EU: No ‘Business as Usual’ at Association Council with Israel
Condemn Atrocities, Impose Consequences at Foreign Ministers Meeting
Category: Columns
The Israeli government is trying to destroy human rights organizations
Israel continues to perpetrate crimes, flouting every law, norm and moral principle. Now, it is seeking to hide its crimes and silence those who document and report them. We will continue our work to resist the occupation and apartheid and champion a future of freedom, equality and full human rights for everyone between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
Israeli Doctors Must Condemn the Inhumane Treatment of Hospitalized Palestinian Detainees
The dehumanization of patients has led to the belief that medical care is a privilege, not a fundamental human right – directly contradicting the Hippocratic Oath
Statement on the cancellation of Francesca Albanese’s invitation: “Where, if not at a university?”
The Free University of Berlin canceled a lecture by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. The newspaper Der Freitag published a statement from scientific organizations and NGOs calling for the protection of freedom of expression in higher education institutions.
BRISMES’ letter Regarding the Free University of Berlin’s Cancellation of the Lectures by Francesca Albanese and Prof. Eyal Weizman
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) strongly condemns the Free University of Berlin’s cancellation of lectures by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and Prof. Eyal Weizman, highlighting it as an act of political censorship and a violation of academic freedom. BRISMES criticizes the misuse of the IHRA definition of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel and calls for a public apology, a reaffirmation of academic freedom, and the rejection of the IHRA definition. The letter underscores the need to protect open discourse and resist political interference in universities.
Germany: On the way to authoritarianism in the service of Zionism
Germany’s unqualified support for the Zionist genocide has accelerated its transformation from an already hollowed-out neoliberal democracy into an authoritarian society.
Why does Trump’s Gaza plan sound so familiar? Because the Nazis tried it first
The Madagascar Plan was the Nazis’ last effort to solve the ‘Jewish Problem’ before the Final Solution
The Hague Group Must Become a Global Initiative
The formation of The Hague Group is a critical step toward saving the international legal order. More states need to follow through to ensure the end of systemic impunity.
Academic freedom and democracy: to say everything, not anything
Revue des droits de l’homme – N°26
Éric Fassin
https://doi.org/10.4000/12hrc
I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office
Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them