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Rights and Accountability

News about work to enforce human rights and international law

Will Samer Issawi be the next victim of medical neglect by the Israeli Prison Service?

Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Sun, 02/03/2013 - 23:06
Medical neglect is one of the major brutal policies the Israeli Prison Service practices intentionally against Palestinian political prisoners.

Israeli water firm drying up Palestinian springs, says UN report

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 13:08
Eighty percent of water drilled in the Jordan Valley is consumed by Israel and its illegal settlements.

Akram Rikhawi renews hunger strike after Israel reneges on agreement to release him

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 20:44
Palestinian rights group Addameer calls for Egyptian intervention to protect rights of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners.

Israel fails to show up at mandatory UN human rights review

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 21:10
Israel is the first state to skip the periodic meeting required of all UN member states.

Did Israel violate the Genocide Convention by forcing contraceptives on Ethiopian women?

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 23:13

Measures intended to “prevent births” within a specific racial, national ethnic or religious group are legally genocide.

Young Palestinian woman Lubna Hanash shot dead by Israeli occupation forces

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 15:56

Israeli occupation forces in a civilian fire opened fire on a group of young Palestinians, killing one.

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