Thursday, December 13, 2007
A couple of excerpts from the November report of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights:
Of the striking remarks about incidents reported by PICCR, almost half of those citizens killed were victims of the excessive use of force, particularly by firearms used by Police forces affiliated with the deposed Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip and PNA security personnel in the West Bank: 8 citizens were reported to be killed by firearms in these incidents, including 7 in the Gaza Strip and 1 in the West Bank...
...Over the past month, several violations and aggressions were reported to have been committed against the freedom of opinion and expression in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Most prominently was the incident reported on 12 November, when the Police force of the deposed government killed 7 citizens and injured dozens others while they were taking part in a peaceful gathering. On 27 November, PNA security forces also oppressed a number of peaceful demonstrations which protested against the Annapolis Conference. Moreover, security forces beat and injured a number of journalists in an attempt to prevent them from covering these demonstrations. In the city of Ramallah, security personnel beat Wael ash Shuyoukhi, Al Jazeera Satellite Channel correspondent, with clubs, leaving him a broken left arm. Moreover, security personnel beat Mu'ammar 'Urabi, Director of Watan Television Station, while he was reporting a similar demonstration in the city...
Here's the report: November 07 Report English Translation.pdf
[h/t: David Frankfurter]