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Israel/OPT: Six Palestinians killed within 24 hours, some deaths may involve war crimes

The deaths of six Palestinians within just 24 hours is a horrific demonstration of the unnecessary or excessive force deployed...

Israel/OPT: Ahed Tamimi release a bittersweet moment as other Palestinian children languish in Israeli jails

The release of a Palestinian child activist jailed by Israel’s military for shoving, slapping and kicking two heavily armed soldiers...

Israel/OPT: Israel’s demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and transfer of its inhabitants are war crimes 

Israel’s forcible transfer of Palestinians from their homes and settling of Israeli civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories violate the...

Israel: Illegal demolition and forcible transfer of Palestinian Bedouin village amounts to war crime

The Israeli authorities must immediately cancel plans to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar and the forcible eviction...

Israel/OPT: Gaza Strip shootings ‘another horrific example of Israeli military using excessive force’

*Spokespeople available for interview* Responding to reports that dozens of Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured by the Israeli...

Israel: Decision to expel HRW country director exposes growing intolerance of criticism  

Responding to Israel’s decision to expel Human Rights Watch’s Country Director Omar Shakir, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle...

Israel: Arms embargo needed as military unlawfully kills and maims Gaza protesters

Israel is carrying out a murderous assault against protesting Palestinians, with its armed forces killing and maiming demonstrators who pose...

Israel: Deportation not “voluntary” if alternative is indefinite detention or serious risk of harm

Responding to the Israeli government’s declaration to the High Court that it will stop forcible deportations of Eritrean and Sudanese...

Israel/OPT: Stop the use of lethal and other excessive force and investigate deaths of Palestinian protesters

Following the deaths of 17 Palestinians during protests that started yesterday in the Gaza Strip and the injuring of hundreds...

Venezuela: Fatal police station fire must spur change in authorities’ treatment of prisoners

In response to the news that at least 68 people, 66 men and two women, died in a fire at...

Israel/OPT: Authorities must refrain from using excessive force in response to Palestine Land Day protests

Ahead of tomorrow’s planned protests marking Palestine Land Day, and amid reports that Israeli forces have warned that they will...

Israel: Deportation of African asylum-seekers is a cruel and misguided abandonment of responsibility

Israel’s policy of deporting African asylum-seekers to two unnamed African countries is an abdication of its responsibility to refugees and...

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