Justice upside down: a new study on Israel’s military courts
Israel uses imprisonment as a tool to oppress Palestinians who fight for freedom and resist the occupation of their homeland. Numerous Palestinian human rights activists have been arrested and detained. Palestinians from the West Bank – including East Jerusalem – and Gaza are tried by Israeli military courts, despite international humanitarian law’s preference for impartial civilian courts. In a [...]
At least 8 prisoners executed in Iran, one day after EU expressed concern about the alarming number of the executions- At least 78 executions in May 2012
At least nine prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran today and yesterday, reported unofficial reports from Iran. The 8 executions take place only one day after the EU expressed concern about what they calles “the alarming increase in the use of death penalty” and asked Iran to “introduce a moratorium on executions” [...]
26 PRISONERS EXECUTED IN IRAN: 10 OFFICIAL AND 16 UNOFFICIAL EXECUTIONS IN THREE PRISONS
According to the official and unofficial reports 26 prisoners were executed in three different Iranian prisons yesterday and today. Ten of the executions were announced by official Iranian media while 16 other executions were reported by a rights group. SEVEN PRISONERS, AMONG THEM ONE WOMAN, EXECUTED IN KERMANSHAH (WESTERN IRAN) According to the official site [...]
A letter by death row prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi
Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, two Kurdish citizens held in Rajai Shahr prison, who are at imminent risk of execution, have written a letter about Farzad Kamangar and the other political prisoners executedby Iranian authorities in Evin prison on May 9, 2010. The letter was sent by Iranian activists to Iran Human Rights for publication. We [...]
Act now: more Palestinian hunger strikers in hospital with serious health problems (VIDEO)
Yesterday, Palestinian lawmaker and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmad Saadat was moved to Ramleh prison hospital by the Israeli Prison Service, according to Maan News Agency. Saadat joined the mass hunger strike which started on 17 April. One day earlier, Muhammad Halas was moved to an Israeli hospital after 12 [...]
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