Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Israel: New detention law violates rights of asylum-seekers ...
10 January 2012

The new law allows for people to be held without charge or trial for three or more years, and indefinitely if they are from 'hostile' countries.

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Middle East and North Africa: Year of rebellion: The state of ...
9 January 2012

2011 was a year without precedent for the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa region. It was a year in which millions of people of all ages and backgrounds ...

Report       MDE 01/001/2012

Amnesty International | Middle East and North Africa: Protest and ...
9 January 2012

Repression and state violence is likely to continue to plague the Middle East and North Africa in 2012 unless governments in the region and international powers ...

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Israel: Knesset should reject draft law imposing prolonged ...
23 December 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT Index: MDE 15/043/2011 23 December 2011 Israel: Knesset should reject draft law imposing prolonged detention on asylum ...

Public Statement       MDE 15/043/2011

Israel/OPT: Further information: Palestinian families face renewed ...
22 December 2011

The Israeli army has ordered the demolition of a further 21 homes and other properties in the Bedouin hamlet of Hadidiya in the Jordan Valley. Many of the structures ...

Urgent Action       MDE 15/042/2011

Record number of Palestinians displaced by demolitions as Quartet ...
13 December 2011

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families.

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Israel: Lift Travel Ban on Human Rights Defender: Shawan Jabarin ...
29 November 2011

Index: MDE 15/040/2011. 29 November 2011. Israel: Lift Travel Ban on Human Rights Defender. Shawan Jabarin Unable to Receive Award, Attend Rights Meetings. ...

Document       MDE 15/040/2011

Israel ramps up settlement construction plans after Palestine ...
3 November 2011

Government urged to halt plans to expand construction in illegal West Bank settlements and suspend the transfer of taxes to the Palestinian Authority.

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Israel-Hamas prisoner swap casts harsh light on detention ...
18 October 2011

After more than five years in captivity, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released today in exchange for more than 1000 Palestinian prisoners.

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Israel/ Occupied Palestinian Territories: Palestinian school at ...
10 October 2011

A primary school for Palestinian Bedouin children in the Jerusalem area is to be destroyed after Israeli settlers pushed the military to carry out the demolition ...

Urgent Action       MDE 15/039/2011