Omar Shakir
@omarsshakir
Israel and Palestine Director, Human Rights Watch (@hrw). Currently on parental leave. Formerly @theccr & @slshumanrights.
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https://www.hrw.org/about/people/omar-shakir 28-01-2011 10:34:33
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A new Human Rights Watch report details the torture of Palestinian medical workers who suffered beatings, starvation, humiliation, amputations, electric shocks and more in Israeli prisons.
BREAKING: This morning the IL Civil Administration gave out 9 demolition orders to Palestinians residing east of Teqoa in the “Agreed-Upon Reserve” in Area B. The undoing of Oslo by בצלאל סמוטריץ' is advancing. Absent International action, this will only accelerate.
.Yehuda Shaul has been documenting actions by settlers placed under US sanctions this year. Today he reports that one of those sanctioned in July by the US State Department is on compounds of Palestinian families in Masafer Yatta, armed with a US-made M16 assault rifle
Very much share Josep Borrell Fontelles's frustration ahead of EU foreign ministers gathering: eeas.europa.eu/eeas/informal-… 10+ months of atrocities on, some EU states still prevent the bloc from *saying* "#Israel is violating IHL in #Gaza" - let alone take action: hrw.org/news/2024/07/1…
🚨 It is welcome that the 🇬🇧 Gov David Lammy has suspended 30/350 licenses 4 mil equip 2🇮🇱 BUT it does not go far enough! If a clear risk exists, the Gov appears 2 acknowledge there is, then there is NO justification 4 not suspending UK components 4 F-35 bombers used in Gaza 🧵
Apartheid #Israel is targeting #Gaza & the #WestBank simultaneously- UN independent expert Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt warns of unprecedented violence & #HumanRights violations, urging global action to prevent genocide against Palestinians & ensure accountability. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
The UK’s partial suspension of arms sales to Israel (over the risk of complicity in war crimes in #Gaza) is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough. Read more in Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief today: trib.al/Or5i0Gs
"Israel has decimated every single aspect of any sort of infrastructure within the Gaza Strip," says Arwa Damon, who just returned from the Palestinian territory as part of her work with @inaraorg.