Occupied Kashmir’s Year of Exploding Memories
In Kashmir, a Year of Exploding Memories A year after the state’s special status was revoked, peace remains a distant hope. SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir—Over the past year, life in Indian-administered Kashmir has grown markedly more challenging.
Published : 02 August 2020
Iran: Central Bank on Tehran`s Housing Market
A total of 14,047 homes were sold in the capital during the fourth month of the current fiscal year (June 21-July 21), registering a 30.3% rise compared with the preceding month. They saw a year-on-year
Published : 31 July 2020
Iran: Rent Increases over 25% Banned in Tehran
Tenancy agreements signed as of June 29 may not increase rents by more than 25% in Tehran and 20% rise in other large cities, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. “As per the decision made by
Published : 29 July 2020
Battir, Palestine: Settlers Invade Heritage Site
‘I want Battir to go to hell’: Settlers move in on Palestinian World Heritage site Palestinians in the West Bank agricultural village of Battir are encountering armed Israeli settlers trying to push them off their land. Khaled
Published : 29 July 2020
Syria: 1st Israeli Colony in Golan Turns 53
Syria: 53 years since the establishment of the first Israeli settler colony “Merom Hagolan” in the occupied Golan region of Syria On 5 June 1967, the southern Syrian border experienced mutual artillery and air bombardment with
Published : 18 July 2020
COVID-19 and Neglect in Jerusalem
The joint briefing paper by Al-Haq, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre (JLAC), and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) exposes how systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare has left Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem
Published : 14 July 2020
Palestine/Israel: JNF Trees Dispossess Bedouin
Israel pushing large tree planting in Naqab to disclaim lands to Bedouin Israel is pushing through a plan to plant trees across a significant swath of the Negev in a bid to deny Bedouin residents
Published : 14 July 2020
Reporting on Housing Rights in Lebanon
Today, civil society organizations concerned with the crisis in Lebanon have submitted analysis of the human rights situation there to the UN Human Rights Council. This outpouring of critical assessment comes in preparation for Lebanon’s
Published : 09 July 2020
Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Cartographer
Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Expert on Settlements in Jerusalem Israeli forces yesterday arrested Khalil Tafakji, head of the maps department at the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem, the news agency Anadolu reported. A source in the Tafakji family
Published : 09 July 2020
