Amnesty International has issued serious warnings against what it called ‘catastrophic wave of mass displacement in Gaza City’ that followed Israeli escalation since mid-August strikes by the regime.
Amnesty’s Crisis Response Manager, Kristyan Benedict, said on Sunday that: “Recognition is no doubt significant but will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel’s genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.
Amnesty International has described the Israeli attack on Iran’s Evin prison as a grave breach of international humanitarian law saying that the attack must be investigated as a war crime.
The rights watchdog added that it had provided Washington with “evidence that American weapons had been used in war crimes, but it continued to violate its pledges to prevent genocide in Gaza”.
“The news that a ceasefire deal has been reached will bring some glimmer of relief to Palestinians victims of Israel’s genocide. But it is bitterly overdue,” the rights group’s Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, said yesterday.
Amnesty International has called on the Israeli regime to “immediately and unconditionally” release the detained medical team of Kamal al-Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip.
The Secretary General of Amnesty International has condemned the Israeli Knesset’s new ruling that bans the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) to operate in the occupied Palestine.
In a report, it outlined the Israeli military's efforts to create a "buffer zone" along Gaza's eastern edge, indicating that such actions represent "wanton destruction" and "collective punishment."
The organization urged the European Union, in a letter published by the German News Agency (dpa) on Wednesday, not to invest or trade with Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territories, which the International Court of Justice in The Hague has deemed illegal in a recent advisory opinion.
Amnesty International said that Israel’s announcement that it will allow "temporary" aid delivery into the Strip is long overdue and remains woefully insufficient given the catastrophic levels of hunger in Gaza.
Alleged actions of few individuals 'must not be used as a pretext' for cutting off life-saving assistance, which could amount to collective punishment, says London-based rights group head
Amnesty International has welcomed the trial of Israeli regime at the International Court of Justice in the Hague over the crimes it committed against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a report issued on Friday, the rights group said that the Israeli Supreme Court had approved “the punitive demolition of the family home of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who has spent the past six months in pre-trial detention on unfair charges.”
"Walid Daqqah, 62, suffers from chronic lung disease and bone marrow cancer, and the clinic at Israel’s Ayalon Prison is ill-equipped to deal with his conditions. Following his cancer diagnosis last year, the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) denied Walid Daqqah access to a potentially life-saving bone marrow transplant by refusing to transfer him to a ...