Throughout 2023, Government of Iraq - الحكومة العراقية championed impunity, abandoned IDPS, buried justice for hundreds of protesters maimed & killed by security forces in 2019, hounded activists and attempted to pass law to control freedom of expression.
Amnesty International’s annual report:

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11 women arrested -so far- from the protest in front of الأمم المتحدة office in Cairo including:
Ragia Omran
Mahienour El masry
Rasha azab
Lobna Darwish
Hadeer Almahdawy
Asmaa Naeem
Farida Al hefny
Eman Ouf
May El Mahdy
Israa Youssef
Lina Aly

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Nearly 300 bodies found in mass grave outside Gaza's Nasser hospital, according to civil defence workers. Some found with hands and feet tied - 'there were signs of field executions'. edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/mid…

Airwars is thrilled to win second prize up in the Outstanding Investigative Reporting category at the Fetisov Journalism Awards for our joint investigation with The Guardian into the civilian harm the UK government refuses to recognise.

Read the investigation here:
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Israel has still not provided evidence of widespread militancy among UNRWA staff, independent report concludes. “Israel made public claims,” it says. “Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence.” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

So richly deserved. Welcome to the The Washington Post! ❤️

The chief of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, is due to announce that he is stepping down, Ynet reports.

Following the October 7 onslaught, Haliva said he bears responsibility for the failures that led to the Hamas attack.

World Central Kitchen volunteer Damian Sobol laid to rest in #Przemysl , Poland, on Saturday.

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Important report, bravo Brett Murphy.

SecState seems to imply he will sign off on the recommendations by State Department policymakers and lawyers, as reported by Brett Murphy, to cut assistance to at least some Israeli units. This is a big deal. However, we *might* not actually know which units, and here's why:

Blinken says he’s made a decision on potential sanctions for human rights violations by Israeli military and police units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. washingtonpost.com/national-secur… John Hudson.

The Biden administration is considering more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel including tank ammunition, military vehicles and mortar rounds // new from me and Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف wsj.com/world/biden-we… via The Wall Street Journal

U.S. sanctions prominent far-right Israeli activist, groups that fundraised for already-sanctioned West Bank settlers. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

“Journalists have been attacked without… justification. They must at least be afforded protection as they are doing their noble job. They are humans before being journalists.”

Al Jazeera English correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum has spent over six months reporting from the ground

One of the most heartbreaking stories from Gaza was of 6-year-old Hind who was sole survivor when her vehicle was hit. Her rescuers were killed, and finally she died, too. Israel denied responsibility--but the The Washington Post lays it out. Great reporting. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed.

No paywall here, so read every word of this sweeping and convincing investigation wapo.st/4aCoCqA

Today, I was honored with Gaza team to win the Gold Award at the annual BBC news awards I dedicate this award to the brave journalists who sacrificed their lives to report the truth, and also to those brave journalists who are still reporting from inside Gaza.

A Post investigation has found that Israeli vehicles were present in the area and that Israeli weapons likely caused the visible damage in the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab and eight others in Gaza City on January 29.

Before she was killed, Rajab called the Palestinian Red