On Monday, 20 September 2010, DCI-Palestine and Adalah submitted a complaint to the Israeli authorities (Military Advocate General) in relation to the use of a 16-year-old girl as a human shield by the Israeli army in February 2010. DCI-Palestine and Adalah are calling for an immediate investigation into conduct, which if established, is in...
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The National Lawyers Guild, in coordination with other legal and grassroots human rights organizations, addressed this letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling upon the State Department to act on the case of Ameer Makhoul, Palestinian human rights advocate and leader among...
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Alvaro Uribe's government presided over the murder of thousands of innocent non-combatants, many of them kidnapped and later killed by the military and presented as "guerrillas killed in combat." This phenomenon became known as "false positives", a "positive" being Colombian military lingo for a...
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The National Lawyers Guild International Committee and Free Palestine Subcommittee have endorsed the California Israel Divestment Campaign, as part of the Guild's ongoing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) work...
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The Goldstone Report process continues: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al Haq participated in the most recent session of the Human Rights Council; PCHR is calling on...
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The National Lawyers Guild, in coordination with other legal and grassroots human rights organizations, addressed this letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling upon the State Department...
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