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.
Fifteen years after he helped devise the brutal interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects in secret...
The cutting of diplomatic ties, closure of air, land and sea and the restrictions placed on...
An Israeli human rights group working on issues in the occupied West Bank has welcomed the...
