"No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of torture.'' -- UN Convention against Torture
BZU WEBSITE LINKS
- Birzeit University Protests Treatment of Student Detained by Palestinian Authority in Jericho -- Public Relations Office Request for Intervention (6 April 1996).
- University Affirms That Due Process and Rule of Law Are Fundamental to the Development of Palestine -- Human Rights Action Project Statement (6 March 1996).
LINKS
- The Palestine Human Rights Monitor, published monthly by the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group.
- Human Rights Guarantees Should Be Implemented without Delay (2 December 1996)
- Prolonged Political Detention, Torture and Unfair Trials (December 1996)
Statement and report by Amnesty International.
- Palestinian Authority Actions from SOS-Torture--The World Organization Against Torture (Ongoing).
- Amnesty International Calls for an End to Torture and Political Detention without Trial Press release by Amnesty International (16 August 1996).
- Human rights -- A year of shattered hopes A report by Amnesty International (15 July 1995).
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