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Rights and Accountability

News about work to enforce human rights and international law

Protest Israel's detention of Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 00:11
The Palestinian human rights group Addameer issued an appeal today urging supporters to take action on the administrative detention of Palestinian political scientist and writer Ahmad Qatamesh.

"Irvine 11" now "Irvine 10" as charges are dropped for one student in ongoing free speech case

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 22:19
A judge removes the prosecution’s lead investigator and two deputies from the case brought by the Orange County District Attorney’s office, which has been intent on criminalizing Muslim students who nonviolently disrupted a speech by an Israeli official in 2010. Meanwhile, charges against one of the students are dismissed.

In notable shift, UNRWA takes more forceful line on Israel's "collective punishment"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 17:12

As children in Gaza break numerous world records, UNRWA, the UN agency that serves them, appears to be taking a more forthright approach toward Israel’s “collective punishment.”

Palestinians to UN and UNESCO: Stop destruction of Mamilla cemetery for "Museum of Tolerance"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 21:34
Palestinians from Jerusalem and those with Israeli citizenship, supported by a legal team from the Center for Constitutional Rights, once again urged the United Nations and UNESCO to take action to stop the destruction of the ancient Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem.

Israeli warship attacks international human rights boat Oliva

Submitted by Benjamin Doherty on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 23:52

Following up on our report yesterday on the human rights monitoring boat Oliva, we have video today of the boat being attacked by water cannons from an Israeli war ship.

CPS Gaza boat and crew were attacked with water cannons on 13 Jule 2011 at midday. The boat filled with water, as those aboard were hit in the face with powerful blasts of water.

Activists in "fly-in" action to Tel Aviv arrested, detained; Palestinian civil society orgs call for military embargo on Israel

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Sat, 07/09/2011 - 21:52
Activists are detained and arrested while trying to enter Ben Gurion airport during the “fly-in” action; while Palestinian civil society groups officially call for a full military embargo against Israel.

Palestinian activist beaten, dumped on road by Israeli soldiers in Beit Ommar

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 17:07
Following a weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar, Palestinian popular committee member and local resident Yousef Abu Maria was brutally beaten, detained and later dumped on the side of the road by Israeli soldiers today.

Irish Ship to Gaza release documentation of boat sabotage

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 17:40
The Irish Ship to Gaza campaign released documentation today that they say shows the MV Saoirse, docked in the Turkish coastal port of Gocek, was sabotaged in way “intended to endanger and/or inflict injury or death on Irish citizens as they went about their lawful right to sail on the high seas.”

Janan Abdu on the detention of her husband, political prisoner Ameer Makhoul

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 16:54
While Britain keeps Sheikh Raed Saleh as a political prisoner, another Palestinian citizen of Israel who has been persecuted for his work advocating for his community’s rights remains in Israeli prison.

Guardian/B'Tselem video project documents state of siege in East Jerusalem

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 03:10
This month the Guardian (UK) and B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, published a series of videos that powerfully document the state of siege in occupied East Jerusalem. Six cameras were given to Jerusalem residents — four to Palestinians and two to Israelis.

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