US Secretary of State Visit to the Occupied Syrian Golan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Israeli Occupation State, arrived yesterday by helicopter to the occupied Golan, after concluding his visit to the settlement of "Psagot" located in “Jabal al-Tawil” east of Ramallah, Palestine. Pompeo reiterated the current US government’s position that recognizes Israel’s claim to sovereignty over the Golan, declaring that the Golan "... is part of Israel and that Israel has the right to defend its sovereignty”.
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Al-Marsad Submits Response to Energix Lawsuit
Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”) has submitted its response to Energix Renewable Energies’ (“Energix”) 18 June 2019 legal complaint in Nazareth Magistrate's Court. Al-Marsad’s reply categorically denies Energix’s claims that Al-Marsad, working with “anti-Zionist” activists, violated Israel’s Anti-Defamation Act of 1965 and Anti-Boycott Act of 2011.
Approval of Wind Energy Project Threatens All Aspects of Natives’ Lives in the Occupied Syrian Golan
On Monday, September 9, Israel’s National Infrastructure Committee (“NIC”) approved Energix Renewable Energies’ (“Energix”) wind energy project, which is planned to be built on almost a quarter of the limited agricultural land that Syrians still control in the occupied Syrian Golan (“Golan”)
Al-Marsad September 2019 joint appeal to UN experts to protect human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan
Al-Marsad, in coalition with 15 organizations, including human rights groups, an academic institution, and a trade union, submission of an emergency appeal to various United Nations experts demanding they intervene immediately to protect human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Al-Marsad Appeals to UN Experts to Protect Human Rights in the Occupied Syrian Golan
Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”), in coalition with 15 organizations, including human rights groups, an academic institution, and a trade union, has submitted an emergency appeal to various United Nations experts demanding they intervene immediately to protect human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Al-Marsad, Al-Haq, & Cornell Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic Submit Joint Report to UN
Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”), Al-Haq, and Cornell Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic have submitted a joint parallel report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“Committee”). The report was submitted for the Committee’s consideration as it is due to begin its review of Israel’s fourth periodic report at the end of September.