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Amnesty Report a joint publication of the Safe Return Committee and FORA (Families of Resisters for Amnesty). Spring, 1975, via the Wisconsin Historical Society. Photo by Florrie Segelman. Full article under the cut.
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Amnesty Report a joint publication of the Safe Return Committee and FORA (Families of Resisters for Amnesty). Spring, 1975, via the Wisconsin Historical Society. Photo by Florrie Segelman. Full article under the cut.
Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of an "ethnic cleansing" campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank, saying the measures aimed to accelerate the annexation of the Palestinian territory. A new report by the rights group found that these rural Palestinian communities were bearing the brunt of Israeli settler violence and forced displacement. "Israeli authorities are accelerating annexation through a state-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities" of the West Bank, said the report. Amnesty said its research showed that 27 Bedouin and herding communities comprising hundreds of Palestinians were forcibly displaced between 2023 and 2025 or were at risk of displacement in the West Bank's Area C, which encompasses 60 percent of the territory and is under full Israeli control under the 1990s Oslo agreements. In the report titled "Erasing anything Palestinian: Israel's ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities", Amnesty accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, one of Israel's most right-wing to date, of catering to the settler movement's religious nationalist agenda. "It has accelerated settlement expansion and land grabs, increased financial and logistical support to settlements, and it has armed settlers, thereby enabling a brutal state-sanctioned campaign of settler violence," the report said. In an apparent effort to counter arguments by Israeli officials that settler violence is caused by bad actors in that community, Amnesty pointed to "explicit calls by Israeli officials for settlement expansion" and "measures aimed at minimising Palestinian presence in Area C". The "ethnic cleansing campaign is state-led, and state-sponsored, not driven by rogue settlers or so-called extremist ministers", the report concluded.
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JUBA, South Sudan | South Sudan accused of killings, torture, squalor in jails
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JUBA, South Sudan | South Sudan accused of killings, torture, squalor in jails
JUBA, South Sudan — Amnesty International says hundreds of people detained in South Sudan have faced abusive treatment, torture and even death at the hands of authorities since the country’s civil war began in late 2013.
According to the Amnesty report, at least 20 people died in detention between 2014 and 2016 and four died last year because of harsh conditions and inadequate medical care.
It said hundreds of people have been subject to prolonged and arbitrary detention without charge by the country’s National Security Service and Military Intelligence Directorate. The report, based on interviews with victims and witnesses, said suspected supporters of the armed opposition are increasingly targeted.
South Sudan’s government called the new Amnesty report “rubbish” and based on inaccurate information from social media.
By Associated Press
God Only Knows, by Kathy Kelly
God Only Knows, by Kathy Kelly
“If they would just confirm to us that my brother is alive, if they would just let us see him, that’s all we want. But we can’t get anyone to give us any confirmation. My mother dies a hundred times every day. They don’t know what that is like.” Witness Against Torture activists protest at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates on January 9, 2018. Credit: WAT By Kathy Kelly Voices for…
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Military debunks Amnesty Report on civilians’ death inside Giwa Barracks
Military debunks Amnesty Report on civilians’ death inside Giwa Barracks
The Nigerian military has completely disassociated itself from a report by Amnesty International, which alleging that some civilians died in a detention cell at Giwa Barracks.
“The accusation comes as a surprise and shock because the organisation has accessed the facilities and made recommendations which were implemented”, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, the Acting Director Defence…
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Nigerian Military Debunks Amnesty Report
Nigerian Military Debunks Amnesty Report
Nigerian Military Debunks Amnesty Report
Nigerian Military Debunks Amnesty Report
The Nigerian military has completely disassociated itself from the report of Amnesty International which claims that some civilians died in a detention cell at Giwa Barracks. The accusation comes as surprise and shock because the organisation has accessed the facilities and made recommendations which were…
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Qatar World Cup: Amnesty report alleges labour abuse; rights groups raise ‘serious concerns’
Qatar World Cup: Amnesty report alleges labour abuse; rights groups raise ‘serious concerns’
Dubai: Migrant labourers faced abuse that in some cases amounted to forced labour while working on a stadium that will host soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a new report released by Amnesty International alleged Thursday.
Rights groups and news organisations have previously raised serious concerns about working conditions in Qatar, but the latest Amnesty report stands out because…
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