Anti-democratic legislation's been passed. More's coming. Individual liberties are threatened, including those of minorities. Affected groups include those named above and anyone criticizing government policies, including Jews.
Annually, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) publishes its "State of Human Rights - Situation." For 2011, it documents "grave violations of rights in Israel's prisons and describes a rising trend of restrictions of liberty" overall, including:
- freedom of expression;
- freedom of political activity; and
- freedom of thought and opinion.
In early October, after 43 years behind bars for a murder he apparently did not commit,...
Israel must allow tents and caravans to immediately be delivered to the Gaza Strip, a United...
Before releasing him, Israeli prison guards decided to give Naseem al-Radee a farewell gift. They bound...
The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the...
