Failure to allow Mali’s interim leader from running in the country’s keenly-awaited upcoming presidential elections will trigger fresh violence, writes Martin Banks. That is the stark warning from lawyer Alvis Pilags (pictured), head of the respected rights organisation, the International Legal Support Centre, based in Riga, Latvia, who was speaking to this website. He spoke […]
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HS2 has the “legal right and moral obligation” to exclude a firm “involved in Israeli war crimes” from its tender process, lawyers have claimed.
Spanish manufacturer CAF is one of five bidders hoping to secure a £2.75 billion contract to supply high-speed trains to the HS2 rail project.
Palestinian rights groups have been calling on HS2 Ltd to drop CAF over its role in the Jerusalem Light Rail (JRL) expansion which links illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land to West Jerusalem.
Now a legal brief drafted by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and the European Legal Support Centre, which was submitted to the government today, claims that the rail project is “legally entitled” to reject CAF’s bid on the grounds of “grave professional misconduct” and breaches of international law.
Valencia court dismisses criminal complaint against BDS activists
Matisyahu performs at NYC Jewish Solidarity March on January 05, 2020 in New York City. [Steven Ferdman/Getty Images] January 22, 2021 at 6:19 pm
The Provincial Court in Valencia, Spain, has definitively dismissed a criminal complaint against eight Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists who had questioned the invitation for Jewish American singer Matisyahu to take part in the Rototom Festival in 2015.
The Court s decision has been praised by the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), an NGO based in Amsterdam which defends and empowers the Palestine solidarity movement in Europe through legal means. This is another milestone victory for the right to freedom of expression for those who defend Palestinian rights in Spain, said a spokesperson for the Centre.