As Gaza siege enters sixth year, harm will be felt for years to come
16 June 2012
Reports by international agencies on the impact of five years of siege paint a grim picture showing how Israel’s blockade is de-developing the Gaza Strip.
Rights and Accountability
Cantona, FIFA join pressure on Israel, as hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak determined to reach freedom or death
12 June 2012
Eric Cantona, FIFA join international pressure on Israel to free Mahmoud Sarsak as the footballer’s life remains in grave danger and his hunger strike continues.
World association of professional footballers FIFPro calls on Israel to release Mahmoud Sarsak
11 June 2012
FIFPro, the association representing professional footballers in dozens of countries, called on Israel immediately to release Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian football player who has been on hunger strike since March to protest his detention for three years without charge or trial by Israel.
Israel's West Bank wall annexes Palestinian land the size of Chicago: Help bring it down
11 June 2012
Israel’s West Bank wall has been annexing land and devastating Palestinian lives for 10 years. Al-Haq launches a new campaign featuring stirring videos to help bring it down.
Justice upside down: a new study on Israel's military courts
9 June 2012
More than 200 Palestinian children are in Israel’s jails, according to a new booklet by the prisoner rights organization Addameer.
Time running out for hunger striking footballer as rights groups demand urgent pressure on Israel
6 June 2012
For the first time since their hunger strikes began, an independent doctor has been allowed to visit Mahmoud Sarsak and Akram Rikhawi in Israeli jail, confirming the imminent danger to their lives. Sarsak, once a star athlete, now weighs a little over 100 pounds (51kg) and is close to death.
Video: Palestine footballer Mahmoud Sarsak’s mother speaks out as jailed son’s condition grows desperate
5 June 2012
As his condition grows ever more desperate, the mother of jailed, hunger-striking Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has appealed for his release and safe return home
'Don't wait until we're in body bags': Two Palestinian hunger strikers' "final distress call"
3 June 2012
“There is still enough time and the support that comes late is better than that which does not come at all. It is better that you receive us alive and victorious rather than as lifeless bodies in black bags.”
BBC's World Football interviews father of gravely ill hunger-striking Palestinian footballer jailed by Israel
1 June 2012
BBC World Service’s World Football interviews Mahmoud Sarsak, father of Mahmoud Sarsak, the Palestinian national football squad member whose life is at grave risk after 75 days hunger strike.
Lockheed Martin: proud to kill Palestinians?
25 May 2012
Why I confronted a senior Lockheed figure over his firm’s role in arming Israel.