Tag: Palestine / Israel

Myanmar to Israel, what are Offenses of ‘Apartheid’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity?’ How can we Make sure they are Prosecuted?

Human Rights Watch – The use of the word ‘apartheid’ in its legal meaning can sometimes, but not always, generate considerable power and attention. The related crime against humanity of persecution never seems to attract the same interest. Our finding in 2020 that the Myanmar authorities were committing the crime against humanity of apartheid against ethnic Rohingya received… Read More Myanmar to Israel, what are Offenses of ‘Apartheid’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity?’ How can we Make sure they are Prosecuted?

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Israel is committing the crime of apartheid: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch has accused Israeli officials of committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution, claiming the government enforces an overarching policy to “maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians”. In a report released on Tuesday, the New York-based advocacy group became the first major international rights body to level such allegations. It said that… Read More Israel is committing the crime of apartheid: Human Rights Watch

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Defend Iranian Labour Leader Parvin Mohammadi

Parvin Mohammadi needs support from labor activists and feminist activists around the world. During all these years of struggle, she has never separated the labor struggle from women’s struggles for their rights. On December 21, 2020, the Iranian government sentenced Parvin Mohammadi, in absentia, to a year in prison on charges of “sedition.” She has refused… Read More Defend Iranian Labour Leader Parvin Mohammadi

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Hagai El-Ad: We are Israel's largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid

One cannot live a single day in Israel-Palestine without the sense that this place is constantly being engineered to privilege one people, and one people only: the Jewish people. Yet half of those living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea are Palestinian. The chasm between these lived realities fills the air, bleeds, is… Read More Hagai El-Ad: We are Israel's largest human rights group – and we are calling this apartheid

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Oliver Holmes: Israeli forces leave 41 children homeless after razing Palestinian village, UN says

Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have razed a Palestinian village, leaving 73 people – including 41 children – homeless, in the largest forced displacement incident for years, according to the United Nations. Excavators escorted by military vehicles were filmed approaching Khirbet Humsa and proceeding to flatten or smash up tents, shacks, animal shelters, toilets and solar… Read More Oliver Holmes: Israeli forces leave 41 children homeless after razing Palestinian village, UN says

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