Tag: Denial of Entry
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Former Iraq hostage, assaulted, unlawfully deported by Israel for human rights work, files official complaint
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Harmeet Singh Sooden, who was held hostage in Iraq for four months in 2005-2006, has filed an official complaint to the governments of Canada and New Zealand and the United Nations for human rights violations committed against him by the Government of Israel in the course of denying him entry to…
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Gulf News: Law of Return and the dilemma
By Abbas Al Lawati To view original article, published by Gulf News on the 9th August, click here Dubai: Adam Shapiro, 36, and the International Solidarity Movement have in many ways been the face of the foreign activism that complemented the second Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, against the Israeli occupation. Founded by Shapiro and his…
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The Daily Star: Israel bars UN rights panel from Palestinian areas
By Agence France Presse (AFP) To view original article, published on the 2nd July by The Daily Star, click here AMMAN: Israel’s government has barred a UN human rights delegation from visiting the Palestinian areas on a fact-finding mission, the leader of the group said on Tuesday. “Israeli authorities did not allow us to visit…