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Rights and Accountability

News about work to enforce human rights and international law

Israeli officials "honor" settler who tortured Palestinian child, leaving him naked and bound

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 10/07/2012 - 15:08

Honored at party: Israeli settler who tortured Palestinian child and left him naked and brutally beaten.

Israel denies hunger striker Ayman Sharawna medicine despite "serious deterioration" in health

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 20:54
The health of Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawna has seriously deteriorated after 88 days of hunger strike, according to rights groups.

Israeli forces put knife to throat of father of teen who confessed to settlement killings

Submitted by Charlotte Silver on Sat, 09/15/2012 - 00:04
The West Bank village of Awarta has been subject to siege for 18 months after the murders of a family in a nearby settlement, even though the killers have been arrested and confessed to the crime.

Israeli army spokesperson's inaccuracy exposed, as judge releases Palestinian detained in Hebron

Submitted by Ben White on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 10:49
Earlier this week, an Israeli military court judge ordered the release of a Palestinian whose violent arrest by non-uniformed Israeli soldiers a month ago was captured on video.

"Every minute matters" for gravely ill hunger striker Samer al-Barq, says father

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 18:55
Samer al-Barq may have only minutes to live, his father explains in a telephone call with The Electronic Intifada blogger Shahd Abusalama.

Abusing children "part and parcel" of Israeli ideology, says rights defender

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 08:05
Youngsters arrested as part of deliberate policy to break Palestinians emotionally.

US sued over "terrorist" designation that has robbed Palestinian American of basic rights for 17 years

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 21:37
A lawsuit filed yesterday challenges the 1995 classification of Palestinian American Muhammad Salah as a “specially designated terrorist.”

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