Human Rights
EI's Human Rights section offers reports and news about human rights violations on the ground, bringing you feature articles, statements from international bodies, and reports from local and international human rights organisations, including the Weekly report on human rights violations from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza. Quality submissions are welcomed.
Gaza's sea a "no-go zone" for fishermen
Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 2 July 2009
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - "They told us 'go west or we will shoot you,'" says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat." At 6am on 16 June, Sadallah and his brother Abdel Hadi Sadallah, in their early twenties, went roughly 400 meters out to sea off the coast of Sudaniya in Gaza's northwest. "We wanted to bring in nets we had left out the night before," says Sadallah. [MORE]
Israeli doctors colluding in torture of Palestinian detainees
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 30 June 2009
Israel's watchdog body on medical ethics has failed to investigate evidence that doctors working in detention facilities are turning a blind eye to cases of torture, according to Israeli human rights groups. The Israeli Medical Association (IMA) has ignored repeated requests to examine such evidence, the rights groups say, even though it has been presented with examples of Israeli doctors who have broken their legal and ethical duty towards Palestinians in their care. Jonathan Cook reports. [MORE]
Casualties rising in Gaza's "buffer zone"
Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 30 June 2009
This is not an unusual situation in Gaza, where Israel has repeatedly used the dart bombs. Due to their design, flechettes dig deeply into their target -- flesh, cement and metal alike -- with their "tails" frequently breaking off, leaving multiple injuries and rendering them nearly impossible to extract without inflicting more injury in the surgical search. In most cases, doctors opt against surgery, leaving the darts inside the victim's body. Eva Bartlett reports from the Gaza Strip. [MORE]
Report finds Israel still torturing Palestinians
Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 26 June 2009
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel has accused the Israeli security forces of deliberately shackling Palestinian prisoners in a painful and dangerous manner, amounting to a form of torture. The report, "Shackling as a Form of Torture and Abuse," based on the evidence of over 500 prisoners, was released in advance of the UN International Day in Support of Torture Victims Friday, 26 June. [MORE]
Africa-Israel under scrutiny for settlement construction
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 22 June 2009
Africa-Israel is the latest target of a boycott campaign by Palestine solidarity activists because of the company's involvement in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. American and European financial institutions hold a substantial stake in Africa-Israel Investment, investigations reveal. Adri Nieuwhof reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Aid agencies slam Gaza blockade
Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 22 June 2009
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Forty international aid agencies and non-governmental organizations have released a joint statement condemning Israel's blockade of Gaza, to mark the second anniversary of the coastal territory being hermetically sealed off from the outside world. "We, United Nations and non-governmental humanitarian organizations, express deepening concern over Israel's continued blockade of the Gaza Strip which has now been in force for two years." [MORE]
Attack on water brings sanitation crisis
Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 22 June 2009
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - "Biddun mey, fish heyya," they say in Arabic for a universal truth: "Without water, there is no life." While diminishing water resources are a global concern, in Palestine the struggle for water is not against global warming or multinational corporations, but for access to water, and against contamination of what precious resources there are. [MORE]
Report: Palestinian children systematically abused in Israeli detention
Report, DCI-Palestine, 16 June 2009
The following press release was issued on 11 June 2009: Today, DCI-Palestine is releasing a report which documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force -- "Palestinian Child Prisoners: The systematic and institutionalized ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities."
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Israel's efforts to suppress Palestinian activities in Jerusalem
Marian Houk, The Electronic Intifada, 16 June 2009
Israel is currently using provisions in the lengthy documents of the Oslo accords as the legal basis for intensifying efforts to suppress activities in Jerusalem that the state says are linked to the Palestinian Authority. The latest examples of this crackdown were closure orders delivered last month at the opening and closing sessions of this year's annual Palestine Festival of Literature. Marian Houk reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Some unclean drops to drink
Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 12 June 2009
FAQUA, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Faqua village has found itself unfortunately named. Faqua in Arabic means spring water bubbles; the village was named after the abundant natural underground springs that were once found all around it. Faqua's problems started in 1948 with the establishment of Israel, when 24,000 of Faqua's 36,000 dunams of land (a dunam is the equivalent of 1,000 square meters) and most of the underground springs were appropriated by the new Jewish state. [MORE]
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