At the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Palestinian human rights organisations, Al Haq and Addameer drew attention to the systematic torture of Palestinians prisoners in Israeli jails “as part of its settler-colonial and apartheid regime against the Palestinian people”. While Al-Haq and Addameer are meticulous in their work, it is beyond ludicrous that human rights organisations are trapped within the cycle of informing international institutions about the violations that their impunity is generating. It is not as if the UNHRC is oblivious to colonial violence. The role of human rights organisation is far exceeding its capacity, besides being exploited. Palestinian human rights organisations are already working within a settler-colonial context and facing colonial violence which targets … Continue reading Colonialism allows no space for the colonised to speak