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Row over NGO funds sparks democracy debate in Israel
Jan 13, 2011 10:42 EST
A decision by Israel's parliament to probe the funding of left-wing NGOs and rights groups has provoked lively debate over the very character of the country's democracy.
Israel's Lieberman says leftist NGOs aid terror
Jan 10, 2011 15:44 EST
Outspoken Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday accused local left-wing activist groups of aiding militants who seek to harm the Jewish state's security.
African migrants protest Israeli detention center
Dec 24, 2010 12:15 EST
Hundreds of African migrants parade through Tel Aviv to protest Israeli detention center. Hundreds of Israelis and African migrants marched down Tel Aviv's main boulevard on Friday to protest a government plan to build a detention facility to hold those who enter the country illegally.
Israeli policies to blame for Gaza health woes, says medic
Dec 06, 2010 15:15 EST
The head of an award-winning group of Israeli medics said Monday the health woes of Palestinians in Gaza and Arab Bedouins living in the Jewish state were the direct consequence of government policies.
Israel fears 'flood' of migrants threatens state
Dec 06, 2010 04:15 EST
Israel torn over African migrants, fearing influx will undermine Jewish nature of the state. Ismail Abdul-Rasul and his family escaped war in Darfur, languished in squalid conditions in Egypt for five years and nearly suffocated in a harrowing journey across the Sinai desert before they were finally smuggled into Israel.
Gitmo hunger striker to receive medical evaluation
Dec 01, 2010 17:40 EST
Court authorizes independent medical experts to evaluate Guantanamo hunger striker. A Guantanamo prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for more than five years is being granted his request to be seen by independent medical experts who will evaluate his physical and mental status and provide treatment.
Israel approves detention center for migrants
Nov 28, 2010 11:31 EST
Israel to build massive detention center for illegal African migrants. Israel's Cabinet voted Sunday to erect a massive detention facility to hold thousands of Africans who have slipped illegally through the porous southern border with Egypt, heating up a debate over how to handle their mounting numbers.
Israeli doctors, global activists get 'alternative Nobels'
Sep 30, 2010 12:00 EDT
Israeli doctors, Nigerian and Brazilian environmentalists and Nepalese community activists won this year's Rights Livelihood awards, often dubbed the "Alternative Nobel" prize, the organisation said Thursday.
Rights activists share Alternative Nobel
Sep 30, 2010 09:25 EDT
Rights activists from Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria and Israel share 2010 'Alternative Nobel'. Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year's Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel," for work that includes fighting to save the Amazon rain forest and bringing health care to Palestinians cut off from services.
UN urges Sudan to allow aid to Darfur camp
Aug 10, 2010 22:31 EDT
UN urges Sudan to allow humanitarian aid into Darfur refugee camp. The United Nations urged Sudanese authorities on Tuesday to allow humanitarian organizations access to a Darfur refugee camp which has been closed to aid agencies for more than a week following an outbreak of violence.
Rights groups seek probe into CIA detainee medical research
Jun 10, 2010 13:08 EDT
Human rights groups filed a complaint seeking an investigation into allegations that CIA-led medical personnel conducted research experiments on terror detainees after the September 11 attacks.
Doctors seek probe of alleged torture experiments
Jun 09, 2010 17:49 EDT
Several civil liberties groups are demanding the White House investigate whether doctors conducted medical experiments on terror detainees during harsh interrogations led by the CIA under the Bush administration.
Doctors seek probe of alleged torture experiments
Jun 09, 2010 17:48 EDT
Doctors group demands investigation of alleged medical experiments in Bush-era interrogations. Several civil liberties groups are demanding the White House investigate whether doctors conducted medical experiments on terror detainees during harsh interrogations led by the CIA under the Bush administration.
US medical staff experimented on terror suspects: report
Jun 07, 2010 17:52 EDT
Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11 attacks, aiming to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday.
US medical staff experimented on terror suspects: report
Jun 07, 2010 16:23 EDT
Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11 attacks, aiming to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday.
US medical staff experimented on terror suspects: report
Jun 07, 2010 14:41 EDT
Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11 attacks, aiming to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday.
US medical staff experimented on terror suspects: report
Jun 07, 2010 12:10 EDT
Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11 attacks, aiming to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday.
US medical personnel experimented on terror detainees: report
Jun 07, 2010 11:31 EDT
Medical personnel apparently experimented on terror detainees during CIA-led torture after the September 11, 2001 attacks, working to improve interrogation techniques, a human rights group said Monday.
Report says doctors helped refine harsh methods
Jun 06, 2010 23:59 EDT
A prominent physicians group is charging that medical personnel were used to test and refine the effectiveness of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques for terror detainees in U.S. custody under the guise of safeguarding their health.
Report says doctors helped refine harsh methods
Jun 06, 2010 23:59 EDT
Report from physicians group says doctors helped interrogators refine harsh methods. A prominent physicians group is charging that medical personnel were used to test and refine the effectiveness of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques for terror detainees in U.S. custody under the guise of safeguarding their health.
