New Al Haq report says governments within their rights to sanction Israel over settlement enterprise
Well-respected Palestinian rights organization Al Haq has published a report about the responsibility of states in relation to Israel’s settlement enterprise. The legal memorandum reviews the Israeli actors, the supportive infrastructure and services, and the associated regime of Israeli laws, policies and practices that compose the “settlement enterprise.” Al Haq’s memorandum provides a solid legal [...]
INDIA: Ensure Justice and care to victims of gender-based violence
Dear Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh: I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem News.com. I would like to urgently bring to your notice and reiterate my concern about the treatment and care given to women and children who experience sexual assault in light of a series of disturbing news reports on this [...]
PAKISTAN: Fisher folk activist suffers an illegal raid by the Rangers
Chairman-PFF Mr. M Ali Shah speaking to the audience February 13, 2012 Ms. Nadia Gabol Minister for Human Rights Government of Sindh, Pakistan secretariat, Barrack 92, Karachi, Sindh Province PAKISTAN Fax: +92 21 9207044 Tel: +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 E-mail: lukshmil@yahoo.com Re: PAKISTAN: Fisher folk activist suffers [...]
Krugersdorp families feel unsafe amidst waves of cruelties
Freedom Front Plus member Jaco Mulder Eric Nkuna and Fortunato Simbine -who had been attacking and terrorising Afrikaner families on Krugersdorp’s smallholdingings throughout 2009– yesterday were found guilty of four charges of housebreaking and armed robbery: Eric Nkuna also was found guilty of executing Afrikaner family-man Juan van Eeden, 28, in Noordheuwel on 10 October [...]
39 die in Nigeria sectarian attacks
Death toll rose to 39 Sunday after bomb exploded at a Catholic Church in Nigeria’s town of Madalla in Niger state just as another church bombing and two suicide attacks were witnessed in other northern cities. The explosion at St. Thesera’s Catholic occurred after a Mass to celebrate Christmas while the second church bombing took [...]
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