Panel urged denial of Israel funds because of serious human rights violations but state department has not yet acted, report saysThe US state department has failed to act on internal reports of human rights abuses by Israeli army and police units, according to a new report, raising new questions over whether Washington’s continued supply of arms to Israel is breaking US law.The ProPublica investigative journalism site quoted officials as saying that a special panel set up by the Biden...
Australia's biggest supermarkets have been accused of potentially misleading customers by having dodgy promotion labels that confuse shoppers on the value of the item they're buying.
Benjamin Netanyahu reacted with fury to reports that the Netzah Yehuda unit would be subject to US sanctions
US To Sanction Entire IDF Battalion Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses Axios is reporting what marks an unexpected and unprecedented development in US-Israel relations: the Biden administration will in the coming days announce sanctions against an entire battalion of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Three US officials told the outlet that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will unveil the punitive measures against the IDF’s "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for its allegedly committing...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with the head of the International Criminal Court as he faces an ongoing investigation by the tribunal into crimes against humanity for his crackdown on anti-government protests
The US is poised to sanction a controversial battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for reported human rights abuses, Axios reported.Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against the Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.It would be the first time the US has imposed sanctions on an Israeli military unit. The battalion is composed of over 900 soldiers.The news of the possible sanctioning of the IDF unit came as...
Bill would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcityWith private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the trading of water as a commodity.The lawmakers will introduce the bill on Thursday afternoon, the Guardian has learned. “Water is not a commodity for the rich and powerful to profit off of,” said Warren, the...
The Indian government took minimal credible steps to punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses, the report said.
ISRAELI leaders were today said to be “aghast” at an unprecedented US crackdown on one of its key army units over human rights abuses. America is set to sanction the Israeli Defence Force’s notorio
British defense contractor BAE Systems does business with countries accused of known or suspected human rights abuses, according to a new report.
Beijing and Hong Kong have said that the US has “smeared” Hong Kong’s law enforcement actions after Washington published a report stating that the city had “significant human rights issues.” The 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the US Department of State on Monday was “unfounded and biased,” the Hong Kong government […]
Major Michael Stockin, a pain doctor, is facing 47 sexual assault charges. Dozens of male soldiers who were treated by Stockin at the Joint Base Lewis McChord’s (JBLM) Madigan Army Medical Center say he groped them