Geneva

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Does international law have a future?

Lawrence Davidson considers how the application of international law has become “class based”, where the criminal leaders of powerful states – or those with powerful patrons – enjoy impunity, while

Israel’s friends at Westminster legislate to protect vilest criminals

Stuart Littlewood views the UK Conservative-led coalition government’s decision to make it harder to prosecute Israeli war criminals under universal jurisdiction.

MB MP denounces Israel ‘s decision to deport Palestinian MP’s

The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc denounced the Israeli decision to deport MPs from the Palestinian Legislative Council from the occupied Jerusalem .

Rights groups report violations to human rights in Geneva

A report on Egyptian human rights violations presented during meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council was submitted by independent human rights organizations.

Palestinian captive at risk of losing eyesight

A Palestinian human rights organisation concerned with the issue of Palestinian captives in Israeli jails said that Majdi Hammad from Jablya refugee camp is at risk of completely losing his

Palestinian prisoners in Hawara jail on hunger strike

The Palestinian prisoner's committee said that the prisoners in Hawara prison went on hunger strike in protest at the harsh incarceration conditions and harassment from Israeli soldiers.

Jerusalemite prisoner appeals for letting him see his mother in ICU

Jerusalemite prisoner Ahmed Khalaf has appealed to the Red Cross and human rights groups to help in allowing him to see his mother who has been in the intensive care

IOA renews administrative detention of lecturer for 7th time

The Israeli occupation authority's intelligence renewed the administrative detention, without charge or trail, of Palestinian university lecturer Ghassan Dhukan for the 7th consecutive time.

IOA offers two Gazan prisoners their freedom if they accept exile

The higher national committee supporting prisoners has announced that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had offered two prisoners from the Gaza Strip to set them free if they accepted exile.

Prisoners maintain protest steps, go on hunger strike

The Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation jails have gone on hunger strike on Tuesday as a fresh protest step against the Israeli atrocities committed against them and their visiting