Journalists
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has held Israeli authorities fully responsible for what it describes as "war crimes" systematically committed against Palestinian journalists. The PJS report documents the arrest of 147 journalists, including 20 women who were subjected to assaults and physical and psychological torture, between October 2023
Netanyahu, Benjamin
Former Israeli minister of military affairs and ex-chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon has accused the current minister, Israel Katz, of effectively admitting to committing a war crime when he threatened to destroy Gaza City like Rafah and Beit Hanoun. Ya'alon's statement came after Katz
Arab-Israeli conflicts
The government media office in the Gaza Strip has issued a strongly worded statement condemning repeated threats by the Israeli occupation army to invade Gaza City, which is home to over 1.3 million people. The statement highlights the dire consequences such an invasion would have, including the destruction of
Human rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned the United States on Thursday to stop imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel, calling the escalating reprisals an "assault on the rule of law" that corrodes justice. The ICC sanctions, imposed in response to the Court'
Human rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on the United States to stop imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel, describing it as an "assault on the rule of law." The sanctions are in response to the ICC's investigations into alleged war
Human rights
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with widespread human rights abuses committed by the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army. Amnesty International has documented how M23 fighters have gang-raped women, tortured and forcibly disappeared civil
Human rights
In July, a heartbreaking image of 18-month-old Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a Palestinian child severely malnourished and emaciated, was published in major news outlets, sparking outrage and concern about the impact of Israel's use of starvation as a weapon of war. Humanitarian workers and medical professionals have reported
Human rights
A shocking video appearing to show a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) member executing an unarmed civilian in North Darfur's besieged city of El Fasher has sparked outrage from human rights groups and political parties. The video, which has been widely circulated, shows the RSF member confronting and killing
United Nations
A UN investigation has revealed widespread and systematic sectarian violence in Syria, with war crimes allegedly committed by interim government forces and pro-Assad fighters against Alawite civilians. The report, released yesterday, highlights extrajudicial killings, torture, and looting of primarily civilian Alawite communities by members of armed groups under the control
Human rights
The UN human rights office has condemned an Israeli plan to build thousands of new homes in the West Bank and near East Jerusalem, citing it as a war crime and a violation of international law. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has vowed to press on with the long-delayed settlement
Human rights
The United Nations Syria Commission of Inquiry has published a report detailing the wave of violence that swept coastal and western central Syria in January, resulting in the commission of acts that may amount to war crimes. The violence targeted Alawi communities, culminating in massacres in early March, and involved
United Nations
The United Nations has released a report examining the sectarian violence in Syrian coastal communities in March, where over 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed. The report found that members of government forces and allied groups committed "widespread and systematic" violence against civilians, including raiding houses in
