Human Rights

Srinagar, 07 Aug 2021: A Kashmiri was killed on Saturday by Indian security forces in Budgam district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

07 Aug 2021; MEMO: Ben & Jerry's decision to stop business relationships with the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is "a legitimate and necessary response, in line with its responsibility to respect international law and human rights", Amnesty International said in a press

06 Aug 2021; MEMO: Amnesty International yesterday called on Egypt to investigate a propaganda video released by the Egyptian army showing people being shot dead during a security operation in North Sinai.

"The Egyptian Public Prosecutor must urgently investigate what appear to be extrajudicial executions by members of the military in North Sinai," Amnesty said in a statement.

06 Aug 2021; MEMO: The US State Department has urged Israel to refrain from evicting Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah area of occupied East Jerusalem. Nevertheless, spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Thursday that the department believes that the proposal offered by an Israeli court this week is a matter for the Israeli and Palestinian parties to consider.

05 Aug 2021; MEMO: An old interview given by Tunisian President Kais Saied during his candidacy to the post confirms his predetermined intention to effect a coup against the constitution.

Washington, Aug 5 (AP-PTI) Apple unveiled plans to scan US iPhones for images of child abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens.

Delhi; 06 August 2021 (UMMN): BJP Gov in Centre has formally asked Rajya Sabha to disallow questions regarding snooping of the phones of journalists, activists, politicians and others, amid global controversy over the misuse of Pegasus spyware to hack phones.

05 Aug 2021; MEMO: Israeli forces yesterday carried out three large-scale demolitions in different areas of the occupied West Bank.

The head of the Palestinian Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem, Hassan Breija, said an Israeli army bulldozer demolished five agricultural structures in the Shaab Sultan area in the town of Wadi Rahal, south of the governorate.

05 Aug 2021; MEMO: Egypt's State Security Prosecution has accused former presidential candidate Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh of ties to a terror group and spreading fake news, lawyer Khaled Ali revealed yesterday.

Taking to Facebook, Ali wrote that the hearing held for Aboul Fotouh, the head of the Strong Egypt Party, lasted five hours.

Aboul Fotouh was arrested in February 2018 upon his return to Cairo from London. The lawyer was investigated on the case 440/2018, which links him to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

05 Aug 2021; MEMO: Israeli officials have asked the US administration of President Joe Biden to put pressure on the Palestinian families of Sheikh Jarrah to accept the court's proposal that they pay rent to settler organisations in return for becoming 'protected tenants', Haaretz reported yesterday.