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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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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
Report
Demand Dignity: Troubled waters – Palestinians denied fair access to water
Lack of access to adequate, safe and clean water has been a longstanding problem for Palestinians in the Occupied...
March 26, 2011
Report
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Dashed Hopes:Continuation of the Gaza Blockade
Dashed Hopes:Continuation of the Gaza Blockade Available in PDF
March 26, 2011
Report
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: As safe as houses? Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes
Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem and the rest of the west bank face such tight restrictions...
March 26, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Israel 2010
Head of state Shimon Peres Head of government Binyamin Netanyahu (replaced Ehud Olmert in March) Death penalty abolitionist for ordinary crimes Population 7.2 million (Israel); 4.3 million (OPT) Life expectancy 80.7 years (Israel); 73.3 years (OPT) Under-5 mortality (m/f) 6/5 per 1,000 (Israel); 23/18 per 1,000 (OPT) Adult literacy 97.1 per cent (Israel); 93.8 per cent (OPT) Israeli forces committed war crimes and other serious breaches of international law in the Gaza Strip during a 22-day military offensive code-named Operation "Cast Lead" that ended on 18 January. Among other things, they carried out indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks against civilians, targeted…
March 19, 2011