Ross Sherwood Ross formerly reported for major dailies and wire services. To contact him or contribute to his Anti-War News Service: sherwoodr1@yahoo.com INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE “The Central Intelligence Agency crucified a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, according to a report published in The New Yorker magazine. “A forensic examiner found that [...]
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