Int’l widespread criticism of Israel’s designation of 6 human rights NGOs as terrorist groups
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Shortly after the occupation state designated six Palestinian human rights organizations as terrorist “organizations”, international rights groups rejected the decision and called for reversing it.
The occupation state claimed that the organizations are linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a left-wing movement with a political party and member on the resistance’s joint chamber.
The designated groups include Al-Haq, a human rights group founded in 1979, the Addameer rights group, Defence for Children International-Palestine, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) condemned Israel’s announcement, considering it as another link in the chain of undermining the right to civil and human rights work in the Palestinian territories.
The Geneva-based rights organization said in a statement that the classification aims to prevent the documentation of Israeli violations and support their victims amid an absence of international response to that.
Jewish Voice for Peace criticized the decision and described it as an attack on all Palestinian rights.
This is outrageous. Palestinian human rights groups have – for decades – stood strong in the face of continued attacks by the Israeli government and military. This latest accusation by the Israeli government on key human rights orgs is an attack on all Palestinian rights. https://t.co/5vhKkUgSbI
— Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) October 22, 2021
B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, said the Israeli decision “is an act characteristic of totalitarian regimes, with the clear purpose of shutting down these organizations.”
1. Israel’s “change” government's designation of Palestinian human rights organizations as “terror organizations” is an act characteristic of totalitarian regimes, with the clear purpose of shutting down these organizations. https://t.co/EoTMxayBK5
— B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم (@btselem) October 22, 2021
In the same vein, Breaking the Silence said the decision is “a well-known tactic of authoritarian regimes who fear criticism.”
“How many times have we heard, “where are the Palestinian human rights organizations?” Well, here they are”, it added.
Outlawing human rights organizations is a well-known tactic of authoritarian regimes who fear criticism. How many times have we heard, "where are the Palestinian human rights organizations?" Well, here they are.
— Breaking the Silence (@BtSIsrael) October 22, 2021
US human rights watchdog ‘Center for Constitutional Rights’ also condemned the Israeli decision, describing it as “a continuation of a long-standing project by the Israeli government and its supporters to isolate Palestinian civil society advocates and criminalize the promotion of Palestinian rights.”
Israel’s designation of leading Palestinian human rights organizations as terrorist is a continuation of a long-standing project by the Israeli government and its supporters to isolate Palestinian civil society advocates and criminalize the promotion of Palestinian rights.
— The CCR (@theCCR) October 22, 2021
