Human Rights

28 Feb 2022; MEMO: Israeli municipal authorities ordered the demolition of a Palestinian grocery store, bakery and carwash in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabal Al-Mukabbir.

According to Wafa news agency the commercial buildings were targeted because occupation forces say they were built without the necessary permits.

Palestinian and Israeli rights groups say the Israeli demolition policy aims to limit the presence of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem.

01 March 2022; MEMO:The Palestinian Authority said on Monday that international double standards are the main reason for more injustice around the world, Wafa news agency has reported.

01 March 2022; MEMO:Some 211 rights groups and NGOs yesterday called for the international community to respect Amnesty International's report which labelled Israel an apartheid state, Quds Press reported.

01 March 2022; MEMO:The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates summoned the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Rene Trokaz, to protest against French Prime Minister Jean Castex's remarks on Jerusalem.

In a statement, the ministry said that its Undersecretary Amal Jadu expressed "discontent" of the PA leadership over Castex's remarks in which he described Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel.

BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council Information Office on Monday issued the Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2021.

The report said the human rights situation in the United States, which has notorious records, worsened in 2021. Its political manipulation led to a sharp surge in COVID-19 deaths while shooting deaths in the country hit a new record.

Fake democracy trampled on people's political rights and violent law enforcement made life harder for migrants and refugees in the United States, it said.

Gwalior, Feb 28 (PTI) A 33-year-old Dalit Right to Information (RTI) activist was allegedly beaten up and forced to drink urine by seven people after he sought information related to a village panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, police said on Monday.

After initial treatment in a hospital here, the severely injured victim, Shashikant Jatav, was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for further treatment, an official said.

26 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) announced on Friday that preventing Palestinians from accessing Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron: "Is a violation of international laws and conventions."

25 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Palestinian Red Crescent Society, yesterday, slammed the Israeli forces for targeting its medical staff, adding that their attacks were becoming "common, specifically in Nablus' southern town of Beita."

The Movement said in a statement that the occupation had "fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas canisters at Palestinian protesters in Beita," adding that the violence had left about "100 casualties."

Srinagar, 25 Feb 2022: Two Kashmiris were killed on Wednesday by Indian security forces in Amshipora area of Shopian district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

24 Feb 2022; MEMO: Thousands of detainees are forced into isolation for years, including minors, by the Israel Prison Service (IPS), according to the NGO Physicians for Human Rights.

Figures published by the prison service reveal 1,587 inmates had been held in complete solitary confinement in the first ten months of 2021, including 66 minors.

By the end of August of the same year, another 1,134 prisoners, among whom 53 were minors, were held in "individual seclusion" or "two-person seclusion".