September 28th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
Human Rights Watch,
Amnesty International,
UN
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The conflict and human rights crisis in Burma (also known as Myanmar) has suddenly exploded, and, very belatedly, the discredited UN human rights mechanisms and the army of associated NGOs are calling for international action. But a large part of this tragedy results from the fact that, as in the case of the mass […]
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September 25th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights Watch
The Israeli government, in a September 19, 2007 statement determined that since Hamas has turned Gaza into a “hostile territory” from which Israeli citizens are shelled with rockets on an almost daily basis, it “bears the responsibility” for Israel’s “additional sanctions.” This decision’s practical and legal ramifications are unclear: […]
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September 22nd, 2007 | Category:
Amnesty International,
UN
In a July 2007 article, The Human Rights Council: A New Era in UN Human Rights Work?, Yvonne Terlingen, the director of Amnesty International’s offices at the UN, directed pointed criticism at the activity of the allegedly ‘reformed’ UN Human Rights Council. Discussing the Councils actions […]
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September 6th, 2007 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Adalah,
New Israel Fund,
Mossawa
The New Israel Fund in the UK went ahead with a September 3 appearance by Danny Rubenstein (Ha’aretz columnist), despite his labeling Israel as an “ apartheid state” at the EU/UN “International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace.” (The British Zionist Federation […]
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