Tag: human rights

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem Israel’s defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics… Read More Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

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China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown

In 2015, a nationwide campaign rounded up hundreds of rights advocates. Since then, suppression has become more systematic and less visible, lawyers say Amy Hawkins in Beijing Adecade on from China’s biggest crackdown on human rights lawyers in modern history, lawyers and activists say that the Chinese Communist party’s control over the legal profession has tightened,… Read More China’s human rights lawyers speak out, 10 years after crackdown

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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you Stuart Heritage The biggest, and possibly only, failure of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is that the circumstances of its broadcast threaten to overshadow its content. A brief recap: this… Read More Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it

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From economy of occupation to economy of genocide: UN Report on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (unedited version)

NB: Accumulate, accumulate! That is Moses and the prophets: Das Kapital, Vol 1. Clearly, mass murder is profitable. All these gangsters need to be held to account. They’re ruling the world, but the rest of us are still alive. DS Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, releases report accusing more than 45 entities… Read More From economy of occupation to economy of genocide: UN Report on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (unedited version)

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Palestine Action proscription: Criminalising effectiveness

The proposed ban, rooted in colonial counter-insurgency law, could end up demystifying direct action and increasing public resolve A Palestinian man carries away the body of a relative killed in the Israeli strike on al-Baqa cafe. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images The State isn’t only targeting disruption. It’s trying to discipline public consciousness. Palestine Action has become… Read More Palestine Action proscription: Criminalising effectiveness

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Too late for Israel to escape its genocidal demons

Buildings may crumble but infamy is forever: Criminal Intent; S3 E1 NB: This is today’s slaughter list: Israeli strikes kill more than 60 people in Gaza, health officials say By Yorgos Mitralias After twenty months of daily massacres of civilians—especially women and children—and acts of unspeakable deadly sadism, including the organized starvation of the inhabitants… Read More Too late for Israel to escape its genocidal demons

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Free speech target or terrorist gang? The story of Palestine Action and the plan to ban it

It started as a group of activists on a budget – now it could be banned under terrorism laws. But were lobbyists behind the proposed ban? Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent If this interview had taken place in a week’s time, Huda Ammori might have been arrested. If this interview had been published in a week’s… Read More Free speech target or terrorist gang? The story of Palestine Action and the plan to ban it

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