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	Date: 30-07-2008

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	Date: 30-07-2008

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PCHR Condemns Gaza Beach Crime and the Response of the Government	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: PCHR
PCHR strongly condemns the heinous crime perpetrated by unknown elements yesterday in Gaza that resulted in killing 6 people, including a 4-year old girl, and injuring 27 others. Read more

Following exposure by B'Tselem, Military Police investigate shooting of bound Palestinian	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: B'Tselem
B'Tselem published footage it received of a soldier firing a rubber-coated steel bullet, from extremely short range, at a Palestinian detainee who was cuffed and blindfolded. The act occurred about two weeks ago in the presence of several security forces, among them the battalion commander, a lieutenant colonel, who held the Palestinian’s arm while the soldier fired. Read more

Israel’s Policy of Arbitrary Arrest of Human Rights Defenders Continues	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: Al Haq
As an organisation committed to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Al-Haq expresses its concern over the arbitrary detention of Al-Haq fieldworker, Yusuf Qawariq. Read more

Justice and Home Affairs Ministers: stop the witch-hunt of Roma in Italy	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: Amnesty
The Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting today in Brussels should condemn the acts of discrimination against Roma communities in Italy that have culminated in the fingerprinting of Roma, including children. Read more

Arab Political Prisoner Seeks Conjugal Rights in Order to Father a Child like Jewish Israeli Prisoners such as Yigal Amir	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: Adalah
On 27 July 2008, Adalah petitioned the Nazareth District Court on behalf of the Mr. Walid Daka, a Palestinian Arab citizen of Israel and a political prisoner, seeking conjugal rights in order to allow him to father a child. Mr. Daka has been incarcerated since he was 25-years old and he has no children. He is sentenced to life in prison and is classified as a "security prisoner". Adalah Attorney Abeer Baker filed the petition and represents Mr. Daka. Read more

Massacre in Gungoren district of Istanbul	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: IHD
There was a bomb attack, which was conducted about 22.00 on 27th July 2008, Sunday in Güngören district, Istanbul. According to the statement of the Governorship in Istanbul, there are at least 17 deaths and 150 injured people in the attack. Read more

Over 122 Institutions, Offices Are Targeted by Security in Gaza: Al Mezan Condemns Illegal Mass Arrests and Raids on Institutions	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: Al Mezan
The security apparatus, aided by the Al Qassam Brigades, in Gaza has launched a campaign of arrests and raids on institutions since Friday, 25 July 2008. This campaign started after the crime that claimed the lives of six people; including a girl, at the coast of Gaza City. Read more

The LDH supports Nedim Gürsel	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: LDH
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Occupied Palestinian Territories: New Arrests Highlight Abuses by Hamas, Fatah	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: HRW
Hamas forces in Gaza and Fatah forces in the West Bank have carried out a wave of unlawful arrests against opponents in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. In Gaza, Hamas forces physically abused some of the people they apprehended and closed roughly 100 organizations they consider allied with Fatah. Read more

Mr. Qawariq arrested by Israeli forces in the city of Nablus	Date: 30-07-2008
Author: OMCT
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Read more

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The Indictment of the Sudanese President:A Milestone on the Path towards Justice for the Peoples	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: CIHRS
The League of Arab States should urge Al-Bashir to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), and warn him against taking revenge at his people Read more

	Date: 23-07-2008

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	Date: 23-07-2008

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Prosecute soldier who fired ‘rubber’ bullet at Palestinian detainee, Investigate the involvement of an officer in the event and suspected cover-up	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: B'Tselem
Prosecute soldier who fired ‘rubber’ bullet at Palestinian detainee, Investigate the involvement of an officer in the event and suspected cover-up Read more

Training on Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: ACHRS
Training on Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming targeting Amman Center for Human Rights Studies executed by the Euro – Mediterranean Human Rights Network ( EMHRN) Read more

Tunisian journalist freed	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: Amnesty
Slim Boukhdir was released on Monday and informed that he had been granted a conditional release by the Minister of Justice. He was not given any further explanation. Read more

Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders : Launching of the Annual Report 2007	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: EMHRF
The Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) which aims at supporting defenders in the South-Mediterranean countries is publishing today its 2007 Annual Report. The report focuses on the actions undertaken by the EMHRF during the year 2007. Read more

Netherlands: Court Rules Pre-Entry Integration Exam Unlawful	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: HRW
The Dutch government should suspend its discriminatory “integration test abroad” – an exam on Dutch language and society – that is required for family migrants from some non-Western countries following a July 15 court ruling that the test is unlawful, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more

PCHR Calls for Investigation into Police Shooting of a Young Man	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: PCHR
On Sunday, 20 July 2008, ‘Ouda Jamal Khader, 19, from Jabalya refugee camp, was wounded to the shoulder by a gunshot fired by Palestinian police officers who chased him following a quarrel in a soccer match in the refugee camp. Read more

Open Letter to the League of Arab States and to the African Union	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: FIDH
In light of the upcoming special meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the League of Arab States and the Peace and Security Committee of the African Union following the request of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, applying for an arrest warrant against President al Bashir, on 14 July 2008, FIDH and the organisations signing below wish to stress the following. Read more

Gaza Military Court Sentences Man to Death	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: PCHR
PCHR Calls upon Palestinian President Not to Ratify the Sentence and Demands Abolition of Death Penalty in OPT. Read more

22nd Anniversary of the Human Rights Association (IHD) in Turkey	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: IHD
98 people including relatives of arrested and sentenced people, lawyers, journalists, doctors, architects and engineers, authors and academics have founded Human Rights Association (IHD) to protect, accomplish and improve human rights and freedoms in our country on the 17th July 1986. Read more

Supreme Court Issues Order to Show Cause Requiring Israel Prison Service to Explain Policy of Prohibiting Palestinian Political Prisoners from Embracing their Young Children during Family Visits	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: Adalah
On 15 July 2008, the Supreme Court of Israel issued an order nisi which directed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to explain its policy of not allowing political prisoners, who are classified under Israeli law as "security" prisoners, to embrace their children under the age of ten during visits. Read more

Egypt: Release Dozens of Protestors Held Without Charge	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: HRW
Egypt should immediately release six men who have been detained for more than 90 days without charge since their arrests following a workers strike and street protests in Mahalla al-Kobra in April, Human Rights Watch said today Read more

Syria: Investigate Sednaya Prison Deaths	Date: 23-07-2008
Author: HRW
The Syrian government should order an independent investigation into the deadly shooting of inmates by military police at Sednaya prison two weeks ago and make the findings public, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on the authorities to immediately make public the names of those killed or injured in the incident. Read more

We Condemn the Attack and Commiserate with Those who Lost Their Relatives	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: IHD
We condemn the attack, which was conducted in front of the US Consulate General in Istanbul on 9 July 2008 and resulted in 6 deaths 3 of whom were policemen. We commiserate with those who lost their relatives in the attack, express condolence to them. Read more

Adalah Demands Cancelation of Order Issued by Defense Minister to Prepare for Demolition of the Family Homes of Individuals Implicated in Attacks on Civilians in Jerusalem, in Breach of International Law	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: Adalah
On 6 July 2008, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the Attorney General demanding the cancellation of an order issued by the Defense Minister Ehud Barak to make preparations for the demolition of the homes of the Abu Dahim family from Jabal al-Mukabbir and the Duwiyat family from Sur Baher. Individuals from these two families were implicated in two recent fatal attacks on civilians in Jerusalem. Read more

	Date: 16-07-2008

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	Date: 16-07-2008

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Director of AL Mezan Center Wins the Weimar Human Rights Award 2008	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: Al Mezan
Mr. Issam Younis, the General Director of AL Mezan Center for Human Rights was awarded the 2008 Weimar International Human Rights Award. The award was unanimously decided in the Weimar City Council meeting on Wednesday, 9 July 2008. Read more

Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: ACHRS
A refugee crisis was feared before the coalition invasion of Iraq in 2003, but it came later than anticipated, and on a greater scale. It started not because of the military action, but two years later, when American efforts to rebuild the country faltered, violence escalated, and civilians became the targets of insurgent groups and sectarian militias. Read more

Seeking Justice Abroad:Bil’in Village Council Submits Case before Canadian Court Against Canadian Corporations for Involvement in Illegal Settlement Construction	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: Al-Haq
In a continuation of their struggle for justice in the face of unlawful appropriation of their land, the people of Bil’in village yesterday commenced legal proceedings before the Superior Court of Quebec against Green Park International Inc. and Green Mount International Inc. Read more

The Secret to Success: Secret Evidence Provides Sole Basis for Continuation of Travel Ban on Al-Haq’s General Director	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: Al Haq
The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) has issued its decision in the case brought by the General Director of Al-Haq, Mr. Shawan Jabarin, against the Commander of the Israeli military forces in the West Bank. Read more

	Date: 16-07-2008

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	Date: 16-07-2008

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US/Algeria: Reveal Location of Guantanamo Detainees	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: HRW
US and Algerian authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of two Algerians transferred from Guantanamo to Algeria on July 2, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The two men, Abderrahmane Houari, 28, and Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily, 49, have been missing since their return. Read more

PCHR Condemns Interference of the Ministry of Interior and Security Forces in Election Affairs of the Women’s Arab Union in Nablus	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: PCHR
PCHR strongly condemns the interference by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior and security forces in the upcoming elections of the Arab Women’s Union Association in Nablus. The Centre calls upon the Ministry of Interior and security forces to cease interference in the affairs of civil society organizations, and to respect the right of Palestinians to form associations as guaranteed by the Basic Law and international human rights standards. Read more

Closing down of the Nafha Society for the Defence of Prisoners and Human Rights	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: OMCT
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Read more

Jerusalem Municipality allows criminals to turn the Dahiyat a-Salam neighborhood into a garbage dump	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: B'Tselem
The Jerusalem Municipality’s gross, prolonged neglect of East Jerusalem has led to the Dahiyat a-Salam neighborhood becoming a pirate garbage dump. The Municipality has not yet kept its promise to renovate the refuse site. Read more

	Date: 16-07-2008

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Union for Mediterranean: a way to bypass human rights?	Date: 16-07-2008
Author: Amnesty
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) initiative, to be endorsed on 13 July, may lead to a serious breach of the EU’s commitments to raise human rights concerns in all bilateral relations, says Amnesty International. Read more

Jordan: Scrap New Laws That Stifle Democracy	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: HRW
US, EU Should Condition Aid on Kingdom’s Rights Record Read more

Syria: Open letter to Nicolas Sarkozy	Date: 09-07-2008

In several days time you will receive, amongst other chiefs of state and heads of government, your Syrian counterpart President Bachar al-Assad. As part of the discussions that you will be having with him, the human rights organisations which have signed this letter ask you to pay particular attention to the fundamental issue of the human rights situation in that country. Read more

Violent repression of the riot at the military Sidnaya prison : open letter to Mr Bashar El Assad	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: FIDH
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is writing to you to express its utmost concern regarding the violent repression of the riot at the military Sidnaya prison by the Syrian military police, on 5 and 6 July, 2008. Read more

Physical and psychological ill-treatment and torture of a 10 year-old boy	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: OMCT
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by Defence for Children-Palestine section, member organisation of OMCT SOS-Torture network, about the physical and psychological abuse amounting to torture of Ezzat Hajli, aged 10 years, by Israeli soldiers on 11 June 2008 in the village of Sanniriya, Occupied Palestinian Territories. Read more

France: Guilty-by-Association Prosecutions Violate Rights	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: HRW
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	Date: 09-07-2008

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Sacrificing Justice for Politics: Four Years on, Israel’s High Court Continues to Disregard the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: Al Haq
On 9 July 2004, at the request UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Advisory Opinion on “The Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory .” Read more

Those who are real responsible for Siva massacre should be found out	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: IHD
“15 years have passed since Sivas massacre. 37 people were burned, while they were alive, 15 years ago. Some people were tried within the scope of these incidents and some of them were sentenced to various imprisonment. Read more

Union for the Mediterranean: Casablanca recommendations	Date: 09-07-2008
Author: Euromed Platform
Further to the initiative of the Euromed Non-Governmental Platform, representatives from national and regional civil society organizations working in the field of human rights advocacy, social and economic development, gender equality, culture, the protection of the environment, as well as trade unions, held a meeting in Casablanca, on July 4, 2008, in the presence of representatives from the EU French Presidency and the Delegation of the European Commission, to discuss the « Barcelona Process : Union for the Mediterranean » Project in view of the Summit of Heads of States and Governments which is due to take place on July 13, 2008, in Paris. Read more