Human Rights | Collective Punishment

2012-02-04: Headlines

  • Press TV: US gave green light to toxic terror in Bahrain 2012-02-04
    Keywords: (File photo) Manama is patently a policy of "toxic terrorism" and " collective punishment " against the 70 percent of the population demanding that the Western-backed regime gives way to democratic government." Political analyst Finian Cunningham...

2012-02-03: Headlines

  • International Middle East Media Center: PCHR Weekly Report: 5 wounded, 14 abducted in 56 Israeli invasions this week 2012-02-03
    In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 Jan. – 01 Feb. 2012, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights found that a Palestinian civilian was wounded by Israeli forces in Gaza City. In the West Bank, 4 Palestinian civilians, including two cameramen, were wounded. The IMEMC is a media collective. We are independent journalists producing and distributing the authentic voices...
  • allvoices: UN demands that Israel cease demolishing Palestinian houses in West Bank 2012-02-03
    In 2011 Israel demolished 622 Palestinian homes in the West Bank. This is a dramatic rise and the demolitions displaced about 1,100 people many of them children. | A UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report claims: "The current policy and practice of demolitions cause extensive human suffering and should end," Many more people remain under threat of demolition of their houses in the future.
  • The Electronic Intifada: 'We will rebuild' : Hebron family resists unrelenting settler violence 2012-02-03
    On a winter€™s morning in the hills east of Hebron, a young Palestinian man works on the ruined engine of a burnt-out car, his hands black with grease. In front of him stands a small white house built into the hillside, and behind the house a barbed wire fence crowns the hilltop, marking the boundary of the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba. | Jawdi Jaber€™s home was demolished in 2002, after he was accused of not having a permit to build.
  • Ammon News: Shoes thrown at UN chief's envoy in Gaza 2012-02-03
    The International Committee of the Red Cross has called the blockade 'a collective punishment in clear violation of international humanitarian law' and urged the international community 'to ensure that repeated appeals by States and international...
  • Al-Arabiya: Tribalism in the Arabian Peninsula: It's A Family Affair 2012-02-03
    Sultan Al Qassemi: Tribal affiliation, however, can also be a reason for discrimination with regard to jobs and opportunities in the region, as well as a tool of collective punishment . In 2005, prior to a Saudi-Qatari rapprochement, the latter expelled thousands...
  • The News International: Iran bans citizens from road travel to Syria 2012-02-03
    Keywords: “ Collective punishment won't work this time!” read another. Rallies were also staged on Thursday in memory of the Hama victims as Western and Arab countries sought to reach agreement on a draft UN resolution to pressure Syria to end its almost 11-month...
  • Middle East Monitor: 'Give the Palestinians a break; they need all the help that they can get.' 2012-02-03
    The Israelis who are imposing the illegal and immoral collective punishment of the people of Gaza through their blockade? America and Europe which back Israel? Egypt? As has been reported in the past, the elected Hamas government in Gaza collects taxes...
  • Leadership Newspapers: Aftermath Of Kano Killings 2012-02-03
    The Kano Civil Society Forum is a platform which brings together all Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations operating in Kano to address urgent matters of common interest and concern to their collective work, particularly issues that affect the general welfare of the people. The Forum conducts periodic assessment of actions and developments which pose grave threats to the enjoyment of civil liberties and fundamental rights of all.
  • Jakarta Globe: Russia rejects Syria text as deaths mount 2012-02-03
    " Collective punishment won't work this time!" read another. Hafez al-Assad was the father and predecessor of the current president. According to various estimates, between 10000 and 40000 people died during the 27-day 1982 onslaught he ordered against...
  • Khaleej Times: Syrians recall Hama horror 2012-02-03
    Keywords: “ Collective punishment won't work this time!” read another. Rallies were also staged on Thursday in memory of the Hama victims as Western and Arab countries sought to reach agreement on a draft UN resolution to pressure Syria to end its almost 11-month...
  • Livemint: Learnt in Godhra, forgotten in Jaipur 2012-02-03
    Keywords: , It is difficult to explain to Indians the wrongness of collective punishment.
  • Al-Resalah: OCHA: Israel displaced 1100 Palestinians in 2011 2012-02-03
    Alresalah - OCHA: Israel displaced 1100 Palestinians in 2011: Occupied Jerusalem, (Alresalah.ps) --UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) said 1,100 Palestinians, almost children, were displaced in 2011due to the Israeli demolitions of their homes. | The Israeli bulldozers have swept away up to 622 Palestinian structures; 222 homes, 170 animal shelters, two classrooms and two mosques.
  • NOW LEBANON: Syrians recall Hama horror amid deadly crackdown 2012-02-03
    "Hafez is dead, Hama is not! Bashar will die and Syria will not!" read placards brandished by protesters in the Al-Kadam district of Damascus, according to an Internet video posted by militants. " Collective punishment won't work this time!
  • Bangkok Post: 17 die as Syrians protest to recall Hama massacre Bangkok Post: news 2012-02-03
    " Collective punishment won't work this time!" read another. Rallies were also staged on Thursday in memory of the Hama victims as Western and Arab countries sought to reach agreement on a draft UN resolution to pressure Syria to end its almost 11-month...
  • Kuwait News Agency: EU lawmakers call on Israel to release Palestinian MPs 2012-02-03
    "We call for an immediate and definitive halt of all measures targeting our Palestinian Parliamentary colleagues, including arrests and expulsions from Jerusalem , " it said. The statement pointed out that Marwan Barghouti, a key political figure...

2012-02-02: Headlines

  • allvoices: UN demands that Israel cease demolishing Palestinian houses in West Bank 2012-02-02
    In 2011 Israel demolished 622 Palestinian homes in the West Bank. This is a dramatic rise and the demolitions displaced about 1,100 people many of them children. | A UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report claims: "The current policy and practice of demolitions cause extensive human suffering and should end," Many more people remain under threat of demolition of their houses in the future.
  • Pacific Free Press: Greenwashing the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 2012-02-02
    The JNF exists to acquire land in Israel/ Palestine for the sole use of Jewish people. For more than 100 years, the JNF has been complicit in expulsions of Palestinians from their homes, the destruction of their villages and prevention of the return...
  • Scoop.co.nz (press release): 25 Demolition Orders In A Small Village With 45 Houses 2012-02-02
    In a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Gush Shalom warns of a cynical game played by the occupation rule in the small village of Aqaba, the east of Jenin, which is over many years the target of repeated raids by the Military Government's Civil Administration...
  • Leadership Newspapers: Aftermath Of Kano Killings 2012-02-02
    The Kano Civil Society Forum is a platform which brings together all Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations operating in Kano to address urgent matters of common interest and concern to their collective work, particularly issues that affect the general welfare of the people. The Forum conducts periodic assessment of actions and developments which pose grave threats to the enjoyment of civil liberties and fundamental rights of all.
  • Ammon News: Shoes thrown at UN chief's envoy in Gaza 2012-02-02
    The International Committee of the Red Cross has called the blockade 'a collective punishment in clear violation of international humanitarian law' and urged the international community 'to ensure that repeated appeals by States and international...
  • Middle East Monitor: 'Give the Palestinians a break; they need all the help that they can get.' 2012-02-02
    The Israelis who are imposing the illegal and immoral collective punishment of the people of Gaza through their blockade? America and Europe which back Israel? Egypt? As has been reported in the past, the elected Hamas government in Gaza collects taxes...
  • Al-Resalah: OCHA: Israel displaced 1100 Palestinians in 2011 2012-02-02
    Alresalah - OCHA: Israel displaced 1100 Palestinians in 2011: Occupied Jerusalem, (Alresalah.ps) --UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) said 1,100 Palestinians, almost children, were displaced in 2011due to the Israeli demolitions of their homes. | The Israeli bulldozers have swept away up to 622 Palestinian structures; 222 homes, 170 animal shelters, two classrooms and two mosques.
  • Kuwait News Agency: EU lawmakers call on Israel to release Palestinian MPs 2012-02-02
    "We call for an immediate and definitive halt of all measures targeting our Palestinian Parliamentary colleagues, including arrests and expulsions from Jerusalem , " it said. The statement pointed out that Marwan Barghouti, a key political figure...
  • Livemint: Learnt in Godhra, forgotten in Jaipur 2012-02-02
    Keywords: , It is difficult to explain to Indians the wrongness of collective punishment.

2012-02-01: Headlines

  • Salem-News.Com: Letter Campaign 2012-02-01
    Occupation rule's cynical game with the small village of Aqaba. Brigadier General Almaz makes a personal visit, promising to look into the complaints . Then, his representative issues 25 demolition orders - in a village consisting of 45 houses..
  • Pacific Free Press: Greenwashing the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 2012-02-01
    The JNF exists to acquire land in Israel/ Palestine for the sole use of Jewish people. For more than 100 years, the JNF has been complicit in expulsions of Palestinians from their homes, the destruction of their villages and prevention of the return...
  • Scoop.co.nz (press release): 25 Demolition Orders In A Small Village With 45 Houses 2012-02-01
    In a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Gush Shalom warns of a cynical game played by the occupation rule in the small village of Aqaba, the east of Jenin, which is over many years the target of repeated raids by the Military Government's Civil Administration...
  • The Muslim News: Palestine: Israeli settler takes over Palestinian land 2012-02-01
    In related news, Israeli soldiers demolished on Monday a mobile home that was inhabited by the family of resident Mohammad Shaqara and his family in Al-Ashqariyya area, in Beit Hanina, in occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers and police officers surrounded...
  • Ekklesia: UN call for an end to home demolitions in the West Bank 2012-02-01
    The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Maxwell Gaylard, has called for an immediate end to the demolition of Palestinian homes by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank.
  • Oman Tribune: Haniya begins Iran, Gulf tour 2012-02-01
    In Occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces demolished a home in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina, residents said. In another development late on Sunday, the Palestinian Authority announced that it was suspending plans to raise income tax...
  • Alternative Information Center (AIC): AIC video: Bedouin demand end to disposession 2012-02-01
    Maya: A number of residents from the Bedouin village Al Arakib, which Israel has demolished over thirty times since July of 2010, took part in the protest. Like many Bedouin villages in the Negev, the state does not recognize Al Arakib and the JNF intends...
  • PRI's The World: Israeli Settlement Ordered Demolished 2012-02-01
    A brief revival of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians €“ this time hosted by the Kingdom of Jordan €“ has ended in failure. Both sides are blaming each other. Once again, one of the issues that proved to be a stumbling block was Jewish settlements in the West Bank. | But there is one settlement very much in the political spotlight right now. It's called Migron.
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