Category: Human Rights

American Human Rights Council condemns ADL attacks against Arab Americans

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American Human Rights Council condemns ADL attacks against Arab Americans

American Human Rights Council condemns ADL attacks against Arab Americans The American Human Rights Council (AHRC) issued a statement in response to vicious defamatory attacks by the “Anti-Defamation” League (ADL) against leaders of the Arab American and Muslim Community in Greater Detroit. AHRC Executive Director Imad Hamad released the following statement: “Reaffirms the Right of…

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Biden’s contradictory policies on war crimes in Sudan and Gaza

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Biden’s contradictory policies on war crimes in Sudan and Gaza

Biden’s contradictory policies on war crimes in Sudan and Gaza The hypocrisy of the United States is clearest during the administration of President Joe Biden. On the one hand, Biden has declared violence in Sudan which has resulted in thousands of civilian casualties as a “war crime.” But Biden is afraid to make the same…

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Israeli snipers shooting and killing hospital workers in Gaza

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Israeli snipers shooting and killing hospital workers in Gaza

Israeli snipers shooting and killing hospital workers in Gaza On Monday Dec. 11, 2023, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgeon was injured inside Al-Awda hospital in north Gaza by a shot fired from outside the facility. Our colleagues report snipers surrounding the hospital, firing on those inside. Al-Awda has been under total siege…

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Muslim American woman challenges unresponsive Congressman Sean Casten in March 19 Democratic primary

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Muslim American woman challenges unresponsive Congressman Sean Casten in March 19 Democratic primary

Muslim American woman challenges unresponsive Congressman Sean Casten in March 19 Democratic primary By Ray Hanania Congressman Sean Casten, who has failed to live up to his promises to outreach and include Arab and Muslim Americans in the last election, is being challenged in th March 19, 2024 Democratic Primary election by healthcare activist Mahnoor…

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Doctors Without Borders condemns deliberate deadly attack on convoy of staff and family members in Gaza

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Doctors Without Borders condemns deliberate deadly attack on convoy of staff and family members in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders condemns deliberate deadly attack on convoy of staff and family members in Gaza One person was killed and one was injured in an attack today on a convoy of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff members and their families who had been attempting to evacuate from northern Gaza. The person who…

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Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City

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Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City

Peace Now: Attempt for the Establishment of a New Settlement in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City There is growing concern over an attempt to seize one of the last undeveloped plots in Jerusalem’s Old City for the establishment of a new settlement. In recent days, representatives of a Jewish-Australian businessman and his partners…

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US Congress: Reject Bill to Support Forced Israeli Displacement of Palestinians to Third Countries 

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US Congress: Reject Bill to Support Forced Israeli Displacement of Palestinians to Third Countries 

US Congress: Reject Bill to Support Forced Israeli Displacement of Palestinians to Third Countries  US Should Push Israel to End War Crimes, Accept Ceasefire The United States should oppose any Israeli actions that could result in the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, said Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). The group urged Congress…

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Bombing of Al Ahli hospital in Gaza worst attack on healthcare this century 

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Bombing of Al Ahli hospital in Gaza worst attack on healthcare this century 

Bombing of Al Ahli hospital in Gaza worst attack on healthcare this century  The Bombing of the Baptist ( Al-Ahli Al-Arabi) Hospital in Gaza is the Worst Attack on Healthcare in the 21st Century. At least 500 people have reportedly been killed in a the bombing of a Palestinian hospital. Donate to MedGlobal today to…

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Israeli Academic Institutions Persecute Palestinian Students for Social Media Posts Amid Offensive on Gaza

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Israeli Academic Institutions Persecute Palestinian Students for Social Media Posts Amid Offensive on Gaza Palestinian students critical of Israeli policies targeted by Israeli academic institutions for disciplinary action. Censorship violates principles of fundamental democracy. Adalah defending 74 Christian and Muslim students accused of “support of terrorism” for expressing views on social media in Israel. Adalah…

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CAIR Joins 70+ Organizations in Urgent Letter to President Biden Ahead of Israel and Jordan Trip, Demanding Immediate Ceasefire, Lasting Peace  

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CAIR Joins 70+ Organizations in Urgent Letter to President Biden Ahead of Israel and Jordan Trip, Demanding Immediate Ceasefire, Lasting Peace  

CAIR Joins 70+ Organizations in Urgent Letter to President Biden Ahead of Israel and Jordan Trip, Demanding Immediate Ceasefire, Lasting Peace   The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, along with over 70 other American Muslim, Arab American, South Asian American, African American, and various faith-based and…

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Journalist are among casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict

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Journalist are among casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict

Journalist are among casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or missing in the…

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Doctors Without Borders calls on Israel to ‘show humanity’

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Doctors Without Borders calls on Israel to ‘show humanity’

Doctors Without Borders calls on Israel to ‘show humanity’ Dying under bombs in Gaza cannot be the only option left to people The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières today released a video statement from MSF France General Director Claire Magone, highlighting the dire humanitarian emergency in Gaza and calling on Israel to…

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Israel Cuts Off Electricity and Water to Palestinian Prisoners in the ‘Security Wings’ of Israeli Prisons

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Israel Cuts Off Electricity and Water to Palestinian Prisoners in the ‘Security Wings’ of Israeli Prisons

Israel Cuts Off Electricity and Water to Palestinian Prisoners in the ‘Security Wings’ of Israeli Prisons Human rights organizations sent an urgent letter, arguing that this action of collective punishment is illegal and amounts to torture. It is part of a series of arbitrary and vindictive sanctions that the Israeli prison services must immediately halt….

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American Human Rights Council condemns American-sanctioned violence by Israel in Gaza Strip

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American Human Rights Council condemns American-sanctioned violence by Israel in Gaza Strip

American Human Rights Council condemns American-sanctioned violence by Israel in Gaza Strip AHRC calls for end of war in Palestine, Immediate International Intervention to save Palestinians in Gaza, Urges Community Vigilance Against Acts of Hate The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins the United Nations and the UNRWA agency in Gaza in warning of an…

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ADC creates fund to assist victims of anti-Arab attacks in wake of American-sanctioned Israeli violence in Gaza

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ADC creates fund to assist victims of anti-Arab attacks in wake of American-sanctioned Israeli violence in Gaza

ADC creates fund to assist victims of anti-Arab attacks in wake of American-sanctioned Israeli violence in Gaza A rash of attacks and discriminatory actions against Arab Americans and others who are speaking out against the American government sanction of Israel’s “revenge violence” in the Gaza Strip has raised concerns among officials at the American Arab…

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B’Tselem and physicians for Human Rights caution disaster in wake of Israeli “revenge” atrocities

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B’Tselem and physicians for Human Rights caution disaster in wake of Israeli “revenge” atrocities

B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights caution disaster in wake of Israeli “revenge” atrocities Statement from B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Physicians for Human Rights and B’Tselem: A humanitarian disaster in Gaza must be averted Ever since the horrifying war crimes perpetrated by Hamas on Saturday, Israel has…

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Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza

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Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza

Days 4-5: Israel destroys entire residential neighborhoods and intensifies mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza On the fifth consecutive day, Israel has persisted in its military offensive on the Gaza Strip, employing immense destructive firepower. The Israeli military have launched airstrikes which have brought about the devastation of complete residential neighborhoods, streets and infrastructure and…

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Israel-Palestine conflict as much about American hypocrisy as it is about violence

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Israel-Palestine conflict as much about American hypocrisy as it is about violence

Israel-Palestine conflict as much about American hypocrisy as it is about violence By Ray Hanania Arabs and Muslim in dozens of American cities held protests in the wake of the heightened violence taking place between Israel and Palestine, protesting the hypocrisy and bias of U.S. politicians and the mainstream news media. For more than a…

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