Human Rights
The new reports undermine the U.S.’s credibility on human rights issues and leave asylum-seekers without key evidence that they’re fleeing persecution, former State Department officials said.
The reports by B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights come as Israel faces increased pressure to end its campaign of destruction against Palestinians.
District Judge Paula Xinis said getting answers out of the government has been like “nailing Jell-O to a wall.”
The U.N. and aid groups say the disappearance and torture of Palestinian medical workers is part of Israel's wider attack on Gaza's health care system.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
One advocacy group CEO said he’s heard of up to 200 asylum-seekers detained in the federal building since Tuesday. A representative for ICE denied this claim.
Israel airstrikes and aid restrictions, backed by the U.S., are fueling intertwined catastrophes for Palestinians, according to a major report on Wednesday.
Human rights groups stress that weaponizing starvation by intentionally depriving civilians of lifesaving aid is a war crime under international humanitarian law.
The court's action is a “reminder to U.S. officials that they’ve been aiding [Israelis] credibly accused of war crimes,” said a former State Department lawyer.
Palestinians in the besieged territory have gone from eating an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day, according to 15 humanitarian groups.
The Native American rights activist, whom the U.S. government put in prison nearly 50 years ago after a trial rife with misconduct, is getting a parole hearing.