Published by JRS Europe Author: Danielle Vella Go to Original Source Refugees who face a terrifying journey to seek life over death deserve praise for their courage. This came to me powerfully in recent weeks when I met so many travelling the Balkan route to find asylum in Europe. And especially when I listened to […]
Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian with down’s syndrome and flee
Online paper Haretz claims that Arif Jaradat, 23, a man with down’s syndrome was recently shot by Israeli troops. Jaradat, a man described as one ‘loved by all the children in his village’ died of his injuries last week. GDW has no means of confirming the story. Below is the original story. Go to Original […]
The Cairo Declaration: noone should be left behind
We, people with disabilities and disabled people’s organizations (DPOs) representing 57 countries from around the world, have participated in the international conference titled United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) – “No one left behind” organized by the Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities (AOPD) in partnership with Disabled People’s International (DPI) to host it’s 9th World […]
Israeli forces detain Gaza patient at Erez crossing
Published by Ma’an News Agency Go to Original Source GAZA (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Tuesday detained a Palestinian man at the Erez crossing as he was attempting to leave the blockaded Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in the occupied West Bank, his family said. Relatives of Muhammad Kamel Rajab Abu Odeh, 34, said […]
Attack on Palestinian rehabilitation center by occupation forces
Attacks on disabled people in occupied Palestine continue, this time on a rehabilitation facility in the town of Husan near Bethlehem, south of the West Bank. On March 21, heavily armed Israeli military forces stormed into the Husan Vocational Center for Children with Disabilities, destroying property and causing substantial damage to the facility. Neighbours commented that the […]