A Big Thank You A big thank you to those of you who attended the AV13 Conference in Milton Keynes. It was fantastic to finally get back together and welcome old friends and newcomers to a very enjoyable and memorable event. We are already already working on the next AV events. If you didn’t make […]
Posts Tagged ‘Impunity’
Kansas City Cops Raped and Terrorized Black Residents With Impunity: Lawsuit
Five Black women who say they were violently victimized by a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective have filed a federal lawsuit against him, ex-police chiefs and detectives, and the local government, alleging law enforcement was given permission to “terrorize, abuse, and violate” Black citizens for decades. The women said were subjected to a range […]
Israel demands full impunity for killing Shireen Abu Akleh – and the Biden administration agrees
Despite the best efforts of the Israeli and American governments, the spirit of Shireen Abu Akleh simply won’t go away. Shireen’s family won’t let her memory fade into the background in Washington or Tel Aviv as the memories of so many thousands of Palestinians have in the past. Neither will the broader Palestinian and Palestine-advocacy […]
Entrenched Impunity to military and police in Sri Lanka
The culture of impunity has matured and has become endemic among the police and the security forces of Sri Lanka. Increasing Militarisation in the North and East of Sri Lanka and A Culture of Impunity in Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan military enjoys total impunity for human rights violations. To this day, almost no one […]
Israel’s visible violence is protected by its own impunity
When Israel’s violations are caught on camera, it seeks to scapegoat the identifiable individuals only in order to safeguard the state’s institutions. Israeli media quoting the Israeli Defence Forces’ Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi concerning the recent (and normal) brutality of soldiers beating up Palestinian detainees must be seen within the context of visibility, rather […]
Israel’s visible violence is protected by its own impunity
When Israel’s violations are caught on camera, it seeks to scapegoat the identifiable individuals only in order to safeguard the state’s institutions. Israeli media quoting the Israeli Defence Forces’ Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi concerning the recent (and normal) brutality of soldiers beating up Palestinian detainees must be seen within the context of visibility, rather […]
Congress’s ‘Israel Normalization Act’ normalizes ethnic cleansing and impunity
While the Israeli regime continues to inflict massive and routine violence in order to steal Palestinian land and remove the native Palestinian people from it, the U.S. Congress is actively enabling Israel’s settler-colonialism. H.R. 2748 is the Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021—or as the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights names it, the Normalizing Israeli […]
Drone Warfare: The World Needs To End US Impunity
Above Photo: Civilians in the ruin of airstrikes in Mosul, Iraq. Maranie R. Staab / Airwars. A recent report by The New York Times into the killings of hundreds of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and West Asia in over 50,000 air strikes carried out by the US since 2014 underlines the need to hold the […]
With Attack On Rights Groups, Israel’s Impunity Is On Full Display
Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian writer, and activist, and founder of the rights group Al-Haq, talks about the recent Israeli decision to designate six organizations as terrorists. He explains the context for the Israeli move, the long history of repression of Palestinian activists, and the resistance put up by these groups and the Palestinian people. Source […]
Ending Impunity for War Crimes in New York State – Pro-Israel Groups Melt Down – Block the Boat Hits New Jersey
“It is Outrageous That New York State Actively Shelters, Promotes and Celebrates Such Violence” No doubt you remember that viral video of American settler Yaakov Fauci telling Muna El Kurd, “If I don’t steal your house, someone else will.” This week Al-Awda New York: The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, the National Lawyers Guild, and […]
Joe Biden, Career Defender of Israel’s Crimes and Impunity
Beginning in 1973, Biden has a long track record of supporting some of Israel’s worst atrocities… Its killing of women and children in Lebanon, its bombings of Gaza… He’s boasted about his relationship with Netanyahu, and for decades has worked to funnel money to Israel despite its massive human rights abuses and violations of international […]
What Police Impunity Looks Like
They came into his own home and took his life for no reason. “As officers converged on the scene where Trawick lay lifeless, two of them told a sergeant that ‘nobody’ had been hurt. ‘Just a perp.’ We already know the case of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is […]
THE DAY IMPUNITY WAS PUNISHED IN IDLIB
[embedded content] South Front The Turkish-backed militants in Greater Idlib, and in northeastern Syria in general are being given no quarter. On March 21st, the Russian troops enforcing the ceasefire regime in Idlib carried out a rare strike – they launched what seemed to be a 9K720 Iskander missile and hit an unspecified target near […]
Iran ‘Can’t Act With Impunity,’ Biden Says After US Air Strikes
US President Joe Biden arrives at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, US, February 26, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Joe Biden said Iran cannot act with impunity and warned Iran to “be careful” when asked what message he was sending the country with the US air strikes in Syria. “You can’t act […]
Israel’s Impunity: Is The Tide Changing?
I think it is. The tide of international dissent against Israel’s impunity is becoming a torrent since the introduction by the IHRA, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance of what they have defined as ‘Antisemitism’. This new definition has been interpreted and used as a weapon to bash, intimidate and silence any voices of criticism against the […]
Argentine Jews Slam Late President Carlos Menem Over Impunity for Deadly Terror Attacks
Former Argentine President Carlos Menem looks on in a court room before hearing the verdict in the trial of covering up the 1994 AMIA bombing. Photo: Reuters/Agustin Marcarian. Argentina’s Jewish community has expressed regret over the fact that the country’s former President, Carlos Menem, died at the end of last week without having “paid for […]
Biden maintains US policy of protecting Israeli impunity
Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that the court has territorial jurisdiction over events which take place in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. In January 2019, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda concluded a preliminary examination into Israel’s policies and actions in occupied Palestinian territory and concluded that the […]
Israeli Security Forces Kill Palestinians with Impunity
By Stephen Lendman Source Since stealing 78% of Occupied Palestine in 1948, the rest in 1967, Israeli soldiers and police have systematically killed and terrorized defenseless Palestinians with impunity. The Jewish state gets away with murder and much more because the world community fails to hold it accountable. Notably the US and other Western countries […]