By Palestine Chronicle Staff Human Rights Watch warned Gaza remains in crisis as aid restrictions, killings and infrastructure collapse continue. Key Developments Human Rights Watch said Israeli restrictions continue undermining humanitarian lifelines despite the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Human Rights Watch says Israeli occupation forces fired white phosphorus munitions over residential areas in south Lebanon, risking indiscriminate harm to civilians. Key Developments Human Rights Watch verified white phosphorus […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Family reports Samer Samara is held at an unknown location, the child is critical, and demands accountability for the deadly Tamoun shooting. Update Family sources said Monday that Samer Samara, […]
Senior Human Rights Watch staff resign after leadership blocks report on Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return. Key Takeaways HRW’s Israel–Palestine director Omar Shakir and researcher Milena Ansari resigned after a finalized report […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Despite Israel claiming that it had targeted I equipment and materials were used by Hezbollah, HRW said it “did not find evidence of military targets in and around the sites”. […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff HRW warns that Lebanon’s failure to prosecute Israel for the war crime killing of journalist Issam Abdallah “begets more war crimes.” Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a statement calling […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff UNRWA warns that Gaza has been devastated by two years of genocidal war—tens of thousands killed, mass hunger, and a population pushed to the brink of survival amid total aid […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “US military and intelligence personnel and contractors assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes may at some point find themselves facing criminal prosecution for atrocities in Gaza.” US military personnel […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The report concluded with a call for international enforcement of the Genocide Convention and a global arms embargo on Israel. Israeli airstrikes on schools sheltering displaced Palestinian civilians in Gaza […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “US-backed Israeli forces and private contractors have put in place a flawed, militarized aid distribution system that has turned aid distributions into regular bloodbaths.” HRW Israeli forces at sites of […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Since March 2, Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza, including water, food and medical supplies. The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s […]
HRW said that the compensation promises did not meet basic international standards for compensation, which require redress proportional to the harm suffered. Jordan has forcibly evicted and demolished homes and shops in an informal Palestinian […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel’s blockade and attacks on healthcare have put pregnant women and newborns in Gaza at grave risk, with miscarriage rates soaring by 300%, HRW reveals. Israel’s blockade of Gaza and […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Israeli authorities have over the past year intentionally inflicted on the Palestinian population in Gaza ‘conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.’” […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a report titled “Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” HRW examined the Israeli authorities’ conduct. Evidence strongly indicates that Israel’s forced displacement of 1.9 […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The head of the HRW urged countries like the United States, Germany, and Britain to end their provision of weapons to Israel to get Tel Aviv to stop its war […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Problems in the design and use of these tools mean that, instead of minimizing civilian harm, the use of these tools could be resulting in the unlawful killing and wounding […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “I cry every day without my family,” he said. “I’m alone in the south, I have no one. I swear I don’t need anything but to be with my family.” […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Israel’s partners should press the government to lift the blockade immediately and ensure unfettered humanitarian access in Gaza to enable the timely distribution of vaccines to contain the unfolding polio […]
By Benay Blend None of these issues could be resolved through using only a rights approach, as there are very few human rights guaranteed to a population under occupation. On July 17, 2024, Human Rights […]
Human Rights Watch has accused the social media giant Meta of “systemic censorship” of Palestine content on both Instagram and Facebook. In a report issued on Wednesday, HRW said that “Meta’s content moderation policies and […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli repeated attacks on hospitals, medical facilities, personnel and transport should be investigated as war crimes – HRW The Israeli military’s “repeated, apparently unlawful attacks on medical facilities, personnel, and […]
Amnesty International said on Friday that it will investigate Israel’s use of white phosphorous artillery rounds. This comes one day after a Human Rights Watch report confirming it. Amnesty International said on Friday that its […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Human Rights Watch confirmed that Israel is using white phosphorus in its military aggression on Gaza and Lebanon. In a question-and-answer document released on Thursday, the group said that it […]
A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) published on Monday has revealed a spike in Israeli killing of Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank. “The Israeli military and border police forces are killing Palestinian […]
Israeli actions to seal the family of homes of two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank constitute the war crime of collective punishment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The two Palestinians are suspected […]
New Israeli guidelines on access to the Occupied West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. The guidelines came into force in October 2022 and were amended in […]
By Paul Salvatori If you’ve been closely following coverage of how Israeli ideologues censor pro-Palestinian voices you’ve likely heard by now of former Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth. In recent weeks he’s […]
By Richard Falk I admit to feeling an ironic mean-spirited satisfaction that Ken Roth had his appointment as Senior Fellow at the Carr Center of Human Rights of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government canceled. After […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff After recently denying Palestine Chronicle Editor, Ramzy Baroud, his ‘admin’ status on the Palestine Chronicle Facebook page, other Palestine Chronicle editors have been notified that the page could be restricted […]
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