Human Rights

17 Aug 2021; MEMO: Forensic Architecture is pulling an exhibition it was holding at the University of Manchester-run Whitworth Art Gallery after a statement declaring support for the Palestinian people was removed by the venue.

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) A 27-year-old man and a woman allegedly attempted suicide outside the Supreme Court here on Monday by setting themselves on fire, police said.

The man sustained 65 per cent burn injuries, while the 24-year-old woman suffered 85 per cent burns. None of them are medically fit to record their police statements, they said.

The police said the woman is from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur and was allegedly raped by Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai in 2019.

15 Aug 2021; MEMO: The United States is seeking to build confidence between Palestine and Israel, a Palestinian official said on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency.

"The US administration is seeking to build confidence between the Palestinian and Israeli sides," Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)'s Executive Committee, told official Voice of Palestine Radio.

16 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tunisia's Democratic Current yesterday condemned a recent government decision to ban the party's deputy, Anwar Al Chahed, from travel.

In an official statement, the party described the decision as an "arbitrary measure that was carried out with neither a judicial or administrative verdict nor a consultation with the interior ministry."

16 Aug 2021; MEMO: The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday froze eviction orders issued against three Palestinian families in occupied East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, Anadolu news agency reported.

"Today, the [Israeli] occupation court issued a decision freezing the displacement decision of 3 families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, namely Dajani, Al-Dahudi and Hammad, until the court finishes all procedures in the Sheikh Jarrah case," the Sheikh Jarrah's family committee said in a statement.

16 Aug 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces shot and killed four Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in the early hours of this morning, wounded and kidnapped two others, and detained three, local sources reported.

Palestinian medical sources identified the martyrs as Raed Abu Seif, Amjad Hussainiya, Nour Jarrar, and Saleh Ammar.

They were killed when Israeli occupation forces entered the occupied city and opened fire at Palestinians.

14 Aug 2021; MEMO: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday accused Israel of lying about allowing the construction of about 1,000 housing units for Palestinians in Area C in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.

"The government of Israel is deceiving and lying in its claims to allow the Palestinians to build [house units] in Area C," the PLO's National Office for Combating Settlements and Land Defense said in its weekly report.

14 Aug 2021; MEMO: Tens of Palestinians from Israel performed Friday prayer in front of Ramon Prison in solidarity with Head of the Islamic Movement Sheikh Raed Salah, Arabi21 reported.

According to the news website, the Palestinians expressed their support for Sheikh Salah, who is being held in solitary confinement.

14 Aug 2021; MEMO: UN human rights experts today called on the Israeli government to immediately return confidential documents and office equipment its military seized from the offices of an NGO fighting for children's rights in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu Agency reports.

"We are deeply concerned by the Israeli military's interference with the human rights work of a well-known and well-regarded NGO," said the experts.

New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) Twitter Saturday restored the account of Rahul Gandhi, alongside those of the Congress and its other leaders, amid ongoing friction between the social media platform and the party over its members sharing pictures of the family of an alleged rape victim.

"Satyameva Jayate (truth alone triumphs)", the Congress tweeted in its first reaction after its official handle was unlocked.