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February 16, 2014

Israeli violations against Palestinian prisoners increase sharply

Israeli Prison Services carry out “planned, severe violations” against Palestinian prisoners that have transformed prisons into a “dirty killing and liquidation tool”, a leaked letter from the prisons has...

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February 16, 2014

Human Rights Watch: Israel used disproportionate force in war against Gaza

Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on Thursday that US-based organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has criticized Israel for violating Palestinian rights during the recent war against the Gaza Strip....

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February 16, 2014

Ma’man Allah Cemetery desecrated with racist graffiti

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In a statement issued on Thursday by the al-Aqsa Foundation for Heritage and Endowments, the organisation confirmed that extremist Jews violated the sanctity of the Ma’man...

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February 16, 2014

UN expert calls for the immediate release of three Palestinian detainees on hunger strike held by Israel without charges

United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk yesterday, 13 February, called for the immediate release of three Palestinian detainees held without charges by Israel. Mr. Falk expressed deep concern for...

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February 16, 2014

Syrian defector left because country “can no longer accommodate moderation”

Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi broke his silence yesterday for the first time since he left Syria in December, saying that he left the country because he couldn’t...

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February 16, 2014

Hamas delegation makes first visit to Bulgaria

A Palestinian parliamentary delegation representing the Change and Reform Bloc has arrived in the Bulgarian capital Sofia at the start of a visit expected to last several days. The...

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February 16, 2014

Qatar hands Syrian embassy in Doha to opposition coalition

The Qatar government has handed the Syrian embassy building in Doha to groups opposing the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. Qatar, as do other Gulf Cooperation Countries, now recognises...

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February 16, 2014

Tunisia: no objection to international involvement in Bileid investigation

Tunisia’s Foreign Minister, Rafik Abdul Salam, has announced that his government does not object to the involvement of international parties in the investigation of opposition figure Chokri Bileid’s assassination....

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February 16, 2014

Israel change law to allow re-arrest of freed prisoners

A leading Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed on Sunday that the occupation authorities has amended its military law to allow the re-arrest of 14 Palestinian prisoners who were freed as...

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February 16, 2014

Pillay calls for the prosecution of al-Assad at the ICC

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called for the international prosecution of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for the commission of war crimes. Pillay reiterated...

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