Three others associated with Youth Against Settlements centre
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2014-025-003
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2014
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 31.046051
Longitude: 34.851612
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Israel
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Country
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 02 August 2013
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
were in front of the centre
- Type of rights defended
- Caste/Ethnic minorities' rights/Racism
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
(Mr Amro) two statements to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-third session, on 10 June 2013, and participated in a side event entitled “Human rights in Palestine” on 11 June 2013
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- 10 June 2013; 11 June 2013
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 26 July 2013
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Hebron
- Reprisal information
)n 8 July 2013, after his return to the country, Israeli soldiers confiscated Mr. Amro’s passport and transferred him to the Israeli military police station in Hebron, where he was beaten until he collapsed, threatened with death and left handcuffed and lying on a stretcher for several hours before being taken to hospital. Mr. Amro was summoned to appear at the police station the next day and interrogated for several hours. On 25 July 2013, at least 12 Israeli soldiers allegedly invaded the Youth Against Settlements centre and harassed the persons present. The following day, Mr. Amro and three others were shot at in front of the centre and two days later several olive trees in the vicinity of the centre were set on fire.33
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Physical attack: Physical attack - General
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0