Category Archives: Gun-violence

Israel jails own Palestinian citizen without charge or trial | The Electronic Intifada

Last month, Israeli forces arrested approximately 1,200 Palestinians amid a sharp increase in confrontations and deadly violence. Of those arrested, 171 were being held under administrative detention orders, according to the human rights group Al-Haq, bringing the total number of Palestinians held without charge or trial in Israeli prisons to over 550.

Source: Israel jails own Palestinian citizen without charge or trial | The Electronic Intifada

October: 74 Palestinians killed, 2355 injured | PNN

The Palestinian Ministry of Health Ministry on Monday said that during the month of October, 74 Palestinians, including 17 children and two women, have been killed by Israeli army fire, and more than 2355 have been injured.The Ministry also said that 2355 Palestinians were shot with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, including many who suffered fractures and bruises after being repeatedly beaten by soldiers and paramilitary settlers in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem. The percentage of wounded children is 21.The names of those killed by IOF in October:

Source: October: 74 Palestinians killed, 2355 injured | PNN

Fear and Silence in Bangladesh as Militants Target Intellectuals – The New York Times {Whole Nation is Hostage!}

Ms. Farzana, 37, cannot shake the feeling that, as she puts it, “there is a blueprint,” and that someone, somewhere has added her name to a list.“I am really scared this time,” she said. “I have something in mind that maybe they would like to open up a new chapter and kill a woman. These days, you may not have a single idea how you are related to the whole thing. But maybe you are the target. You never know.”So far this year, four bloggers and one publisher have been hacked to death in Bangladesh — a tiny number for a country with a population of around 160 million. But anonymous threats are common, and the cumulative psychological effect has been profound, prompting public figures to steer away from discussing the terrorist threat openly.Salil Tripathi, chairman of PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee, approached a long list of Bangladeshi writers for a commentary after a blogger was killed in May. All refused, saying that attaching their name to the subject would be too dangerous. He was reduced to publishing a column written by an expatriate, under a pen name.By threatening intellectuals, “you’re trying to silence opinion, and shape opinion, and I think that’s happening,” said Mr. Tripathi, the author of “The Colonel Who Would Not Repent,” a book about Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence from Pakistan and its legacy.

Source: Fear and Silence in Bangladesh as Militants Target Intellectuals – The New York Times

Eyewitnesses: soldiers placed knife next to youth after his execution, Hebron | PNN

An eyewitness, a schoolteacher at the scene said that the boy was heading towards the checkpoint, and when he was close, an Israeli soldier shot him in the shoulder and the stomach.He adds that when he fell down, soldiers approached him, placed a knife right next to his body, then again fired three bullets on his head, from zero distance, leading to his immediate death.The soldiers then stripped him from his clothes, covered him in a black bag, and took him in an ambulance, detaining his body.Several eyewitnesses denied Israeli claims of any stabbing attempts, and confirmed it was a cold-blooded execution.

Source: Eyewitnesses: soldiers placed knife next to youth after his execution, Hebron | PNN

IOF assault, kidnap two sisters, claim they had knives: Hebron | PNN

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Tuesday noon have brutally assaulted and kidnapped two Palestinian girls from Hebron, claiming that they had knives.The Imam of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Munther Abu Al-Feelat said that the sisters who were identified as Nour and Jihan Erekat, were passing in front of the mosque when Israeli soldiers stopped them to search them, but they refused.The Imam continued by saying that then, the mosque guards interfered to stop the soldiers from potentially shooting the girls.The two guards, Salah Al-Ja’bari (52) and Jehad Al-Ja’bari (30) were both arrested for “defending the girls.”

Source: IOF assault, kidnap two sisters, claim they had knives: Hebron | PNN

I’m “bien”, says French journalist beaten by Jewish thugs | PNN

A FRENCH journalist assaulted by masked far-right Israeli nationalists has reported he is safe and well.David Perrotin, who works for Buzzfeed, was viciously attacked outside the Paris offices of the Agence France Presse news agency on Thursday.Dozens of activists from the Jewish Defense League hit him on the head and back with batons after one of the group recognised him and pointed him out to the others.Earlier, they had tried to storm the building, thrown eggs, and waved Israeli flags, chanting: “We’re coming to get you”. Riot police used tear gas to break up the protest.But the respected correspondent, who has written about the extremist group in the past, told fans on Twitter last night (Friday) that all was “bien”.

Source: I’m “bien”, says French journalist beaten by Jewish thugs | PNN