Kashmir and Self-Determination: International Law as a Way Forward

July 17, 2007

An introduction to the situation in Kashmir, through a discussion of self-determination.

Eritrean Refugees in Libya Facing Torture / Forcible Return to their Homeland

July 10, 2007

A Briefing detailing the plight of the detainees who have never been charged or tried in court and are being held facing impending deportation to Eritrea where they may be subjected to ill-treatment and torture.

A Response to the report by AWAAZ South Asia Watch, June 2006, ‘THE ISLAMIC RIGHT – key tendencies’

July 8, 2007

IHRC’s concern over the inacuracies in the report and perpetuation of stereotypes.

Gateways to Hell: Military Checkpoints in the Occupied West Bank

June 28, 2007

Yehudit Kirstein-Keshet explains the horror of checkpoints as a tool toward s Israel’s realisation of maximum territory with a minimum of Palestinians; yet another element in the ongoing system of population transfer that began with the Naqba-Disaster of 1948 and that continues, by various means, up to the present time. (June 2007)

Palestinians Under Occupation: Living Without Human Rights

June 28, 2007

Daud Abdullah contends that the creation of Israel in Palestine in 1948 provoked untold human rights abuses both in terms of the collective rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and in terms of their individual human rights. While the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) outlined ample provisions guaranteeing civil and political rights including the rights to life and liberty of all peoples, Israel has stubbornly refused to conform to these international norms. June 2007