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Human Rights

Weekly report on human rights violations

Palestinian Center for Human Rights
26 September 2002

This week, human rights violations perpetrated against Palestinian civilians have included willful killings, shelling of, and incursion into Palestinian areas, house demolition, and agricultural land leveling. This week, 20 Palestinians, 19 civilians and a security man, including 6 children, a handicapped man and a journalist, were killed and dozens were wounded by Israeli occupying forces.

AI: International justice for Sabra and Chatila victims

Amnesty International
24 September 2002

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the massacres in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in September 1982, Amnesty International reiterates that the Belgian criminal justice system has jurisdiction under international law to conduct a criminal investigation into the killings.

"For peace in the Holy Land, end the occupation"

Caritas Internationalis
23 September 2002

The 18-member Caritas Internationalis delegation visited the Holy Land from September 15 to 19 2002 in response to the rapidly deteriorating situation and the gross violations of human rights in the region.

Nine Palestinians killed and dozens wounded in new Israeli invasion of Gaza City

Palestinian Center for Human Rights
24 September 2002

Nine Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child, were killed and 20 civilians were wounded when Israeli occupying forces last night invaded the eastern residential areas in Gaza City.

Israeli forces kill four Palestinians, including one journalist

LAW
21 September 2002

In the early hours of Sunday, Israeli forces inside their tanks, located in various occupied Palestinian towns, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian civilians, killing four, including a journalist.

Israel fires warning shots in direction of UN officials travelling in Gaza Strip

United Nations
17 September 2002

United Nations officials travelling in the Gaza Strip were forced to take cover today when Israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the direction of a delegation headed by the senior UN relief official in the region.

Weekly report on human rights violations

Palestinian Center for Human Rights
19 September 2002

This week, Israeli occupying forces carried out a series of limited incursions into Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, while continuing to invade Palestinian areas in the West Bank. The human rights violations against Palestinian civilians have included willful killings, shelling of, and incursion into Palestinian areas, house demolition, and agricultural land leveling. This week, three Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded by Israeli occupying forces.

Defining Apartheid: Israel's Record

Uri Strauss
19 September 2002

The following document was compiled by Uri Strauss for the Electronic Intifada, from a UN document and from a report by Palestinian human rights organisations LAW and Al-Haq. The document presents the internationally-accepted definition of ‘Apartheid’ alongside relevant examples of Israel’s human rights record in the occupied territories.

Weekly report on human rights violations

Palestinian Center for Human Rights
11 September 2002

This week, Israeli occupying forces carried out a series of limited incursions into Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, while continuing to invade Palestinian areas in the West Bank. Furthermore, five Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupying forces.

Minister of Interior revokes citizenship of Palestinian citizen of Israel

Adalah
10 September 2002

Yesterday, Minister of Interior Eli Yishai signed a special decree officially revoking the citizenship of Mr. Nihad Abu Kishik. This unprecedented decision makes Abu Kishik stateless.

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