News and Analysis 6/12/23

The report finds fundamental human rights violations “including the rights to freedom of association, expression, opinion, peaceful assembly, privacy and the right to a fair trial”:

• The Rights of Civil Society Members Are Being Violated by All Entities in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN Commission of Inquiry Says; Israeli Government Restrictions Intrinsically Linked to Occupation (UNOHCHR)

Among the victims of inaccurate mass state surveillance was a man with long hair:

• ‘Your Car Will Be Confiscated’: Iran Women Defy Hijab Law Despite Threats (BBC)

The “defendants issued a statement of clarification acknowledging their statements were ‘unfounded’”:

• Canadian Muslim Charity Wins ‘Milestone’ Settlement After Being Falsely Accused of Funding Terrorism (CBC)

“Instead of investigating the causes and the people behind Mahsa Amini’s death, the regime began blaming the journalists who brought it to light in the first place”:

• Their Reports About a Woman’s Death Set Off a Revolt. Iran Put Them on Trial (Japan Times)

Settler-Soldier violence continues:

• Israeli Forces Arrest Seven Palestinians, Including Injured Ex-prisoner (New Arab)
• Israeli Settlers Graze Their Sheep on Palestinians Groves in Masafer Yatta (Wafa)

Outsider “policymakers and political actors” call for more “sanctions that weaken ordinary citizens far more than they weaken the regime”:

• Sanctions Undermine Iranians’ Quest for Freedom (Friends of Europe)

“Israel doesn’t merely use LGBTQ issues as a cover-up. It has a secondary function as a weapon of domination”:

• A Palestinian Trans Woman’s Story Peels Away Israel’s Pinkwashing Veil (972 Magazine)

• US Expected to Begin Unloading Oil from Seized Iranian Tanker (Financial Times)

• Kashmir: Strengthening and Gilding the Cage of Occupation (Kashmir Media Service)

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