Israeli Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid

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-- Israeli measures deprive Palestinians of their right to "life and liberty of person;"

-- they include state-sponsored violence; killings; extrajudicial assassinations; arbitrary arrests and incarcerations; torture and abuse; other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; kangaroo court justice in military tribunals; and administrative detentions without charge, adequate access to counsel, trial, or proper judicial review;

-- state-sponsored collective punishment seriously impairing life and health, especially in Gaza under siege;

-- Palestinians have no free and equal participation in their political, social, economic and cultural lives;

-- they're also denied their basic human rights and freedoms with regard to free movement; their right of return; to live anywhere in historic Palestine freely in the land of their birth; and to a nationality through self-determination;

-- they're denied economic self-determination and their right to work anywhere in historic Palestine;

-- their trade unions aren't recognized so they can't represent Palestinians effectively;

-- under military occupation, their right to education, medical care and other essential services is seriously impaired;

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