This Friday over 1000 runners will take part in Palestine’s second Right to Movement Marathon (http://palestinemarathon.com/). Starting at the Church of Nativity, the course guides runners along the Separation Barrier in the West Bank, through two refugee camps and over a checkpoint, confronting restrictions to movement that Palestinians face daily, in violation of international law. [Read more…]
LPHR Human Rights Blog
Mental health, prolonged occupation and human rights
Today is World Health Day: a suitable opportunity to take time to consider the connection between mental health, prolonged occupation and human rights violations. [Read more…]
Mind the (refugee status) gap
For the last three years there has been an enormous humanitarian crisis in Syria. As the violent conflict has spread throughout the country, hundreds of thousands of people have found themselves displaced, many crossing Syria’s borders and entering the surrounding countries (predominantly Lebanon and Jordan) as refugees. [Read more…]
Scarlett, SodaStream and Settlements
This week a furore has arisen surrounding Oxfam global ambassador, Scarlett Johansson’s decision to sign a promotions deal with the Israeli company SodaStream. [Read more…]