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06.02.2025 - 23:35 [ American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) ]

ADC Announces Its 24/7 Legal Hotline

(January 24, 2025)

With the signing of a new Executive Order that threatens to replicate the discriminatory 2017 “Muslim Ban,” and the swift advancement of IHRA bills at both federal and state levels, the ADC Legal Hotline comes at a pivotal time for Arab and Muslim communities.

For nearly 45 years, ADC has stood at the forefront of defending Arab Americans—particularly during moments of heightened profiling, speech suppression, and persecution. From the post-9/11 era to the original Muslim Ban in 2017, ADC’s legal team has repeatedly exposed and challenged policies designed to silence and intimidate our communities. Today’s increased momentum behind xenophobic Executive Orders and IHRA legislation further underscores the urgent need for robust legal support and community solidarity.

06.02.2025 - 23:22 [ secure.EveryAction.com ]

Emergency Fund to Protect Palestinian and Arab Students on College Campuses

ADC has answered the call of several students for legal support against repression and discrimination by their universities, and more support is needed.

21.01.2025 - 21:12 [ New York Times ]

18 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

The states view Mr. Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme,” said New Jersey’s attorney general, Matthew J. Platkin, who led the legal effort along with the attorneys general from California and Massachusetts. “Presidents are powerful, but he is not a king. He cannot rewrite the Constitution with a stroke of the pen.”

21.01.2025 - 19:00 [ American Civil Liberties Union ]

Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

“Denying citizenship to U.S.-born children is not only unconstitutional — it’s also a reckless and ruthless repudiation of American values. Birthright citizenship is part of what makes the United States the strong and dynamic nation that it is. This order seeks to repeat one of the gravest errors in American history, by creating a permanent subclass of people born in the U.S. who are denied full rights as Americans. We will not let this attack on newborns and future generations of Americans go unchallenged. The Trump administration‘s overreach is so egregious that we are confident we will ultimately prevail,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

21.01.2025 - 18:55 [ USA Today ]

ACLU files lawsuit against Trump order that seeks to end birthright citizenship

A collection of advocacy groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit late Monday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the United States.

21.01.2025 - 18:44 [ Washington Post ]

Trump’s executive orders already face pushback, legal challenges

The executive orders include some things that scholars and legal experts say may be out of the reach of the president’s pen and could be tied up in courts or legislatures for years, including ending birthright citizenship, a right embedded in the Constitution and bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States.

13.01.2025 - 17:58 [ Hessenschau ]

Vater von Hanau-Opfer stellt Strafanzeige gegen Polizeibeamte

January 7, 2025)

Mit der Anzeige möchte Niculescu Păun sie dazu bringen, Verantwortung für den Tod seines Sohnes zu übernehmen. „Sie waren für die Sicherheit von uns allen verantwortlich“, sagt er. Aber die Beschuldigten seien ihrer Verantwortung nicht nachgekommen.

Păun hofft, knapp fünf Jahre nach dem Tod seines Sohnes doch noch so etwas wie Gerechtigkeit zu erfahren. Es ist zeitgleich seine letzte Chance: Am Jahrestag endet die Verjährungsfrist für eventuelle Straftaten rund um den Anschlag.

01.01.2025 - 10:03 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Israel’s Supreme Court Refused to Stop the Deadly Attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza

(December 30, 2024)

Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHR) petitioned last week Israel’s Supreme Court, demanding an end to ongoing attacks on the hospital, the establishment of humanitarian corridors, and the delivery of essential supplies, and issuing an interim order to cease the attacks immediately. However, the court refused to take immediate action, leaving Kamal Adwan, its staff and patients under the deadly attacks.

27.12.2024 - 13:52 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Parlament stimmt für Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Interimspräsident Han

Der Parlamentschef Woo Won-shik erklärte vor der Abstimmung, dass der Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Premierminister Han Duck-soo gemäß Artikel 65 Absatz 2 der Verfassung eine einfache Mehrheit der Abgeordneten erfordere.

26.12.2024 - 17:56 [ Korean Broadcasting System ]

Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Han vor Plenum der Nationalversammlung vorgelegt

Die Demokratische Partei (DP) hat auf der Plenarsitzung der Nationalversammlung am Donnerstag über einen Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen den kommissarischen Präsidenten Han Duck-soo berichtet.

Dies erfolgte unmittelbar, nachdem Han öffentlich angekündigt hatte, die Ernennung neuer Richter am Verfassungsgericht zu verschieben, bis Regierungspartei und Opposition eine Einigung gefunden haben.

20.12.2024 - 22:04 [ Adalah ]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arab Leadership in Israel Appeals to Supreme Court Against Law Allowing Education Ministry to Dismiss Teachers and Cut Funding to Palestinian Schools Over Alleged “Support of Terrorism”

(December 17, 2024)

In the petition, Adalah Attorney Salam Irsheid argued that the law is clearly racist in intent, especially given the widespread persecution and criminalization of hundreds of Palestinian citizens by Israeli authorities and other entities since the outbreak of the war 7 October 2023, for merely expressing entirely lawful opinions. The law’s deliberate vagueness, and the fact that it only addresses “incitement to terrorism”—which is used almost exclusively to target Palestinians—while excluding incitement to violence or racism, highlights its discriminatory purpose. By granting broad, unchecked powers to political and administrative authorities, the law enables punitive actions to be taken against Palestinian educators for expressing views that fall outside the mainstream consensus, thereby severely undermining their basic right to freedom of expression. Adalah further argued that the law breaches the principle of the separation of powers, as it grants the Education Ministry the authority to infringe on teachers’ rights to freedom of expression and occupation, effectively requiring a determination of whether they have committed a criminal offense, even if no charges have been filed against them.

20.12.2024 - 21:48 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Petition to Supreme Court; Far-Right Govt Consider Bill Banning Left and Arab Campus Groups

Hadash MKs opposed the proposed legislation, calling it “dime-store fascist populism and McCarthyism.” According to Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman, “The Knesset is advancing two bills targeting critical students and professors, aimed primarily at Palestinian and leftist voices in academia. These bills seek to silence any remaining voices resisting the government’s policies of occupation and war. This marks another step in the fascist agenda to suppress any real opposition to the extreme right. Heads of universities, professors, and students recognize the danger of such legislation and are voicing their opposition.

On past week, the Knesset plenum, in a preliminary reading, passed a proposed law that would amend the Students Rights Law, allowing most Israeli higher education institutions to implement gender separation. MK Son Har-Melech proposed the law, which 55 members of the Knesset (MKs) supported and 45 MKs opposed.

14.12.2024 - 17:22 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Parlament stimmt für Absetzung von Präsident Yoon

Es gab 204 Fürstimmen, 85 Gegenstimmen und acht ungültige Stimmen bei drei Enthaltungen.

An der Abstimmung haben insgesamt 300 Abgeordnete teilgenommen. Unter der Annahme, dass alle 192 Oppositionsabgeordneten und Parteilosen den Antrag befürwortet haben, müssen mindestens 12 Parlamentarier von der regierenden Partei Macht des Volks (PPP) dem Amtsenthebungsverfahren zugestimmt haben.

13.12.2024 - 19:23 [ CNN ]

South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law

The People Power Party (PPP) had initially refused to back impeachment, hoping instead Yoon would resign from office. But its leadership said attempts to persuade him had made no progress.

“We tried to find a better way than impeachment, but that other way is invalid,” party leader Han Dong-hoon said. “Suspending the president from his duties through impeachment is the only way for now, to defend democracy and the republic.”

13.12.2024 - 19:15 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Zweiter Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Yoon im Plenum des Parlaments vorgelegt

Für die Verabschiedung eines Amtsenthebungsantrags gegen einen Staatspräsidenten müssen wenigstens zwei Drittel der Abgeordneten dafür stimmen.

Das Oppositionslager verfügt über 192 der 300 Parlamentssitze. Sollten wenigstens acht PPP-Abgeordnete für den Antrag stimmen, wird der Antrag angenommen.

05.12.2024 - 05:42 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Präsident Yoon ins Plenum der Nationalversammlung eingebracht

Der Schritt erfolgte am Donnerstag um 0.48 Uhr. Daran beteiligten sich alle 191 Abgeordneten der sechs Oppositionsparteien.

Die regierende Partei Macht des Volks (PPP) nahm nicht an der Sitzung teil. Sie hatte sich zuvor gegen eine Amtsenthebung ausgesprochen.

04.12.2024 - 18:58 [ KBS.co.kr ]

Main Opposition Party to File Treason Charges against President Yoon, Defense and Interior Ministers

The main opposition Democratic Party says it will file treason charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol, as well as his defense and interior ministers, and impeach them.

04.12.2024 - 18:49 [ Korean Broadcasting System - KBS.co.kr ]

Oppositionsparteien reichen Amtsenthebungsantrag gegen Präsident Yoon im Parlament ein

Vertreter der Demokratischen Partei, der Partei für den Umbau Koreas und von vier weiteren Parteien reichten den Antrag um 14.43 Uhr am Mittwoch bei der Nationalversammlung ein.

Alle 191 Abgeordneten der sechs Oppositionsparteien beteiligten sich daran.

04.12.2024 - 18:34 [ Korean Broadcasting System - KBS.co.kr ]

Opposition Files Motion to Impeach Pres. Yoon after Martial Law Declaration

The opposition parties submitted an impeachment motion to be put to a plenary vote either on Friday or Saturday.

16.11.2024 - 22:53 [ Reuters ]

LIVE: Press conference to announce filing of lawsuit on behalf of Malcolm X’s family

Streamed live on Nov 15, 2024 #Reuters #News #Live
Civil-rights attorney Ben Crump holds press conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Malcolm X’s family.

16.11.2024 - 22:42 [ APNews.com ]

The daughters of Malcolm X sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader’s assassination

(November 15, 2024)

According to the lawsuit, the NYPD, coordinating with federal law enforcement agencies, arrested the activist’s security detail days before the assassination and intentionally removed their officers from inside the ballroom where Malcolm X was killed. Meanwhile, it adds, federal agencies had personnel, including undercover agents, in the ballroom but failed to protect him.

The lawsuit was not brought sooner because the defendants withheld information from the family, including the identities of undercover “informants, agents and provocateurs” and what they knew about the planning that preceded the attack.

16.11.2024 - 20:50 [ EuropeanConservative.com ]

German Pensioner’s House Raided for Calling Green Minister an “Imbecile”

Stefan Niehoff was woken up by police officers at dawn—together with his wife and daughter, who has Down syndrome, according to news portal Nius.de.

The pensioner’s crime, which Habeck could not tolerate, was that, a few months ago, he had posted a meme on his X social media page, in which beauty care brand Schwarzkopf Professional’s logo was replaced by the words Schwachkopf Professional—which means professional idiot or imbecile—with a picture of a smiling Habeck.

16.11.2024 - 20:36 [ Financial Times ]

Man investigated after calling German vice-chancellor ‘idiot’

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16.11.2024 - 20:25 [ NZZ.ch ]

Hausdurchsuchung wegen Habeck-Satire: Die Staatsanwaltschaft überzieht völlig

Es ist befremdlich, dass eine deutsche Staatsanwaltschaft all das wegen eines satirisch überspitzten Beitrags für geboten hält. Man kann nur hoffen, dass das keine Schule macht. Sonst stehen bald Hausdurchsuchungen bei Hunderttausenden Deutschen an.

16.11.2024 - 20:20 [ ZDF ]

Bezeichnung als „Schwachkopf“ – Nach Beleidigung: Habeck stellt Strafantrag

(November 15, 2024)

Wirtschaftsminister Habeck ist auf der Plattform X von einem Nutzer beleidigt worden und zeigte ihn an. Die Staatsanwaltschaft durchsuchte daraufhin die Wohnung des Verdächtigen.

28.10.2024 - 18:26 [ Shafaq.com ]

Iraq files formal complaint to UN over Israeli airspace violation

On Sunday, in a unanimous decision, the Arab Parliament approved an Iraqi proposal to take legal action against Israel.

According to a parliamentary source speaking to Shafaq News Agency, the approval occurred during a general session held at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.

The proposal, presented by Ahmad al-Jabouri, Vice President of the Arab Parliament and member of the Iraqi Parliament, calls for the formation of a parliamentary team to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and file lawsuits against Israel.

24.04.2024 - 04:40 [ New York Post ]

12 suspended Columbia students reinstated just days after anti-Israel protest, as lawyer vows to take ‘fascist’ school to NY Supreme Court

“Speech, no matter how unpopular it may be, is the essence of academia. Protest against Zionism in Israel is pure protected speech. … If Jewish students are made uncomfortable by it, f— them!” Cohen, who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, told the Village Sun.

“Speech is supposed to make you uncomfortable. This is not lighting candles and kumbaya. … All speech is protected unless the imminent intent is to commit violence — like shouting ‘Fire!’ in a crowded movie theater,” he added. (…)

“I got f—ing suspended from Columbia 50 years ago. I got thrown out of Columbia after a week for anti-war protesting,” he lamented.

“Columbia is fascist,” he said.

30.03.2024 - 19:11 [ Atlantic Council ]

Could the US and other states be implicated in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?

(16.02.2024)

In the case of South Africa v. Israel, two violations in particular have been raised: complicity in genocide and failure to prevent genocide. For complicity, the ICJ has explained that it includes “the provision of means to enable or facilitate the commission of the crime,” such as furnishing “aid or assistance.” The state needs at least to have acted knowing that the perpetrator of the genocide had a special intent, or dolus specialis, “to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.” The ICJ left open the possibility that the complicit state would also need to share this special intent. However, courts have not required complicit parties to share the special intent in international criminal cases, suggesting that the ICJ might not require it.

30.03.2024 - 19:08 [ Telesur ]

South Africa to Sue US and UK as Complicit in Gaza Genocide

(January 15, 2024)

The United States must now be held accountable for the crimes it committed,‘ says Van Rensburg, who is leading the 47-lawyers team.

“We intend to bring legal proceedings against the U.S. Government based on overwhelming evidence that the U.S. Government has, and is, aiding, abetting and supporting, encouraging or providing material assistance and means to Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces. This conduct by the U.S. Government has enabled and continues to enable Israel to engage in international crimes against the Palestinian people,” the South African lawyers said in a letter sent to US President Joe Biden on January 2.

20.03.2024 - 00:05 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Human Rights Organizations Petition High Court: Israel is Preventing the Supply of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Five Israeli human rights organizations in Israel filed on Monday, March 18, a petition calling on High Court to order the far-right government, Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories to enable access of all humanitarian aid, equipment and staff to Gaza, especially to the north of the Strip; to significantly increase the volume of aid to Gaza, including by opening land crossings between Gaza and Israel, and to provide for all the needs of the civilian population in keeping with Israel’s obligations as the occupying power.

This in light of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the lethal harm to civilians caused, in part, as a result of Israeli restrictions on access to aid into and throughout the Strip. The petition was filed by Gisha together with HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and Adalah.

16.03.2024 - 22:00 [ International Court of Justice ]

Proceedings instituted by Nicaragua against Germany on 1 March 2024 – Request for the indication of provisional measures – Public hearings to be held on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 April 2024

It is recalled that Nicaragua filed an Application instituting proceedings against Germany concerning alleged violations by Germany of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, “intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law” and other norms of general international law in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip (see press release 2024/19).

The hearings will be devoted to the request for the indication of provisional measures contained in Nicaragua’s Application. Nicaragua asks the Court to indicate provisional measures as a matter of extreme urgency, pending the Court’s determination on the merits of the case, with respect to Germany’s “participation in the ongoing plausible genocide and serious breaches of international
humanitarian law and other peremptory norms of general international law occurring in the Gaza
Strip”.

16.03.2024 - 21:55 [ Legal Tribune Online ]

Beihilfe zum Völkermord? IGH ver­han­delt Klage gegen Deut­sch­land im April

Am 8. und 9. April wird der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) im Verfahren gegen Deutschland verhandeln. Nicaragua wirft der Bundesrepublik Beihilfe zum Völkermord im Gazastreifen vor, indem sie Israel politisch, finanziell und militärisch unterstützt sowie die Mittel für das UN-Palästinenserhilfswerk gestrichen habe.

Im Gazastreifen bestehe seit Oktober 2023 „die anerkannte Gefahr eines Völkermordes am palästinensischen Volk“. Deutschland habe durch seine Unterstützung für Israel gegen seine Verpflichtungen aus der Völkermordkonvention verstoßen, heißt es in der Klage Nicaraguas.

16.03.2024 - 21:20 [ Times of Israel ]

ICJ to hold hearings on Nicaragua’s case accusing Germany of facilitating ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Top UN judges will start listening to submissions next month in the case filed by Nicaragua accusing Berlin of facilitating “genocide” in Gaza because of its support for Israel in the war against Hamas, officials say.

Two weeks ago Nicaragua filed a case against Germany before the International Court of Justice, saying Berlin was “facilitating the commission of genocide and… failed in its obligation to do everything possible to prevent the commission of genocide,” in Gaza.

14.03.2024 - 17:18 [ Middle East Eye ]

I sued the government over ‚extremism‘ and I know the game Gove is playing

The British public should realise that Muslim scapegoats today, much like the Jewish, Irish or Black scapegoats used by demagogues yesterday, are not their enemies

10.03.2024 - 20:25 [ International Court of Justice ]

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – The Republic of South Africa submits an urgent request for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of the Court’s prior provisional measures Order and decision

THE HAGUE, 6 March 2024. South Africa today filed an urgent request with the Court for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of the Court’s Order of 26 January 2024 and decision of 16 February 2024 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).

In its new request, South Africa states that it is “compelled to return to the Court in light of the new facts and changes in the situation in Gaza — particularly the situation of widespread starvation — brought about by the continuing egregious breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide . . . by the State of Israel . . . and its ongoing manifest violations of the provisional measures indicated by this Court on 26 January 2024”. It requests the Court to indicate further provisional measures and/or to modify the provisional measures indicated it its Order of 26 January 2024, pursuant to Article 41 of the Statute of the Court and Article 75, paragraphs 1 and 3, and Article 76, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court, respectively, “in order urgently to ensure the safety and security of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, including over a million children”. It urges the Court to do so without holding a hearing, in light of the “extreme urgency of the situation”.

10.03.2024 - 20:15 [ New York Times ]

South Africa Asks U.N. Court to Intervene to Avert ‘Genocidal Starvation’ in Gaza

(07.03.2024)

Israel has strenuously denied the genocide allegation, and on Thursday its foreign ministry called on the court to reject South Africa’s latest request.

“South Africa continues to act as the legal arm of Hamas in an attempt to undermine Israel’s inherent right to defend itself and its citizens, and to release all of the hostages,” Lior Haiat, a spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said on social media.

It was not immediately clear when the court would respond to the request.

01.03.2024 - 22:35 [ International Court of Justice ]

The Republic of Nicaragua institutes proceedings against the Federal Republic of Germany and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures

THE HAGUE, 1 March 2024. Nicaragua today filed an Application instituting proceedings against Germany before the International Court of Justice for alleged violations by Germany of its obligations deriving from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”), the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, “intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law” and other norms of general international law in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip.

The Applicant states that “[e]ach and every Contracting Party to the Genocide Convention has a duty under the Convention to do everything possible to prevent the commission of genocide” and that, since October 2023, there has been “a recognised risk of genocide against the Palestinian people, directed first of all against the population of the Gaza Strip”. Nicaragua argues that by providing political, financial and military support to Israel and by defunding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), “Germany is facilitating the commission of genocide and, in any case has failed in its obligation to do everything possible to prevent the commission of genocide”.

01.03.2024 - 22:22 [ Straits Times ]

Nicaragua files case at World Court against Germany for aiding Israel

Nicaragua has filed a case at the International Court of Justice against Germany for giving financial and military aid to Israel and for defunding the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), the U.N.‘s top court said on Friday.

Nicaragua asked the ICJ, also known as the World Court, to issue emergency measures requiring Berlin to stop its military aid to Israel and reverse its decision to stop funding UNRWA.

25.02.2024 - 07:10 [ Law for Palestine ]

Accountability Now: Palestinians Sue German Government officials for Enabling the Genocide in Gaza

Berlin – 23 February 2024

Today, a group of German lawyers – representing families of two Gazans – is filing a criminal complaint against German Government officials[1], for the crime of aiding and abetting genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza by providing Israel with weapons and issuing related export permissions. They are supported by civil society organisations ELSC (European Legal Support Center), PIPD (Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy) and Law for Palestine under the Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative. The charges are being filed at the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe (‘Generalbundesanwaltschaft’).

In a historic ruling on 26 January 2024 in the case filed by South Africa against Israel for the crime of Genocide, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures against the “serious risk” of genocide and stated that the latter is “plausibly taking place”.

25.02.2024 - 07:00 [ NewArab.com ]

German lawyers file genocide complicity case against German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

German lawyers representing Gaza Palestinian families have filed a criminal complaint against German officials – including Chancellor Olaf Scholz – for supplying Israel with weapons that they say aid and abet Israel‘s ongoing genocide in their homeland.

Prosecutors from the Federal Prosecutor‘s office in Karlsruhe will examine the case, and if it goes ahead will open an investigation and question government officials including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Finance Christian Lindner, and members of the Bundessicherheitsrat, the government body that authorizes Germany‘s arms export licenses.

17.02.2024 - 20:24 [ NewArab.com ]

Pro-Palestinian groups file legal action against German politician over Gaza war

The charges, filed at five prosecutor offices across Germany, cite Beck‘s statements on social media, in opinion pieces and media interviews in which he expressed support for Israel‘s military operation in Gaza, calling for making humanitarian aid conditional on Hamas freeing Israeli hostages.

17.02.2024 - 20:12 [ Middle East Eye ]

Pro-Palestine groups file criminal charges of hate and war crime denial against German politician

Palestine Speaks and Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East filed the charges against Volker Beck, a former member of parliament and head of the German-Israeli Society.

„This is the first step in holding public figures who publicly make genocidal statements legally accountable,“ the groups posted on Instagram.

14.02.2024 - 12:25 [ NDTV.com ]

Families Of Hostages Still Captive In Gaza Approach World Court Against Hamas

Haim Rubinstein from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said the campaign group will file a case against Hamas leaders at the ICC.

„We are the families of the hostages who have gone through and are still going through this terrible hell,“ Rubinstein said in a televised briefing from Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv.

„We will file charges against Hamas members and their collaborators and ensure that they pay the heaviest price for the crimes against humanity that they continue to commit.“

06.02.2024 - 20:30 [ AlMayadeen.net ]

Nicaragua taking Germany, Canada, UK, Netherlands to ICJ for genocide

The executive authority in Nicaragua published an official statement in which it revealed that it warned the governments of said Western powers that they might be jointly complicit in the „flagrant and systemic violations“ of the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip.

06.02.2024 - 20:28 [ Democracy Now! ]

Nicaragua, South Africa Pressure Gov’ts Through International Courts

Nicaragua could move to take Germany, Canada, the U.K. and the Netherlands to the International Court of Justice over their role in aiding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Nicaragua called on the four nations to immediately stop providing arms, munitions and technology to the Israeli army.

31.01.2024 - 17:30 [ Times of Israel ]

42 survivors of the Nova rave massacre sue defense establishment for negligence

(01.01.2024)

The 42 plaintiffs filed the claim for NIS 200 million ($56 million) at the Tel Aviv District Court against the Shin Bet security service, the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Police, and the Defense Ministry, alleging multiple instances in which they failed in their duties.

“A single phone call by IDF officials to the commander responsible for the party to disperse it immediately in view of the expected danger would have saved lives and prevented the physical and mental injuries of hundreds of partygoers, including the plaintiffs,” the lawsuit said. “The negligence and the gross oversight is beyond belief.”

20.01.2024 - 05:22 [ Dearbhla Minogue, Lawyer @GLAN_LAW / Twitter ]

Palestinian human rights organisation @alhaq_org has forced the gov’t to answer a legal challenge and tell the Court why it has kept granting weapons licences to Israel. The response shows why it was necessary. We @GLAN_LAW are proud to represent them – the pressure is building.

20.01.2024 - 05:11 [ Zarah Sultana MP, Proud to be the Labour MP for Coventry South / Twitter ]

NEW: The government hid from Parliament the Foreign Office‘s „serious concerns“ about Israel‘s compliance with International Humanitarian Law in Gaza, according to newly-released court papers. This should be national news – and it should end arms sales to Israel.

The papers show that at the start of the war the Foreign Office set up an internal International Humanitarian Law assessment process.

On 10 November it judged: “the volume of strikes, total death toll, as well as proportion of those who are children raise serious concerns”. 2/12

It also said: „the government’s current inability to come to a clear assessment on Israel’s record of compliance with International Humanitarian Law poses significant policy risks”.

But look at what Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said to me just 4 days later… 3/12

In Parliament on 14 November, I asked Mitchell if British-made weapons had been used in violation of international law in Gaza.

He replied reassuring me of Israel‘s commitment to international law, even though just 4 days earlier his department registered serious concerns. 4/12

Mitchell said: „The member will know that the President of Israel has made it clear that his country will abide by International Humanitarian Law“.

These court papers reveal that his own department, the UK Foreign Office, doubted the Israeli President‘s words.

20.01.2024 - 04:51 [ Middle East Eye ]

War on Gaza: UK‘s Cameron okayed arms sales to Israel despite Foreign Office legal concerns

The Export Control Joint Unit – a cross-departmental body that oversees UK‘s export controls and licensing for military and dual-use items – told Cameron on 8 December that he had three options when it came to advising whether export licenses for sales to Israel should be approved.

He could either not suspend them, but keep them under careful review; suspend where it was assessed items might be used to carry out Israeli military options in the conflict in Gaza; or suspend all licenses.

Cameron decided on 12 December that he was satisfied Israel was committed to complying with international humanitarian law, according to the filing.

18.01.2024 - 07:01 [ Middle East Eye ]

Civil rights groups in Israel file petition demanding authorisation for anti-war protests

The petition was filed after the police refused on Tuesday to approve the protest, for the third time.

The petition states that the police‘s refusal to approve the protest „joins the systematic oppression of protests, even small demonstrations, that criticise the combat, its results, and demand a diplomatic solution“.

06.01.2024 - 03:00 [ Internationaler Gerichtshof / International Court of Justice ]

APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS: To the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, the undersigned, being duly authorised by the Government of the Republic of South Africa, state as follows:

INTRODUCTION

1. This Application concerns acts threatened, adopted, condoned, taken and being taken by the Government and military of the State of Israel against the Palestinian people, a distinct national, racial and ethnical group, in the wake of the attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023. South Africa unequivocally condemns all violations of international law by all parties, including the direct targeting of Israeli civilians and other nationals and hostage-taking by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups. No armed attack on a State’s territory no matter how serious — even an attack involving atrocity crimes — can, however, provide any possible justification for, or defence to, breaches of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (‘Genocide Convention’ or ‘Convention’), whether as a matter of law or morality. The acts and omissions by Israel complained of by South Africa are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group, that being the part of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip (‘Palestinians in Gaza’).

02.01.2024 - 20:32 [ Times of Israel ]

42 survivors of the Nova rave massacre sue defense establishment for negligence

The 42 plaintiffs filed the claim for NIS 200 million ($56 million) at the Tel Aviv District Court against the Shin Bet security service, the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Police, and the Defense Ministry, alleging multiple instances in which they failed in their duties.

“A single phone call by IDF officials to the commander responsible for the party to disperse it immediately in view of the expected danger would have saved lives and prevented the physical and mental injuries of hundreds of partygoers, including the plaintiffs,” the lawsuit said. “The negligence and the gross oversight is beyond belief.”

17.11.2023 - 07:20 [ Time Magazine ]

‘They Are Behaving in a Fascist Way:’ An Israeli-Arab Lawmaker on the Stifling of Anti-War Voices

(November 11, 2023)

We told the police that we are going to have this protest, that it’s going to be only leadership, that it’s not going to be a massive demonstration or something like this. The next day, when Barakeh was heading to Nazareth, they arrested him.

How do you interpret these crackdowns? Is this an attempt by the Israeli government to effectively criminalize expressions of Palestinian identity and solidarity?

Not only the Palestinian identity. I think that whatever they couldn’t pass through the judicial overhaul, they are passing now under the cover of the war.

03.11.2023 - 23:10 [ Kennedy24.com ]

Protect RFK Jr. – Protect Democracy: Urge President Biden to Provide RFK Jr. Secret Service

For democracy to function, the public must know that elections, and not violence, will decide who takes public office. That is why the United States has granted Secret Service protection to all major Presidential candidates.

Last Wednesday, for the second time this election season, an intruder entered Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s home in Los Angeles. He had written hundreds of emails to the campaign, which were included in its application for Secret Service protection, one of which made mention of a „bullet in [Mr. Kennedy‘s] brain.“ A month earlier, a man had showed up to one of Mr. Kennedy‘s campaign events carrying loaded weapons and posing as a U.S. Marshal.

In both cases, the individuals were apprehended by Mr. Kennedy‘s private security detail and turned over to the police. But the incidents demonstrate the necessity for Secret Service protection for Mr. Kennedy. Withholding protection puts him and members of the public who attend campaign events at risk. Furthermore, it would be incredibly destabilizing for our nation if another Kennedy came to harm in the course of Presidential politics.

03.11.2023 - 23:08 [ Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Twitter ]

You can‘t have a functioning democracy when candidates aren‘t safe. Whether or not you support my campaign, please sign this petition urging the White House to grant me Secret Service protection. #Kennedy24

SIGN HERE security.kennedy24.com

17.10.2023 - 14:40 [ Yesh-Din.org ]

Yesh Din: About Us

Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights is an Israeli organization registered as a non-profit in Israel. Yesh Din is subject to Israeli law and is served by a volunteer corps and by a professional staff, lawyers and human rights experts. Yesh Din was established in 2005 and has since worked to protect the human rights of Palestinians living under Israeli armed forces’ occupation. We view the occupation as a main source of the violation of the human rights and therefore seek to end it.

Yesh Din documents, collects and disseminates reliable and updated information regarding systematic human rights violations in the OPT.

17.10.2023 - 14:22 [ Haqel - In Defense of Human Rights ]

Haqel‘s Activities

Haqel‘s legal team is engaged in holistic legal intervention to defend and protect the proprietary rights of Palestinian landowners in the occupied Palestinian territories, working within the framework of Israeli law and defending the rule of law according to International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law. Haqel‘s lawyers works on behalf of hundreds of landowners and tens of communities to arrange safe, sustained access to lands critical to continued land ownership and reversing land encroachment and takeover of privately-owned lands.

17.10.2023 - 13:50 [ Parents Against Child Detention ]

Parents Against Child Detention: About Us

PACD’s overall goal is to end the violations of Palestinian children’s rights in detention, interrogation and arrest proceedings, and to reduce the number of Palestinian children arrested, interrogated and imprisoned.

Since 2018 PACD has held several public activities, including conferences, street rallies, online campaigns, exhibitions, public testimony readings, and generated articles in the mainstream press – all of which have led to over 1500 parents joining our newsletter, tens of thousands engaging with our social media content.

In December 2021 PACD organised the first-ever special discussion held in the Israeli Knesset on the issue of detained Palestinian children – attended by both opposition and coalition MKs, PACD supporters and NGO reps.

17.10.2023 - 13:28 [ Public Committee Against Torture in Israel ]

Public Committee Against Torture in Israel: Vision

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel was established in 1990 and has continuously sought to abolish the use of torture in Israel. We protect any individual harmed during interrogation, demonstration, detention, incarceration etc.; we represent Israelis, Palestinians, refugees and immigrants who were subjected to torture, or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by the hands of the Israeli authorities: the ISA [Shin Bet], Israel Police, IDF etc.

29.09.2023 - 08:18 [ Wikileaks / Twitter ]

„Press freedom does not exist while my husband Julian Assange is in jail“ „Press freedom groups and journalists recognise that the fate of the press is tied up with what happens to Julian“ | Stella Assange @Stella_Assange

24.09.2023 - 07:00 [ Change.org ]

Keine Marschflugkörper Taurus an die Ukraine liefern!

Der Bundeskanzler, die Außenministerin und der Verteidigungsminister als Vertreter der Bundesregierung dürfen sich von der Rüstungslobby und ihren Anhängern in der FDP, der Union und den Grünen nicht in einen Krieg mit Russland treiben lassen! Auch Taurus-Marschflugkörper werden der Ukraine nicht zu einem militärischen Sieg verhelfen, sondern tragen nur zu mehr Opfern, mehr Leid und zur immer weiteren Zerstörung des Landes bei.

Deutschland ist schon jetzt der zweitgrößte Waffenlieferant an die Ukraine nach den USA. Wir dürfen uns nicht noch weiter in einen aussichtslosen Krieg hineinziehen lassen und das Risiko zu einer Ausweitung erhöhen und tragen.

28.08.2023 - 23:55 [ Jerusalem Post ]

High Court hearings will be a battle for Israel‘s future – opinion

Just a month before she retires, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut will conduct the battle of her life, and the decision she presides over will shape the life of the entire nation.

The announcement of the government’s narrowing of the Reasonableness Standard was received by Hayut in Germany, where she was visiting along with a group of Supreme Court justices. They cut short the visit and returned to Israel.

22.08.2023 - 17:32 [ Justin Amash / Twitter ]

The Supreme Court blocked President Biden‘s OSHA mandate, which was blatantly and egregiously unconstitutional. The principle is simple: The president is not a king with the power to do whatever he wants regardless of the law and the facts.

(Jan 13, 2022)

09.08.2023 - 13:25 [ Haaretz ]

38 Human Rights Orgs Petition High Court to Strike Down Judicial Overhaul Law

The petition was signed, among others, by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the Aguda for LGBT rights, Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition, Kav LaOved for disadvantaged workers, The Association for Ethiopian Jews, and the Adalah organization for Arab minority rights in Israel.

Several petitions against the law have already been filed, among else by the Israel Bar Association, the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, the Civic-Democratic organization and the Darkenu organization.

Additionally, private individuals, including military personnel, former Knesset members, and social activists, have submitted petitions against the law.

25.07.2023 - 22:31 [ Times of Israel ]

Attorney general asks High Court to strike down law shielding Netanyahu from recusal

The bill, she pointed out, was submitted to the Knesset just days after the petitions were filed against Netanyahu, and observed that just hours after the legislation was passed into law the prime minister announced he was directly involving himself in the judicial overhaul agenda.

As such, it was designed specifically to allow Netanyahu to evade the conflict of interests agreement he signed back in 2020 which was authorized by the High Court, in order to allow him to continue serving as prime minister.

25.07.2023 - 21:51 [ Haaretz ]

Israel‘s AG Objects to Law Preventing Netanyahu From Being Declared Unfit for Office

The conflict of interest agreement, signed in 2020, states that Netanyahu has conflicts of interest concerning appointments in the law enforcement system, given his trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. This means Netanyahu is barred from making judicial appointments, or getting involved in legislative matters that may impact his ongoing trial. Netanyahu signed the arrangement three years ago when then-attorney general Avichai Mandelblit drew up the arrangement to prevent Netanyahu from being declared unfit for office.

After passing the law, Netanyahu publicly stated that he would not stop his judicial overhaul and would be directly involved in the process despite the conflict of interest agreement.

25.07.2023 - 21:43 [ Haaretz ]

High Court Must Decide if It Will Defend the Last Embers of Israeli Democracy or Help It Commit Suicide

Such a nightmarish spectacle had never been seen in Israel: The president, the prime minister, the chairman of the opposition and the head of the country‘s largest labor federation were trading proposals on the issue of judicial review as if they were cryptocurrency.

24.07.2023 - 20:10 [ Haaretz ]

Israel‘s Democratic Crisis: Can Israel‘s Supreme Court Disqualify the First Law of Netanyahu‘s Judicial Coup?

Until now, the High Court has never invalidated any Basic Law. Only “regular laws” that violate Basic Laws have been disqualified. Therefore, striking down the legislation passed Monday would be an unprecedented move.

24.07.2023 - 20:02 [ Jurist.org ]

Israel Bar Association petitioning Supreme Court to cancel reasonableness law if passed in Knesset

Bechar also announced that the Bar Association may cease providing services to its members as an act of protest against the “anti-democratic legislative process.” Bechar said that “a desire to harm the ability of the Court’s use of the reasonableness standard is a serious danger to Israeli democracy. The public has unequivocally directed us to act against attacks on democracy, and that is exactly what we intend to do.”

14.07.2023 - 09:00 [ PalestineChronicle.com ]

Israeli Supreme Court Considers Petition to Remove Netanyahu from Office

The petition, filed on April 19, 2023, is supported by a number of former political and military leaders, including former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz.

The Supreme Court’s decision comes amid Netanyahu’s attempts to bring about changes to the judiciary, even though he is on trial in three criminal cases.

Attorney General Ghali Bharav Miara warned Netanyahu last March against interfering in amendments to the judiciary, as he is prohibited from doing so due to his appearance in corruption cases.

14.07.2023 - 08:50 [ AllIsrael.com ]

Protest group petitions High Court to disqualify Netanyahu due to conflict of interest

The petition was filed by 39 senior figures from various fields, including Israel Defense Forces former Chief- of-Staff Dan Halutz.

On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that the High Court agreed to hear the petition.

14.06.2023 - 10:26 [ Daniel Ellsberg / Nitter ]

To @POTUS and @TheJusticeDept: Stop the extradition of Assange. I am as indictable as he is on the exact same charges. I will plead „not guilty“ on grounds of your blatantly unconstitutional use of the Espionage Act. Let‘s take this to the Supreme Court.

(06.12.2022)

23.05.2023 - 10:21 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Unsere Strafanzeige: Staatsanwaltschaft erhebt Anklage gegen FinFisher

Im Januar 2015 haben die Angeklagten laut Anklageschrift einen Vertrag über fünf Millionen Euro mit der Türkei abgeschlossen. Leistungsempfänger war demnach der türkische Inlandsgeheimdienst MİT. Laut Staatsanwaltschaft hat FinFisher den Empfänger verschleiert und „eine tatsächlich nichtexistierende ‚Generaldirektion für Zollkontrolle‘ in Ankara benannt“. Der Staatstrojaner von FinFisher wurde im Sommer 2017 gegen den Gerechtigkeitsmarsch der türkischen Zivilgesellschaft um den aktuellen Präsidentschaftskandidat Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu eingesetzt.

Jetzt müssen sich die Angeklagten vor Gericht verantworten.

20.05.2023 - 01:35 [ theDailyBeast.com ]

Epstein Accusers Win $75 Million Settlement Against Deutsche Bank

(May. 18, 2023)

Despite the eye-watering sum, Deutsche Bank did not admit any wrongdoing as a result of the settlement, sources told the WSJ. “This groundbreaking settlement is the culmination of two law firms conducting more than a decade-long investigation to hold one of Epstein’s financial banking partners responsible for the role it played in facilitating his trafficking organization,” lawyers for the plaintiffs said in a statement.

27.03.2023 - 20:29 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Petition for Netanyahu’s removal from office rejected by High Court

(March 27, 2023 15:45)

The court rejected the petition by the Defenders of Israeli Democracy on all grounds, saying that judicial intervention was a last resort after all other avenues had been exhausted.

The petition was viewed as unacceptable in its framing, and the petitioners were ordered to pay NIS 5,000 for expenses to the state treasury.

11.03.2023 - 15:20 [ FoxBusiness.com ]

China’s newest weapon to nab Western technology – its courts

(February 20, 2023)

AS&E devised a product to complement the machines it made for airports and seaports. It placed a low-powered X-ray machine on the back of a Ford Motor Co. chassis. The U.S. military used the mobile scanner to detect improvised explosive devices during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the company said. Domestic law enforcement could disguise the vehicle as a delivery van and use it to scan cars in, say, a stadium parking lot.

The X-ray van, called the ZBV, made its debut in 2003. Michael Tropeano, general manager of AS&E’s cargo-scanning division, said he thought the product would be a winner from day one.

08.03.2023 - 16:04 [ New York Daily News / Nitter ]

„Pentagon Papers“ leaker Daniel Ellsberg, 91, is dying from cancer. Doctors have given him three to six months to live.

(03.03.2023)

08.03.2023 - 16:02 [ Daniel Ellsberg / Nitter ]

To @POTUS and @TheJusticeDept: Stop the extradition of Assange. I am as indictable as he is on the exact same charges. I will plead „not guilty“ on grounds of your blatantly unconstitutional use of the Espionage Act. Let‘s take this to the Supreme Court.

(06.12.2022)

04.03.2023 - 15:18 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Europaweiter Protest: Petition gegen Chatkontrolle gestartet

Begründet wird die Petitionen unter anderem auch mit Erklärungen der Vereinten Nationen und UNICEF, dass die Online-Privatsphäre für die Entwicklung und den Selbstausdruck junger Menschen von entscheidender Bedeutung ist und dass Kinder nicht einer allgemeinen Überwachung ausgesetzt werden sollten.

26.02.2023 - 20:39 [ Haaretz ]

Bill Curbing Power to Rule Netanyahu Unfit Could Lead to ‚Absurd Situations,‘ Attorney General Warns

The bill, submitted by coalition chairman Ofir Katz, states that only the cabinet can declare a prime minister unfit or incapacitated by a two-thirds majority, and that in some cases, such a declaration would require approval by a majority of 90 lawmakers. Moreover, a declaration of incapacitation would apply to incompetence for health reasons only.

The bill is being advanced in response to the Movement for Quality Government in Israel’s petition to the High Court asking to declare Netanyahu unfit for office over a conflict of interest due to the ongoing criminal proceedings against him.

26.02.2023 - 20:30 [ Times of Israel ]

Court gives Netanyahu 1 month to respond to petition to declare him unfit for office

(10 February 2023)

The High Court of Justice on Friday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one month to respond to a petition to declare him unfit for office and force him to take a leave of absence.

The Movement for Quality Government in Israel petitioned the court on Thursday, arguing that Netanyahu is in violation of a conflict of interest arrangement that bars him from involvement in matters that could impact his ongoing trial on graft charges.

26.02.2023 - 20:17 [ Jerusalem Post ]

AG pondering declaring Netanyahu unfit as PM due to conflicts of interest

(Jan 22, 2023)

In 2021, the High Court of Justice ruled that a conflict of interest arrangement formulated under then former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit was binding for Netanyahu.

The arrangement prohibits Netanyahu from being involved in the nomination of judges or of the police commissioner and from being involved in legislation that has an impact on the criminal proceedings against him.

14.02.2023 - 19:45 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Gegen die Gefahr eines großen Krieges gemeinsam vorgehen! Friedenskundgebung am 25. Februar am Brandenburger Tor

Mit der Petition und einer Kundgebung in Berlin am Samstag, 25. Februar 2023, um 14 Uhr am Brandenburger Tor will das Personenbündnis u.a. dazu beitragen, dass die Hälfte der deutschen Bevölkerung, die für Verhandlungen statt Krieg plädiert, in der Öffentlichkeit endlich Gehör findet. Für Frieden statt Panzer. Es geht ihnen darum, diese Argumente in den Diskurs zu bringen.

14.02.2023 - 19:14 [ Alice Schwarzer und Sahra Wagenknecht / Change.org ]

Manifest für Frieden

Die von Russland brutal überfallene ukrainische Bevölkerung braucht unsere Solidarität. Aber was wäre jetzt solidarisch? Wie lange noch soll auf dem Schlachtfeld Ukraine gekämpft und gestorben werden? Und was ist jetzt, ein Jahr danach, eigentlich das Ziel dieses Krieges? Die deutsche Außenministerin sprach jüngst davon, dass „wir“ einen „Krieg gegen Russland“ führen. Im Ernst?

Präsident Selenskyj macht aus seinem Ziel kein Geheimnis. Nach den zugesagten Panzern fordert er jetzt auch Kampfjets, Langstreckenraketen und Kriegsschiffe – um Russland auf ganzer Linie zu besiegen? Noch versichert der deutsche Kanzler, er wolle weder Kampfjets noch „Bodentruppen“ senden. Doch wie viele „rote Linien“ wurden in den letzten Monaten schon überschritten?

Es ist zu befürchten, dass Putin spätestens bei einem Angriff auf die Krim zu einem maximalen Gegenschlag ausholt. Geraten wir dann unaufhaltsam auf eine Rutschbahn Richtung Weltkrieg und Atomkrieg? Es wäre nicht der erste große Krieg, der so begonnen hat. Aber es wäre vielleicht der letzte.

Die Ukraine kann zwar – unterstützt durch den Westen – einzelne Schlachten gewinnen. Aber sie kann gegen die größte Atommacht der Welt keinen Krieg gewinnen. Das sagt auch der höchste Militär der USA, General Milley. Er spricht von einer Pattsituation, in der keine Seite militärisch siegen und der Krieg nur am Verhandlungstisch beendet werden kann. Warum dann nicht jetzt? Sofort!

19.12.2022 - 18:31 [ Daniel Ellsberg / Nitter ]

To @POTUS and @TheJusticeDept: Stop the extradition of Assange. I am as indictable as he is on the exact same charges. I will plead „not guilty“ on grounds of your blatantly unconstitutional use of the Espionage Act. Let‘s take this to the Supreme Court.

(06.12.2022)

18.12.2022 - 05:35 [ Defend Assange Campaign / Nitter ]

Pentagon Papers‘ Daniel Ellsberg: „Stop the extradition of Assange. I am as indictable as he is on the exact same charges. I will plead „not guilty“ on grounds of your blatantly unconstitutional use of the Espionage Act. Let‘s take this to the Supreme Court“ #FreeAssangeNOW

13.12.2022 - 18:59 [ theGuardian.com ]

Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange

The charges against Assange for obtaining and publishing classified information, without any active role in actually stealing it mark “the crossing of a legal rubicon”, said Jaffer at Columbia University. That’s an ominous legal threshold, he said, for Assange and all journalists.

It’s the first time the US government has used the Espionage Act to go after a publisher and the implications are huge,” Jaffer said. Assange “has been indicted for activity that reporters are engaged in every day and that reporters have to engage in every day to inform the public. This would have dramatic implications for national security journalism.”

13.12.2022 - 18:54 [ Daniel Ellsberg / Nitter ]

To @POTUS and @TheJusticeDept: Stop the extradition of Assange. I am as indictable as he is on the exact same charges. I will plead „not guilty“ on grounds of your blatantly unconstitutional use of the Espionage Act. Let‘s take this to the Supreme Court.

(06.12.2022)

08.12.2022 - 20:35 [ Reuters ]

Judge dismisses Khashoggi lawsuit against Saudi prince; Biden granted him immunity

(December 6, 2022)

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the fiance of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi against Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, citing President Biden‘s grant of immunity.

U.S. District Judge John Bates suggested he was reluctant to throw out the lawsuit but had no choice given the Biden administration‘s decision.

06.12.2022 - 03:35 [ WikiLeaks / Nitter ]

New: The Pentagon Papers‘ Daniel Ellsberg reveals he received a „backup“ of the „Chelsea Manning information“ prior to publication: „I am as indictable as Julian Assange.. I‘d be happy to take that one to the Supreme Court“ [18:00]

10.11.2022 - 17:17 [ Change,org ]

Für eine Erneuerung des Journalismus in Österreich

10-Punkte-Programm für eine Erneuerung des Journalismus in Österreich

Als Medienschaffende beobachten wir mit zunehmender Sorge autoritäre Tendenzen in der Medienlandschaft, in Österreich und darüber hinaus. Unabhängiger, kritischer und ausgewogener Journalismus gerät zunehmend unter Druck. Die sogenannten Leit- und Qualitätsmedien werden ihrer Kernaufgabe nicht mehr gerecht, ihrem Lesepublikum, ihren Zuschauerinnen und Hörern objektive, umfassende und neutrale Informationen anzubieten und eine klare, nichttendenziöse Orientierung in der Informationsflut zu gewährleisten.

Stattdessen verschwimmen Meinungsmache und Berichterstattung zusehends auf eine Art und Weise, die den Prinzipien eines seriösen Journalismus widersprechen. Stimmen, die einen als gegeben angenommenen gesellschaftlichen Konsens hinterfragen, werden entweder bewusst ignoriert oder lächerlich gemacht oder diffamiert. Überdies müssen Andersdenkende damit rechnen, automatisch als dem „Rechtsextremismus“ nahestehend bezeichnet zu werden. Dies ist nicht nur unredlich, sondern auch gefährlich, weil der inflationäre Gebrauch solcher Zuschreibungen dazu führt, dass tatsächliche Radikalismen nicht mehr einwandfrei identifiziert werden können.

Die Aufgabe von seriöser journalistischer Arbeit sollte es sein, eine Vielzahl von Standpunkten, Argumenten und Sichtweisen nüchtern zur Diskussion zu stellen. Stattdessen wird der in den Medien geführte Diskurs mit Schimpfwörtern, Kampfbegriffen und Worthülsen emotional aufgeladen und die Atmosphäre vergiftet, wodurch die Spaltung der Gesellschaft vorangetrieben wird. Dabei schrecken Medien auch vor Denunziation nicht zurück.

Wir erkennen eine Tendenz zu gezieltem Framing, Schwarzweißmalerei und der Dämonisierung Andersdenkender. Begründete Positionen, die unserer Einschätzung nach von einem von bestimmten Interessen gesteuerten Konsens abweichen, werden diffamiert oder als „wissenschaftsfeindlich“ hingestellt. Wir vermissen sachliche, differenzierte, besonnene und schlüssige Argumentation. Wenn Berichterstatter zu Richtern werden, ist der Auftrag von Medien verfehlt.

In einer funktionierenden Demokratie ist die Rolle der Medien eine der „vierten Gewalt“: Ihre Aufgabe ist es, die gewählten Regierenden zu kontrollieren. Stattdessen werden kritische Bürgerinnen und Bürger zunehmend überwacht, an den Pranger gestellt oder gar kriminalisiert. Uns missfällt diese Tendenz zu einem Erziehungsjournalismus, der nicht mehr von der Idee von mündigen Bürgerinnen und Bürgern ausgeht. Medien entwickeln sich dadurch zu Instrumenten der Repression statt der Aufklärung.

Wir stellen leider fest, dass Journalistinnen und Journalisten, die sich gegen solche Tendenzen sträuben und ihr Handwerk weiterhin so ausüben, wie sie es gelernt haben, massiv unter Druck gesetzt oder gar aus Redaktionen entfernt werden. Viele von uns erleben, dass in Medien zensurähnliche Beschränkungen in verschiedenen Spielarten um sich greifen.

Wir sehen diese Entwicklung als gefährlich für das gesellschaftliche Miteinander und die Demokratie an. Daher wollen wir diesen bedenklichen Entwicklungen, die letztlich in den Totalitarismus führen, nicht länger tatenlos zusehen. Das Mediensystem hat in der vorherrschenden Form an Glaubwürdigkeit und Vertrauen beim Publikum verloren. Qualitätsmedien, die diese Bezeichnung verdienen, sind jedoch weiterhin von zentraler Bedeutung für die Demokratie und die Bevölkerung.

Wir plädieren daher für eine Rückbesinnung auf die Prinzipien einer Ethik unseres Berufsstands.

08.10.2022 - 07:12 [ CNN ]

Uvalde school district suspends its police force, 2 school officials placed on administrative leave after CNN report

“Our children have been taken from us. We will not stop fighting until we have answers and we ensure the safety of the children in our community is the top priority,” said a statement from representatives for families of district students.

06.10.2022 - 13:49 [ MiddleEastEye.net ]

Israel elections: Humdrum campaign lit up by murder-plot claims, battle for Russian votes

(09.09.2022)

The criminal aspect of those allegations will be looked into by Attorney-General Gali Baharv-Miara. The political dimension of this horror story, less than 60 days before Israelis vote, is part of a much broader phenomenon: a tug of war between Benjamin Netanyahu and Lieberman over the „Russian“ vote.

No wonder Lieberman‘s first reaction to the allegations, even before he filed a criminal complaint against Kamisa, was a Facebook post entitled „Netanyahu is in panic“, not only denying all allegations but also mainly insinuating that the former prime minister is behind the affair. He posted in Hebrew, for all Israeli readers.

02.10.2022 - 15:45 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Hadash-Ta’al Slams Lapid, Michaeli for Refusing to Block Barring of Arab Parties

Hadash-Ta’al commented on the Central Election Commission’s decision to disqualify Balad’s candidacy for the 25th Knesset. “The decision to disqualify Balad is an unfortunate decision. [Benny] Gantz, [Yair] Lapid and [Meirav] Michaeli proved that they are right-wing in disguise. Despite the anger of the racists who want to keep the Arabs away from the polling stations, on election day we all flock to the polling stations.”

02.10.2022 - 15:41 [ Times of Israel ]

Elections panel blocks Balad party’s run for Knesset, against AG’s advice

Balad and several of its lawmakers have been disqualified by past elections panels, and have so far won every appeal to the High Court to be reinstated. The party is expected to make a similar appeal to return to November’s contest following Thursday’s disqualification.

Earlier on Thursday, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara released a letter to the committee stating that there was no basis for disqualifying either Balad or the Islamist Ra’am party. The panel ultimately cleared Ra’am’s path to the ballot box, dismissing petitions that alleged the party supported terrorist organizations.

17.09.2022 - 19:44 [ Boris Reitschuster ]

„Androhung von Straftaten und Störung des öffentlichen Friedens“ – Wegen Gastbeitrag: Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen mich

In meinen Wochenbriefings und Beiträgen auf dieser Seite habe ich darüber berichtet, dass die Polizei in meiner Heimatstadt Augsburg bei meiner Familie vorstellig wurde und einen engen Verwandten über mich ausfragte. Und dann auch beim Hausmeister in meinem früheren Mietshaus in Berlin, der mir als Freund ans Herz gewachsen ist. Ich habe daraufhin die Pressestellen der Polizei angeschrieben. Die in Augsburg teilte mir mit, dass sie „keinen polizeilich relevanten Vorgang“ entdecken konnte. Die Berliner Beamten schrieben, es ginge um einen Anhörungsbogen, den man mir zustellen wolle. Ich antwortete, sie mögen den Kollegen doch mitteilen, dass im Impressum meiner Seite meine Koordinaten zu finden sind.

Danach ging es schnell.