The periodic review session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Afghanistan’s human rights situation will be held today, Monday, April 29th. The review session, which will run from April 29th to October 10th, will examine the human rights situation of 14 countries, including Afghanistan. On the first day, before lunch, the human rights […]
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But all five units remain eligible for US military aid after Israel took action, the state department says.
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The U.S. found five units of the Israel Defense Forces responsible "for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights," the State Department announced on Monday – though whether funding to the American ally could be cut over such abuses under the so-called "Leahy Laws" still hangs in the balance. At a press briefing, State Department principal deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters that the human rights violations happened all before the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants on...
By: Jake Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation The Biden administration accused five Israel Defense Force (IDF) units of “gross violations of human rights” on Monday. The incidents the IDF units are accused of committing happened outside of Gaza before the war between Israel and Hamas started on Oct. 7, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said
Shafaqna English- United States congress members have written an open letter to Joe Biden, calling on him to recognise Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo, as violators of human rights. The letter, dated Friday, follows the one-year anniversary of the war in Sudan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to within days announce
The US State Department has determined that five Israeli security units committed gross violations of human rights prior to the outbreak of the war with Hamas in Gaza, but is still deciding whether to restrict military assistance to one of the units under US law. The other four “have effectively remediated these violations,” State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday, without detailing those remediation actions. The US is still deciding whether to restrict the military...
The State Department said Monday that it determined five units of Israel’s security forces were responsible for “gross human rights violations” against Palestinians in the West Bank, but the finding won’t impact US military aid to Israel. “After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human … Continue reading "US Says Five Israeli Units Guilty of ‘Gross Human Rights Violations,’ But Won’t Cut Off Military Aid"
By: Jake Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation Despite Beijing’s denials, China committed a flurry of grave human rights violations throughout 2023, according to new U.S. intelligence released Monday. The Chinese government was found throughout the year to have engaged in corruption, repression of political dissidence, arbitrary or illegal killings and detention, torture of detainees, kidnapping