Palestinians, including over 330 children, were killed. Palestinian armed groups had indiscriminately launched rockets into Israeli population centres and 13 Israelis were killed.
Amnesty International campaigns for Israelis and Palestinians to live together in peace, prosperity and security, with their human rights and dignity respected and protected. We urge the Israeli authorities, Palestinian Authority and Palestinian armed groups to stop violating international humanitarian law and international human rights law. We campaign for justice and accountability for the long-suffering people of the region.
Youth groups
Amnesty International has an active membership of over 550 youth groups in the UK. Youth groups are gatherings of young people in schools, sixth-form colleges or youth clubs who meet to campaign for Amnesty. They hold publicity stunts, write letters to government leaders and officials, fundraise, get publicity in their local paper, hold assemblies and create displays. You can also join as an individual member and receive magazines and letter-writing actions.
If you would like to join Amnesty International, join or set up a youth group, or simply find out more, go to www.amnesty.org.uk/youth
Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre
17–25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA 020 7033 1596
[email protected]
www.amnesty.org.uk
“It was 8.30 p.m. on 14 January; the area was quiet except of course there was always the noise of F-16s, Apaches, drones. There was no electricity. All my family were in the yard or the house listening to the news – negotiations in Egypt, martyrs, etc. The missile hit. Four were dead at once; my brother’s body was all in pieces. We want to understand something: why did they hit our house? It is in a residential area. We are neither Hamas nor Fatah. We are all civilians. None of us did anything. My father was opposed to firing rockets against the Israelis; he wanted peace, and they killed him. We have nothing to do with the resistance. We don’t understand. We want peace, and we want an investigation; we want to know why my sisters and I have been orphaned. Why did they kill our parents, our family? What life will we have now? Who will take care of us?”
Fathiya Mousa speaking to Amnesty International
(Fathiya’s parents and siblings were killed in an Israeli air strike during Operation Cast Lead in January 2010.)
“My five-year-old son always asks where the closest bomb shelter is. Little children shouldn’t have such worries; they should worry about what to play next.”
Geut Aragon
(Geut’s house in Sderot, Israel, was hit by a Palestinian rocket in January 2009.)
R afiq’s turn came and he stepped up to the chalk line. It reached the top of his ear. “This one is big enough. He goes in the truck. He’s our first.”
Rafiq is only nine when Kashmiri Freedom Fighters raid his village in search of new recruits. Tall for his age, he is the first boy to cross the chalk line into a life of brutality and violence.
Jameela cannot forget her brother. While Rafiq is trained to kill in the rebel camp high in the mountains, she keeps his memory alive.
When finally their paths cross again, Rafiq is unrecognizable as the boy who left the village. Will Jameela know him?
Endorsed by Amnesty International
L ife is harsh in the mountain village in Nepal where Lakshmi works hard alongside her mother to look after the family. When her stepfather finds her a job as a maid in the city, Lakshmi begins the long journey to India dreaming of earning money and making her family proud.
The truth that awaits her is a living nightmare.
“An unforgettable account of sexual slavery as it exists now.”
Booklist
US National Book Award finalist
Endorsed by Amnesty International
Gabriella Ambrosio is an Italian journalist and copywriter, a former professor and currently president of an international advertising agency in Italy. She has written several
Amnesty International campaigns for Israelis and Palestinians to live together in peace, prosperity and security, with their human rights and dignity respected and protected. We urge the Israeli authorities, Palestinian Authority and Palestinian armed groups to stop violating international humanitarian law and international human rights law. We campaign for justice and accountability for the long-suffering people of the region.
Youth groups
Amnesty International has an active membership of over 550 youth groups in the UK. Youth groups are gatherings of young people in schools, sixth-form colleges or youth clubs who meet to campaign for Amnesty. They hold publicity stunts, write letters to government leaders and officials, fundraise, get publicity in their local paper, hold assemblies and create displays. You can also join as an individual member and receive magazines and letter-writing actions.
If you would like to join Amnesty International, join or set up a youth group, or simply find out more, go to www.amnesty.org.uk/youth
Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre
17–25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA 020 7033 1596
[email protected]
www.amnesty.org.uk
“It was 8.30 p.m. on 14 January; the area was quiet except of course there was always the noise of F-16s, Apaches, drones. There was no electricity. All my family were in the yard or the house listening to the news – negotiations in Egypt, martyrs, etc. The missile hit. Four were dead at once; my brother’s body was all in pieces. We want to understand something: why did they hit our house? It is in a residential area. We are neither Hamas nor Fatah. We are all civilians. None of us did anything. My father was opposed to firing rockets against the Israelis; he wanted peace, and they killed him. We have nothing to do with the resistance. We don’t understand. We want peace, and we want an investigation; we want to know why my sisters and I have been orphaned. Why did they kill our parents, our family? What life will we have now? Who will take care of us?”
Fathiya Mousa speaking to Amnesty International
(Fathiya’s parents and siblings were killed in an Israeli air strike during Operation Cast Lead in January 2010.)
“My five-year-old son always asks where the closest bomb shelter is. Little children shouldn’t have such worries; they should worry about what to play next.”
Geut Aragon
(Geut’s house in Sderot, Israel, was hit by a Palestinian rocket in January 2009.)
R afiq’s turn came and he stepped up to the chalk line. It reached the top of his ear. “This one is big enough. He goes in the truck. He’s our first.”
Rafiq is only nine when Kashmiri Freedom Fighters raid his village in search of new recruits. Tall for his age, he is the first boy to cross the chalk line into a life of brutality and violence.
Jameela cannot forget her brother. While Rafiq is trained to kill in the rebel camp high in the mountains, she keeps his memory alive.
When finally their paths cross again, Rafiq is unrecognizable as the boy who left the village. Will Jameela know him?
Endorsed by Amnesty International
L ife is harsh in the mountain village in Nepal where Lakshmi works hard alongside her mother to look after the family. When her stepfather finds her a job as a maid in the city, Lakshmi begins the long journey to India dreaming of earning money and making her family proud.
The truth that awaits her is a living nightmare.
“An unforgettable account of sexual slavery as it exists now.”
Booklist
US National Book Award finalist
Endorsed by Amnesty International
Gabriella Ambrosio is an Italian journalist and copywriter, a former professor and currently president of an international advertising agency in Italy. She has written several
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