Derechos Humanos / Human Rights

A group of experts has released a new report that critically analyzes claims that Israel committed crimes against humanity during the Israel-Gaza War. The study covers from October 7, 2023, to June 1, 2025, including intentional killings, premeditated starvation, and even "genocide."  In order to separate propaganda from fact and expose structural flaws in significant worldwide communication organizations, the study employs a special combination of quantitative-statistical analysis, forensic documentation, primary sources, and comparative military history.

The authors emphasize that their objective is not legal or moral exoneration, but a rigorous factual analysis of the methodologies and evidence behind genocide claims. Accordingly, this study adheres to the highest academic and evidentiary standards. The authors do not speak for any government or political entity. The publication is forthcoming from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. 

Among the findings, the study reveals that there is no basis for the starvation claims because more food entered Gaza during the war than before October 7, 2023. The claim that 500 aid trucks are required daily stems from a misrepresentation by UN bodies, one which has been left unchallenged and unchecked. Pre-war UN records cite an average of 73 food trucks per day in 2022. During the fighting (until January 17, 2025), the Coordination and Liaison Administration of the Gaza Strip (COGAT) recorded an average of 101 food trucks daily, whereas retroactively corrected but still incomplete UNRWA data indicated 83 food trucks per day. The study reveals that severe food shortages are being caused by Hamas' actions, which seize most of the cargo and stockpile it for trading.

As set forth in the Genocide Convention of 1948, ”the crime of genocide requires that a perpetrator kill, seriously harm, or inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of a group, in whole or in part, with the intent to destroy the group as such.” However, according to the University Network for Human Rights (UNHR), a consortium of human rights centers at colleges across the world, has released its finding, “after reviewing the facts established by independent human rights monitors, journalists, and United Nations agencies, we conclude that Israel’s actions in and regarding Gaza since October 7, 2023, violate the Genocide Convention.” 

Rolando Cartaya, director de la Fundación para los DDHH en Cuba y redactor del informe, hizo hincapié en los largos apagones en la isla, que provocaron el descontento ciudadano.

Sept. 3.– El Observatorio Cubano de Conflictos (OCC) contabilizó un récord para su historia de 1.023 protestas, denuncias y acciones cívicas en la isla en agosto pasado, "un mes en el que los cubanos expresaron fuertemente su hastío por los constantes apagones y la cada vez más crítica falta de agua corriente y otros servicios públicos; los desafíos al Estado policial continuaron estallando en calles, muros y redes sociales; y las denuncias por inseguridad ciudadana experimentaron una alarmante duplicación en su saldo de muertes, desapariciones, violencia y delincuencia", señaló la organización en su más reciente reporte.

En diálogo con Infobae, Rolando Cartaya, director de la Fundación para los Derechos Humanos en Cuba y redactor del informe, sostuvo que:

In Tibet, no one can speak out against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But you can be a voice for the voiceless.

As the CCP intensifies its crackdown on religious freedom in Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s latest book, Voice for the Voiceless, serves as a powerful reminder of why your support matters. It is a call to action for all those who care about Tibet to raise our voices in solidarity, guided by his unwavering commitment to nonviolence, compassion, and justice.

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  The applicants, Giorgi Mzhavanadze and Nodar Rukhadze, are Georgian nationals who were born in 1993 and 1996 respectively, and live in Tbilisi. They are founding members of the Shame Movement, a non-governmental organisation aimed at supporting “Georgia’s democratic development and the process of its integration in the Euro-Atlantic space, protecting human rights, aiding the implementation of fair and free elections, raising civic awareness and informing citizens”.

The case concerns the applicants’ arrest in November 2020 at a demonstration following the parliamentary elections of that year. They were arrested near the parliament building and charged with disobedience to the lawful orders of the police. Mr Mzhavanadze was sanctioned by three days' administrative detention, Mr Rukhadze was fined.