Human Rights
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PCHR E-Narrative 6 January 2009: Al-Dayah family
On 6 January 2009, at approximately 05:45, an Israeli aircraft bombed the al-Dayah family in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. 22 people, including 12 children and a pregnant woman, were killed. Only one of the family members inside the house at the time of the attack, Amer al-Dayah (31), survived. Amer, two brothers who… Continue reading
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PCHR E-Narrative 5 January 2012: Amal al-Samouni
On 4 January 2009 at around 6:00 Israeli forces surrounded the house where Amal al-Samouni (11) and 18 members of her extended family were sheltering, in Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza City. Israeli soldiers ordered the owner of the house, Amal’s father Attia al-Samouni (37), to step outside with his hands up. Upon opening the… Continue reading
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‘Syrians being killed by gangs and defectors’ — RT
As Syrian forces reportedly continue to kill civilian protesters, armed rebels have threatened to step up their own attacks. Middle East expert Dr. Jeremy Salt says there is tunnel vision when it comes to deciding just who is doing the killing. Continue reading
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PCHR E-Narratives: 1 January 2009: The Nasla Family
On 1 January 2009 at around 15:00, Israeli military planes targeted a water tower across from the home of the Nasla family in North Beit Lahiya. The family were making lunch when the first bomb hit. As the family were trying to escape the smoke filled house, a second and third bomb struck the area,… Continue reading
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Lecture: Haldane and LPHR lecture: Housing, Land and Property Rights in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights invite you to a lecture by Antonia Mulvey on Housing, Land and Property Rights in East Jerusalem and the West Bank on Wednesday 11 January 2012, 6.30pm. Continue reading
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PCHR E-Narrative 31 December 2008: The Abu Areeda family
Around 23:30 on 31 December 2008, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at Najma Parc, a small green strip in the main street of the residential al-Shaboura neighbourhood in Rafah, killing two civilians and injuring dozens of others. Iman Abu Areeda (34) was one of the two casualties, killed by a piece of shrapnel that… Continue reading
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PCHR E-Narrative, 30 December 2008: The Hamdan Family
Talal Hamdan, 47, and Iman Hamdan, 46, are quietly contemplative about life since the loss of their three children Haya, Lama, and Ismail. The children were aged 12, 10, and 5 respectively, when on the morning of 30 December 2008 an Israeli F-16 dropped a bomb in the area they were walking in Beit Hanoun,… Continue reading
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Syrian NGOs: A dual-use technology? — RT
Syrian NGOs have often been the sole source of information for the Western media when it comes to reporting alleged atrocities within the country. Why is it then that so many of these NGO are either funded or based entirely in the West? Continue reading
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Video: Amira Hass: Israel & Palestine-Fear of the Future
A talk by Israeli journalist, Amira Hass on the 5th of October 2011 in the McLeod Auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building on the campus of the University of Toronto. Hosted by Canadians for Justice & Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), KAIROS, the Health Studies Program at the University of Toronto, the Near Eastern… Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: Not feeling safe in your own home
Israeli Occupation Forces often use airstrikes to target fighters in the densely populated Gaza Strip. However, on many occasions such attacks also injure and kill civilians who are in the vicinity of the target. Since the beginning of this year 18 civilians have been killed and 16 have been injured in airstrikes that targeted fighters… Continue reading
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PCHR: A new UN Report Finds Closure of Gaza Illegal and Calls for its Complete Lifting
The report has widely acknowledged that the Israeli-imposed closure, and its wide range of practices and policies, neglects education, health, housing, work and human development in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 18-19 October 2011
19 October 2011 — williambowles.info 19 October 2011 Clinton Nurtures Ties with Libya’s NTC in Tripoli, Raises Lockerbie Issue Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 08:03 Continue reading
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Video: Zainab al-Hosni, the "Flower of Syria," Alive and on TV: Will Human Rights Organizations and Mass Media Issue Corrections? By Yoshie Furuhashi
Zainab al-Hosni, dubbed the “Flower of Syria,” who the Syrian opposition claimed was tortured and murdered, burned and decapitated, by the Syrian government, has just appeared on Syrian TV, very much alive. Here is the video of the TV interview with Zainab, who says she fled from her family home because her brothers were beating… Continue reading
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Libya and the Big Lie: Using Human Rights Organizations to Launch Wars By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
False claims about African mercenary armies in Libya and about jet attacks on civilians were also used in a broad media campaign against Libya. These two claims have been sidelined and have become more and more murky. The massacre claims, however, were used in a legal, diplomatic, and military framework to justify NATO’s war on… Continue reading
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War is Good for Business: Rebuilding Libya with Stolen Money: Selected Articles
22 September, 2011– Global Research “There is no tomorrow” under a NATO-sponsored Al Qaeda rebellion in Libya. While a “pro-democracy” rebel government has been instated, the country has been destroyed. Continue reading
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Fake Social Media Messages Led To War Against Libya By Marinella Correggia
This is what the UN resolutions and the war [on Libya] are based on… a tweet from a fake source. Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: stranglehold on farmers tightens
Between 1991 and the second intifada in 2000, Hate’em exported various produce, including tomatoes, potatoes and flowers, to Israel and Europe. He notes that since then, however, the “borders have become impossible” and he is unable to export his produce. Continue reading
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THE SLIME UNWINDS; MURDOCH MEDIA UNDER ATTACK By Danny Schecter
Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for British broadcaster BSkyB on Wednesday in the face of cross-party hostility in parliament following allegations of widespread criminality at one of his tabloid newspapers. Continue reading
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Nabeel Rajab: Bahrain situation beyond explanation + Protesters sentenced to death
An emergency appeals court in Bahrain has upheld the death sentences of two men accused of running over two police officers during anti-government protests Continue reading
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Tribute to Vittorio Arrigoni
Humble tribute to a beautiful soul, tireless advocate for human rights and justice, freedom fighter, and very dear friend. Continue reading