Tag: Amnesty International
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Commemoration of Tom Hurndall’s shooting
22 April 2009 April 11th 2009 marked the 6th anniversary of the shooting of British ISM activist Tom Hurndall by Israeli occupation soldiers that lead to his death 9 months later. It wasn’t possible for ISM volunteers to enter the Gaza Strip for several years due to the clampdown of the Erez crossing, so this…
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Amnesty International urges Obama to halt further exports to Israel
Ma’an News Agency 11 April 2009 The United States sent a massive new shipment of arms to Israel despite evidence that US weapons were misused against civilians in the Gaza attacks, Amnesty International revealed on 1 April. The human rights organization said about 14,000 tons worth of arms and munitions sent to Israel on the…
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Amnesty: Evidence of misuse of US-weapons reinforces need for arms embargo
Amnesty International Both Israel and Hamas used weapons supplied from abroad to carry out attacks on civilians, Amnesty International said today as it released fresh evidence on the munitions used during the three-week conflict in Gaza and southern Israel and called on the UN to impose a comprehensive arms embargo. [Download report: Fueling Conflict: Foreign…
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Palestininan youth worker to be detained without charge for another six months
By the Alternative Information Centre An Israeli military court has approved the extension of Ahmad Abu Hannya’s administration detention until May 14, 2007. By the of this period Ahmad, an Alternative Information Center (AIC) staff member, will have been imprisoned for two years. Ahmad, coordinator of the AIC youth group in Bethlehem, was detained at…