Related to: Revocation of Residency
Majority of Syrians continue to refuse Israeli citizenship
According to data obtained by Al-Marsad from the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority, overall, only 12% of the Syrian population (excluding Ghajar – see below) currently holds Israeli citizenship.
Al-Marsad submits report to UN Human Rights Committee
Earlier this month, Al-Marsad submitted a ‘List of Issues’ report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its 2018 review of Israel’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Al Marsad submitted the report – prepared by Cornell Law School International Human Rights Clinic – to guide the pre-session Working Group in preparing the […]
Forgotten Occupation – Life in the Syrian Golan After 50 Years of Israeli Occupation
Forgotten Occupation - Life in the Syrian Golan After 50 Years of Israeli Occupation
Al-Marsad submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Israel – 29th session of the Universal Periodic Review, January 2018
Since Israel’s last Universal Periodic Review in 2012, it has continued to implement policies that violate the basic human rights of the Syrian population in the occupied Syrian Golan. Al-Marsad’s submission covers six categories of Israeli violations during this period: (1) Illegal settlements and exploitation of natural resources; (2) Housing, planning and home demolition; (3) Landmines; (4) Revocation of residency; (5) Family separation; and (6) Education.
Al-Marsad calls on EU to raise human rights violations in Occupied Syrian Golan
Al-Marsad has written to the EU Delegation to Israel and EU Member State embassies about Israel’s discriminatory and illegal policies towards the native Syrian population in the Occupied Syrian Golan; Israel’s recent inflammatory statements regarding the sovereignty of the Occupied Syrian Golan; and continued illegal settlement expansion and exploitation of natural resources.
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