Friday, 28 March 2014 14:08 |
BRUSSELS, March 27, 2014 (WAFA) - In a letter sent to EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, 29 members of the European Parliament have called upon the European External Action Service (EEAS) to take action to discourage European businesses from trading with illegal Israeli settlements.
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Friday, 28 March 2014 11:35 |
United Nations
General Assembly 13 January 2014
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Summary
The present report is the final report of the current Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/2 A and Human Rights Council decision 2/102. In the report, the Special Rapporteur addresses Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the wall in the context of the tenth anniversary of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, and considers the policies and practices of Israel in occupied Palestine in light of the prohibition on segregation and apartheid. He also addresses concerns in relation to the deterioration of the human rights situation of Palestinians living under the Israeli blockade in the Gaza Strip.
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Wednesday, 26 March 2014 10:04 |
PRESS RELEASE
PLO Executive Committee
Department of Culture and Information
March 25, 2014
Dr. Ashrawi: “The United States must stand up for international law”
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, met with Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Catherine Russell, at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah.
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Friday, 21 March 2014 10:38 |
PRESS RELEASE
PLO Executive Committee
Department of Culture and Information
March 20, 2014
Dr. Ashrawi: “All Palestinians are living in a prison”
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, met with a European Parliament ad-hoc delegation on Palestinian prisoners in Ramallah at the PLO Headquarters, and welcomed them to Palestine.
Dr. Ashrawi said, “We thank the European Parliament for sending this fact-finding mission to investigate the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, particularly the recent deaths of Palestinians in detention. It is our hope that this mission will help uphold prisoners’ rights in ways that are in line with international humanitarian law, and that prevent the further injustice and torture of Palestinian prisoners.”
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Thursday, 20 March 2014 11:48 |
PRESS RELEASE
PLO Executive Committee
Department of Culture and Information
March 19, 2014
Dr. Ashrawi condemns Israel’s latest violations
PLO Executive Committee member, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly condemned Israel’s latest prejudicial facts on the ground, which included the approval of 186 illegal settlement units in Occupied East Jerusalem, the killing of 15-year-old Yousef Nayif Yousef Shawamrah Abu Akar in Hebron, and the proposed Knesset legislation to extend the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law which severely limits reunification for Palestinian families:
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