Tag: War crime
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Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes
20 July 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Correction appended The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of the Israeli soldier that murdered photography student and ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003. The Israeli press yesterday reported that Taysir Hayb will be released three years early from an already short eight-year…
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We must not renege on war crime laws
The Guardian 16 January 2010 We are shocked at suggestions by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister Ivan Lewis and foreign secretary David Miliband that Britain may consider changing its laws to avoid any future attempts to prosecute suspected war criminals, Israeli or otherwise. The UK must not renege on its international treaty obligations, particularly…
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Gaza Freedom March activists refuse to be silent!
Action for Peace 31 December 2009 The Italian delegation of Action for Peace at the Gaza Freedom March walked today in the streets of Cairo with all other delegations in solidarity with the Palestinian people, to call for an end of the siege on Gaza, the end of the Israeli occupation, the respect of international…
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New Yorkers demand that Egypt and Israel open Gaza border
Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East 31 December 2009 Sixty human rights advocates protested outside Egypt’s Mission to the United Nations today to demand that Egypt open its border with the Gaza Strip. The New York protest came as Egyptian riot police in Cairo surrounded and assaulted hundreds of international activists who…