Amnesty Demands Israel Drop Death Penalty Bills ‘Entrenching Apartheid’

Amnesty demands Israel drop death penalty bills ‘entrenching apartheid’

Amnesty International says bills would mean ‘punishment is being reserved for, and weaponised against, Palestinians’.

Israel/OPT: Knesset must drop discriminatory death penalty bills that would further entrench Israel’s system of apartheid

Israeli Knesset members must vote against a series of bills introducing controversial amendments that would allow Israeli courts to expand their use of death sentences with discriminatory application against Palestinians, said Amnesty International, ahead of an expected vote on one of the main bills by the Knesset’s National Security Committee. The death penalty would apply to defendants convicted of intentionally killing a person with the purpo…

Israel/OPT: Knesset must drop discriminatory death penalty bills that would further entrench Israel’s system of apartheid

Israeli Knesset members must vote against a series of bills introducing controversial amendments that would allow Israeli courts to expand their use of death sentences with discriminatory application against Palestinians,... The post Israel/OPT: Knesset must drop discriminatory death penalty bills that would further entrench Israel’s system of apartheid appeared first on Amnesty International Ireland.