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Rights and Accountability

News about work to enforce human rights and international law

Young Palestinian father dies after Israeli interrogation in G4S-equipped prison

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 14:59
Human rights defender Hassan Karajah under interrogation by same investigators responsible for Arafat Jaradat’s death in custody yesterday.

US investigated Gaza flotilla passengers for terror ties but not Israel's slaying of citizen, new docs show

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 22:14
Thousands of pages of documents released after lawsuit show US prioritized protecting Israel’s interests over its own citizens’ rights.

Samer Issawi vows to continue hunger strike following Jerusalem court sentence today

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 19:09
Hunger striker sentenced by Jerusalem court for eight months but faces a further twenty years under military court order.

Soldiers' confessions prove shocking Israeli Instagram photo soldiers not just a few bad apples

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 21:00
The confessions of Israeli soldiers collected by Breaking the Silence expose a clear pattern of abuse

Settlers erect new outpost on Palestinian village land to block court-ordered wall reroute

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 09:38
A few days after the new outpost was erected on the land of Jayyous, Caterpillar equipment paved the way for the wall’s new route.

Half Israel's Palestinian child prisoners are held illegally outside West Bank in G4S-equipped prisons

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 15:34
Defence for Children - Palestine Section reports that half of Palestinian child detainees are unlawfully held in prisons inside Israel.

Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 04:58
Akram Rikhawi had recently renewed his hunger strike after Israel failed to release him last month as promised.

Israel plans to evict Palestinians, building new Jerusalem-area garbage dump on their villages

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 17:12
Palestinian villages have protested against the plans for the construction of an Israeli garbage dump on their land.

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