Tag: Yousef Akil Srour
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Judge Advocate General to B’Tselem: 0.22-caliber bullets are not crowd-control measures
B’Tselem 9 July 2009 The army does not classify 0.22 inch caliber bullets as a means to disperse demonstrators or quell disturbances, the Israeli Military’s Judge Advocate General, Brig. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit, informed B’Tselem. Since the end of 2008, security forces in the West Bank have used 0.22-caliber bullets as an additional means, along with…
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IDF’s JAG says .22-caliber rounds should not be used to disperse protesters
Amos Harel | Ha’aretz 12 July 2009 The army does not classify .22-inch caliber bullets as a suitable means to disperse demonstrators, the judge advocate general, Brig.-Gen. Avichai Mendelblit, told the human rights group B’Tselem yesterday. According to the organization, the use of .22-caliber bullets resulted in the death of at least two unarmed Palestinians.…
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The willful killing of Aqel Srour following a Ni’lin demonstration against the Annexation Wall
Al Haq 30 June 2009 The Willful Killing of Aqel Srour Following a Ni’lin Demonstration against the Annexation Wall: a deplorable illustration of Impunity’s Slippery Slope As a Palestinian human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq regrets once again having to draw attention…