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Israel: Amnesty International’s Petition Urges United Nations to Act for International Justice for Gaza Conflict Victims

Amnesty International Public StatementFor Immediate ReleaseMonday, March 07, 2011Amnesty International’s Petition Urges United Nations to Act for International Justice for Gaza Conflict Victims ---Human rights organization presents more than 66,000 signatures to UN Human Rights Council’s presidentContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International today handed over a petition of some 66,850 signatures to the United Nations Human Rights Council calling on it to take a crucial step later this month to ensuring international justice for victims of the 2008-2009 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel.The petition contains the signatures collected by Amnesty International members and supporters around…

March 27, 2011

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Israel: Amnesty International Criticizes the Israel Gaza Commission over Transparency and Accountability

Amnesty International today criticized Israel's proposed investigation into its military action against a Gaza aid flotilla...

March 27, 2011

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Hamas must prevent further attacks on Israeli civilians

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 3 September 2010 Hamas must prevent further attacks on Israeli civilians Amnesty International today strongly condemned this week’s two attacks, one of them fatal, against Israeli civilians in the occupied West Bank and urged the 13 Palestinian armed groups who issued a statement today threatening further such actions to desist from attacking civilians. In a letter sent today to Isma’il Haniyeh, Prime Minister of the Hamas de facto administration in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International expressed its serious concern about the involvement claimed by Hamas’ military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in the two recent…

March 27, 2011

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GAZA: Amnesty International Calls Executions by Hamas in Gaza ‘Deplorable’

Amnesty International today condemned the executions by the Hamas de facto authority of two Palestinian men in Gaza in the...

March 27, 2011

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Israel: Gaza Blockade Must be Completely Lifted

Today Amnesty International urged Israel to completely lift without delay its blockade on Gaza, which imposes a collective...

March 27, 2011

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Israel/OPT: Israel Compensation Payment to UN Ignores Rights of Gaza Victims

Amnesty International has said it is concerned that the United Nations (UN) accepted US$10.5 million compensation from...

March 27, 2011

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Israel: Amnesty International Urges Israeli authorities to Stop Demolitions of Palestinian homes

Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli authorities to end house demolitions which leave thousands of Palestinians...

March 27, 2011

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Israel’s Gaza Blockade Continues to Suffocate Daily Life

Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the...

March 27, 2011

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Israel: Amnesty International Criticizes the Israel Gaza Commission over Transparency and Accountability

Amnesty International today criticized Israel's proposed investigation into its military action against a Gaza aid flotilla...

March 27, 2011

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Amnesty International Condemns Killing of Rachel Corrie –Group Calls for Investigation, Suspension of Weapons Transfers

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today condemned the killing of Rachel Corrie and called for an independent investigation...

March 27, 2011

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GAZA: Amnesty International Calls Executions by Hamas in Gaza ‘Deplorable’

Amnesty International today condemned the executions by the Hamas de facto authority of two Palestinian men in Gaza in the...

March 27, 2011

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Israel/OPT: Israel Compensation Payment to UN Ignores Rights of Gaza Victims

Amnesty International has said it is concerned that the United Nations (UN) accepted US$10.5 million compensation from...

March 27, 2011