Amnesty: Israeli forces guilty of ‘pattern of unlawful killings’ [View all]
Source: Middle East Monitor
Amnesty International has accused Israeli forces of displaying “an appalling disregard for human life by using reckless and unlawful lethal force against Palestinians”, in a new statement timed to coincide with the anniversary of an uptick in violence dated 1 October 2015.
The international human rights group says it sent a memorandum to the Israeli authorities on 14 September detailing 20 cases of “apparently unlawful killings of Palestinians by Israeli forces seeking clarification about the status of investigations.”
In at least 15 of the cases, Amnesty says: “Palestinians were deliberately shot dead, despite posing no imminent threat to life, in what appear to be extrajudicial executions.”
The Israeli authorities have not responded to Amnesty International’s concerns. The full memo sent by Amnesty can be viewed online here.
Read more: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160928-amnesty-israeli-forces-guilty-of-pattern-of-unlawful-killings/
LETHAL FORCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UNLAWFUL KILLINGS BY ISRAELI FORCES IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Source: Amnesty International, 28 September 2016
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/4812/2016/en/
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