ISIL Not mentioned but, HRW Asks U.N. to Put Israel on Child Rights Violators List.(Naharnet).
Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged U.N. Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon to add Israel to an annual "List of Shame" of
children's rights violators, after more than 500 children were killed in
the war in Gaza last year.
The U.S.-based rights group called on Ban to resist
pressure from Israel and the United States to keep the Israeli Defense
Forces off the list due to be released next week.
"Secretary General Ban can strengthen child protection
in war by compiling his list based on facts, not political pressure,"
said Philippe Bolopion, crisis advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch is also calling for the Palestinian
Islamist movement Hamas to be included as well as armed groups in
Pakistan, Thailand and India for serious violations including attacks on
schools and the recruitment of child soldiers.
The current list has 51 groups including Boko Haram and
Islamic State as well as the armed forces from eight countries such as
Syria, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.
The 50-day conflict in Gaza last year killed 539
children, injured 2,956, and most Palestinians are now struggling with
trauma and life-long disabilities, according to the U.N. children's
agency, UNICEF. Hmmm......HRW don't look now but ....your Antisemitic side is showing.
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