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Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, according to a report issued on 23 June 2026 by the UN Independent …Continue reading →
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27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day. On this day we remember the six million Jewish people who were murdered under the Nazi regime. But we also remember the millions of innocent people who have been and are still being killed in …Continue reading →
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Photo: Gaza City. Najat stands outside her tent, flooded after heavy rain overwhelmed a nearby sewage system, destroying many of her possessions. WFP/Maxime Lelijour On 30 December Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs announced they will revoke the licences of 37 …Continue reading →
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An Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, set up by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021, states in its legal analysis published on 16 September 2025 that Israel’s actions in …Continue reading →
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The above is a recording and below is a transcript of an interview recorded on 24 July 2025 when Middle East Eye (MEE) spoke to Kenneth Roth, often dubbed the “godfather of human rights”. He was the executive director of …Continue reading →
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In her report in March 2024 entitled “Anatomy of a genocide”, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, concluded that there were “reasonable grounds to believe that the …Continue reading →
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02/10/2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Justice for Palestinians (Leamington Spa) is organising a meeting on 2 October entitled Pathways to Peace: Ending the Genocide and Creating a Just Peace – What Can We Do? 41,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza and now the biggest Israeli assault on the Occupied West Bank since 2000. Are you incensed by this mounting deathtoll, wanton […]
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On 26 March 2024 United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council in Geneva that she believes “the threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide against Palestinians as a …Continue reading →
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07/04/2024 @ All Day – 7 April 2024 marks the twentieth anniversary of the start of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The United Nations General Assembly has designated 7 April as the International Day of Reflection and encouraged UN member states, international organizations and civil society organizations to observe the International Day, including special observances and activities in memory of […]
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Marc Gwamaka delivered Coventry Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture on 10 November 2023. The following summary was written by Marc Gwamaka, Nes Ozar, David Fish and Philip Brown. Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation organised the lecture and Coventry …Continue reading →