Posts Tagged: Amnesty International
A Tale of Two Protests: Hamas Crushes Internal Dissent While Fueling Violent Border Riots
Hamas is ruthlessly trying to crush dissent amid internal protests against the terror group's rule over Gaza that broke out last Thursday. Hamas officials reportedly...
Amnesty International Warns Top UK Companies Over Doing Business With Israeli Settlements
The United Kingdom office of the non-governmental organization Amnesty International has sent a message to Britain’s top companies, asserting they would be complicit in “war...
University of Essex Ratifies Jewish Society After Controversy, Suspends Lecturer Over ‘Antisemitic’ Posts on Holocaust, Israel
The University of Essex on Friday announced the immediate establishment of a Jewish society that was previously voted against by some 200 students, as the...
Amnesty International Campus Group Torpedoing Creation of Jewish Society at University of Essex, Students Say
Jewish student leaders on Thursday blamed a campus branch of the advocacy group Amnesty International of seeking to block the establishment of a Jewish society at...
Amnesty International’s Travel Boycott of Israel: Unpacking the Baggage
Amnesty International has launched a new campaign against Israel, taking to the media to call for a travel industry boycott of Jewish homes and businesses...
Recent Case Spotlights the Rampant Abuse of Saudi Women
When Rahaf Mohammad Alqunun barricaded herself in a Bangkok hotel room earlier this month and took to Twitter, begging the world to protect her from...
Watchdog: Amnesty International Plans ‘Intense’ Effort to Target Israel in Early 2019
Amnesty International is planning to target Israel with several “intense” campaigns early this year, a Jerusalem-based watchdog group said on Thursday, citing what it described...
US Islamists Ignore Erdogan’s Authoritarianism, Celebrate Win
Unbelievably, a number of American Islamists are hailing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election Monday to a new five-year term as a win for democracy. In truth,...
Amnesty: Evidence Shows Coalition Attacks on Syria’s Raqqa Broke Law
There is evidence that attacks by the US-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year broke international law by endangering...
Saudi Arabia Frees Leading Women’s Rights Activist
Saudi Arabia has released veteran women's rights activist Aisha al-Manea following her arrest last week with several other activists in a crackdown just weeks before...
Amnesty International: Saudi Arabia Sentences Human Rights Activists to Prison
A Saudi court has sentenced human rights activists Mohammad al-Otaibi and Abdullah al-Attawi to 14 and seven years in prison respectively, rights group Amnesty International...
Amnesty International Withdraws From Event With UK Jewish Community, Citing Support for BDS
JNS.org - Amnesty International sparked outrage among the UK Jewish community after citing support for the anti-Israel BDS movement in its withdrawal from an event it had...
Israeli Minister Looks to Disqualify Pro-BDS Groups From National Service Program
JNS.org – Israeli Strategic Affairs and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Monday sent a letter to Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, who is in charge of...
Amnesty International Steps up Pressure on Hamas to Release Israeli Captives
JNS.org - The human rights organization Amnesty International has urged its supporters to pressure Hamas to release two Israelis that the Palestinian terror group is holding...
