ICJ condemns China’s violations of international law
The ICJ strongly condemns the measures taken by the government of the Peoples Republic of China to silence its courageous youth – a generation who dared to utter a prolonged cry for liberty.
ICJ protests Paraguay arrests
The ICJ has strongly protested the arrest by Paraguayan authorities yesterday of at least 18 opposition leaders just days before the 40th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
West Bank: illegal persecution under Beit Sahour seige
The ICJ has received from its West Bank affiliate, AI-Haq (ie. Justice), the following report dated 15 July on the siege of the town of Beit Sahour.
ICJ report on South Africa: human rights and the rule of law
The ICJ announces the publication today by Pinter Publishers of “South Africa: Human Rights and the Rule of Law”, a 160-page report of a mission to South Africa in 1987.
ICJ protests Israeli action at Bieta
The ICJ is profoundly concerned about the measures taken by the Israeli military authorities in the village of Bieta, apparently as reprisals for the killing of a 15 years old girl from Elon Moreh settlement.
The latest Israeli army reports indicate that the girl was shot by an Israeli settler and not by a Palestinian from Bieta.
On any count the measures taken against the villagers were excessive. In particular the destruction of 16 houses as reprisals or as a punishment are illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, as is the decision to deport 20 Palestinians of whom 6 come from Bieta.
According to Israeli officials hundreds of youths have been arrested in Bieta and the entire male population, which would number about 2,000, was detained in a school courtyard, allegedly for questioning.
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