2+ week, 3+ day ago  (440+ words) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday warned that Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians is racially discriminatory, a "retrogression" of human rights, and constitutes segregation. The committee, a body made up of 18 independent experts,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (345+ words) Amnesty's senior director for research and advocacy Erika Guevara-Rosas said the lack of international accountability, global impunity, and continued US support have emboldened Israeli authorities to escalate actions on the ground. Amnesty International pointed to Israel's tender for 3, 401 housing units…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago  (510+ words) The UN and the European Union (EU) released on Monday their final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), estimating Gaza's recovery needs at $71. 4 billion over the next decade. The UN and EU advocate for a sustained ceasefire and call…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (444+ words) Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 10 human rights organizations, on Thursday, urged the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw its plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes. HRW warned that the Maldives's…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (218+ words) Discriminatory Aspects of Israel's "Death Penalty for Terrorists' Law Michael J. Zoosman is the co-founder of the advocacy group "L'chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty" and a Jewish chaplain who formerly specialized in serving prison and psychiatric hospital populations. India dispatch:…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (275+ words) The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) on Monday denounced a proposed Israeli death penalty bill, which recently underwent a second and third reading in the Knesset, claiming it represents "an extreme escalation in Israel's genocidal policies against Palestinians....

2+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (259+ words) According to the report, the drastic escalation in settler violence continued to go unpunished by Israeli authorities. The pervasive and persistent impunity prevents the implementation of an effective solution to reduce settler violence and remains a key driver in facilitating…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (274+ words) The regional head of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned on Tuesday of Israeli settlers" increasing violence against Palestinian farmers. The statement comes at the start of the…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (273+ words) Rather than halting that bloodflow and the ongoing genocide, the Netanyahu government is perpetuating it. International governments have responded to Hamas's sanguine ledger by demanding that the terrorist group not be included in any future Palestinian state. Jews the world…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (388+ words) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T'rk called Friday on the US to immediately lift sanctions it has imposed on three prominent Palestinian human rights groups, stating the measures are "completely unacceptable and should be withdrawn." The sanctions target…...