Tag: Amnesty International

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…

February 23, 2009
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…

November 30, 2006
Israel/Occupied Territories: High Court decision institutionalizes racial discrimination

By Amnesty International The decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice on 14 May to uphold a law which explicitly denies family rights on the basis of ethnicity or national origins is a step further in the institutionalization of racial discrimination in Israel. The “Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law” bars family reunification for…

May 16, 2006