• Israel: Follow Prisoner Exchange by Ending Blockade
    Israel and Hamas should follow the announced prisoner exchange with measures to improve human rights. Israel should end its punitive closure of Gaza, which Israeli leaders have said was partly to pressure Hamas to release captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but which extends far beyond denying military shipments to Hamas. Hamas and Israel should also ensure that everyone in their custody is treated humanely.
    October 18, 2011
    Press release
  • Israel: Follow Prisoner Exchange by Ending Blockade
    Israel and Hamas should follow the announced prisoner exchange with measures to improve human rights. Israel should end its punitive closure of Gaza, which Israeli leaders have said was partly to pressure Hamas to release captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but which extends far beyond denying military shipments to Hamas. Hamas and Israel should also ensure that everyone in their custody is treated humanely.
    October 18, 2011
    Press release
  • Israel/Gaza: Unlawful Attacks Kill, Injure Civilians
    Palestinian armed groups in Gaza and Israeli military forces should end attacks that fail to distinguish civilians from military targets and should limit harm to civilians.
    September 12, 2011
    Press release
  • Hamas: Human Beings are not Bargaining Chips
    Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit has been in captivity for five years. Those holding him have refused to allow him to communicate with his family, nor have they provided information on his well-being and the conditions in which he is being held. The organizations stress that this conduct is inhumane and a violation of international humanitarian law.
    June 24, 2011
    Press release
  • Israel: Witnesses Say Unnecessary Lethal Force Used in Protests
    Israeli authorities should conduct a criminal investigation into Israeli forces’ shootings of protesters who tried to cross into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on June 5, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
    June 10, 2011
    Press release
  • Gaza: the Stain Remains on Israel's War Record
    Richard Goldstone's partial retraction of his own report doesn't excuse the conduct of Israel's war in Gaza.
    April 5, 2011
    Commentary
  • Israel: New Laws Marginalize Palestinian Arab Citizens
    Two new Israeli laws affecting Israel's Palestinian Arab residents would promote discrimination and stifle free expression.
    March 30, 2011
    Press release
  • Israel: Investigate Civilian Losses in Gaza Attacks
    Israel should investigate recent attacks on Gaza causing civilian casualties and take all necessary steps to avoid civilian harm. Israeli attacks in 2011 have killed two and injured 34 civilians, according to United Nations figures.
    March 1, 2011
    Press release
  • Gaza Victims Trumped by Talks
    The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah fails to demand justice for victims of the Gaza war.
    October 4, 2010
    Commentary
  • Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Accountability in the Gaza Conflict
    Nearly two years ago, war raged in Gaza and southern Israel, resulting in a high number of civilian deaths.  Today, despite ample evidence of serious laws-of-war violations during the conflict, those responsible remain unpunished, and the victims go without redress.
    September 27, 2010
    Oral statement
  • In Gaza, Prisoners Twice Over
    The Hamas government, trying to shore up its image as an Islamic reform movement in the face of challenges from more radical Islamist groups, is consolidating its social control by upping its efforts to "Islamize" Gaza.
    June 27, 2010
    Commentary
  • Gaza: Allow Access to Gilad Shalit
    Hamas authorities in Gaza should immediately end the cruel and inhuman treatment of Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit of Israel and allow him to communicate with his family and receive visits from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
    June 25, 2010
    Press release
  • Israel/Gaza: Easing Blockade of Imports a First Step
    The Israeli Cabinet decision to ease the blockade of Gaza is a step toward ending a policy that amounts to unlawful collective punishment of Gaza's civilians, but fails to address severe Israeli restrictions on exports and freedom of movement.
    June 21, 2010
    Press release
  • Israel/Gaza: Weak Mandate Undermines Flotilla Inquiry
    The Israeli government has undermined the credibility of the panel appointed to investigate its military's deadly interception of the "Gaza aid flotilla" by preventing it from questioning Israeli soldiers or compelling the military to provide evidence.
    June 16, 2010
    Press release
  • Israel: Investigate Unlawful Destruction in Gaza War
    Israel should investigate the unlawful destruction of civilian property during the 2009 Gaza hostilities and lift the blockade that hinders residents from rebuilding their homes, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
    May 13, 2010
    Press release
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