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An independent review has found that Waikato Regional Council's evidence gathering processes are "appropriate, robust, lawful and up to date".
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Waikato Regional Council's investigations and incident response manager Patrick Lynch has been recognised as a finalist for a top Australasian professional achievement award.
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The constraints regional councils face in responding promptly to emerging environmental issues has been highlighted by a new central Government report issued today, says Waikato Regional Council.
There's another great opportunity coming up for students from the Waihou-Piako rivers zone to get a tertiary studies scholarship worth up to $6000.
Reporoa residents and people living nearby are being given a further chance to participate in the Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai project designed to restore and protect the Waikato and Waipa rivers.
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Boaties are being reminded to prep their boat, check their gear and know the rules ahead of the traditionally busy Labour Weekend on the Waikato region's waterways and off the coast.
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An effluent spreading company has been convicted and fined $15,000 for illegally discharging effluent into the environment.
Waikato Regional Council says a collaborative approach to protecting the health of rivers in the region is best.
Waikato residents are invited to help finalise recommended ways of restoring and protecting the Waikato and Waipa rivers.
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Bar crossings can be very hazardous, even for the most experienced of boaties. The incredibly sad deaths on bars this past year are an avoidable reminder that bar crossings should only ever be tackled with the right attitude, equipment, and knowledge.
Waikato Regional Council has signed off on a successful year in which it achieved more than 90 per cent of its performance targets and delivered a total surplus of $702,000.
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The Chicago Peregrine Program often receives valuable information about bird movements from birdwatchers, building managers, and other concerned citizens. These helpful folks call in to provide updates on the status of Peregrine nests or to report downed birds. However, not all Peregrines that end up on the street are injured. The first flight from the nest is usually a glide to a lower ledge, with a fledgling occasionally making it all the way down to the ground. To avoid any potential injury from cars, all downed Peregrines found in the city are retrieved. They're quickly transported to a rehab facility for an examination. If a Peregrine has sustained any fractures, or otherwise needs long-term care, it's then transferred to SOAR, an organization that rehabilitates raptors. If the young Peregrine is fine, it's returned to the nest ledge. If you happen to spot a downed Peregrine and would like to help, below are a few tips for handling injured birds.
- Do not attempt to take care of the bird on your own. Get the bird to a licensed rehabilitator.
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- Wear heavy gloves and wrap the injured bird in a towel.
- Transport the bird in a cardboard box with plenty of ventilation holes.
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Seth Meyers may have just been named the new host of Late Night, but he's already got his pick for the first guest on his couch.
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Meyers, who co-anchored "Weekend Update" with Poehler on SNL for two seasons, will replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night when Fallon takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2014. Meyers says he hasn't gotten advice from the veterans just yet, but says they've all reached out to say congratulations.
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A Special Reading Course (SRC) allows a student to work with a consortium instructor on a topic that is not available via the regular course schedule or to upgrade a lower level course to a higher level course with additional work required. The student and the instructor negotiate and must agree on the details of the course or upgrade (meeting times, readings, papers, projects, exams, etc.). For some general guidance on workload expectations, please refer to PSR's Credit Hour Policy. The student should be aware that the instructor receives no additional compensation for offering a SRC. Therefore, a student should not ask a professor to offer a SRC for a class that is offered regularly, and while core faculty are not obligated to offer SRCs, those who choose to do so are advised to take on no more than two SRCs per semester.
Special reading courses (SRCs) can be arranged between an individual student and a faculty person who has a regular (not adjunct) appointment at PSR or another GTU school. In general, PSR does not approve SRCs where the proposed instructor is an adjunct faculty person.
SRCs are not taken as replacements for regular curricular offerings and are not an appropriate means to fulfill required courses for a program. Each SRC cannot exceed 3 credits. All SRCs are counted as elective credits, unless you obtain special approval from your instructor, advisor, and dean, and there are different limitations to how many SRCs may be used toward a program. Check your program manual or the Common Academic Polices Chart for this information.
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A very good day around here yesterday. I actually pulled out my sewing machine and started a new project! This one is for a new baby niece coming in September. I love this collection from Lily and Will II by Anne Sutton for Moda. Anne Sutton is such a lovely person – I got to meet her briefly at Market and she was so kind.
I sewed!
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Denise in PAJuly 30, 2011 at 6:26 am
I love Lily & Will – in every colorway! Also, those new fabrics are divine – yum!
Samelia's MumJuly 30, 2011 at 6:35 am
Lovely new fabrics. Lily and Will is such a serene range. Great for a new baby.
Sarah CraigJuly 30, 2011 at 6:41 am
Congratulations! It does feel good to get to sew, doesn't it? Sometimes it takes a little break for us to really appreciate it…. 😉
DeeRooJuly 30, 2011 at 6:53 am
Hahahaa…I've had a few naps like that too!;)

Saw your photo and Dana's on the Sewing Summit roster….I felt like I know two rock stars!;)

That's going to be a lovely quilt…we have a bit of that line left in the shop and it is so soft and lovely for a child's quilt!
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AnitaJuly 30, 2011 at 7:00 am
Love the water balloons! =)

It's sew nice to sew…summer has limited that activity in my life…but when I get too, it's sew refreshing. =)
Happy Cottage QuilterJuly 30, 2011 at 7:08 am
I love the Lily and Will fabric line. It's so fun to start a new project. It looks like your helpers got wiped out from all the work with the water balloons 🙂
AnnaJuly 30, 2011 at 7:23 am
we love doing water balloons around here, and surprisingly i think it's a blast! 🙂
Summer KillebrewJuly 30, 2011 at 8:34 am
Can't wait to see what you make with the Lily & Will!
JenniferJuly 30, 2011 at 8:35 am
Wow I really like your fabrics from Poppy seed!
Mary on Lake PulaskiJuly 30, 2011 at 9:14 am
I feel like taking a nap like that some times – too old for that position though! Sweet Lily and Will for baby. AND yummy new fabrics for your stash Amy.
BeckyJuly 30, 2011 at 9:27 am
That last picture is hysterical! Amazing where kids can fall asleep isn't it?! Glad you got some sewing in! My 2 boys are home all summer too, and I'm "sew" lucky that they're older, but it's still hard to find time…
bethanndoddJuly 30, 2011 at 10:19 am
I love days like that! What a priceless pic of your little guy…love it!! Hope you have a super Saturday! Smiles~Beth
Modern AmishJuly 30, 2011 at 10:38 am
Ooh Thanks for the intorduction to Anne Sutton:D
LynCCJuly 30, 2011 at 11:37 am
Wow – *That's* tired!! ROFL

And now I really want a water balloon fight. . .
Sara WrightJuly 30, 2011 at 5:50 pm
That photo is priceless!
DJ RoseJuly 30, 2011 at 6:23 pm
That pic is hilarious. That is one to hold onto for his wedding reception.

Happy sewing. I've been helping my 12 yr old (when did they get so big, I'm scared for 7th grade) with two sewing projects. Its been fun to work with her and teach her.
Evelene SJuly 30, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Thanks for the laugh! Your poor guy must of been so exhausted!
StitchinByTheLakeJuly 31, 2011 at 6:34 am
Amy I just came over to tell you I loved your wonderful orange quilt at Stash Manicure – so bright and joyful. Congratulations at being on the banner. 🙂 blessings, marlene
Gene BlackJuly 31, 2011 at 6:39 am
I love your new fabric arrivals, especially the circle one.
I came over after seeing your orange quilt on Stash Manicure. You did a great job quilting it. I would love to see the "other front" on it. Maybe I will find it on your blog
SnoodlesJuly 31, 2011 at 8:57 am
I hopped over from Stash to tell you that I love your orange quilt. Is there a blog post where we can see both sides? Lovely!
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SallieJuly 31, 2011 at 8:58 am
Congratulations on being featured by Madame Samm at Stash Manicure!
DonnaJuly 31, 2011 at 8:58 am
I am a new quilter – found you on Stash Manicure blog, your quilt is gorgeous! here is a link to my first quilt I made that has orange in it (one of my favorite new colors!) I just finished it last weekend! 1st quilt – Diagonal Dreams
DebbieJuly 31, 2011 at 9:24 am
Way to go….orange quilt featured at Stash Manicure is great. Congratulations.
Erin @ InvisibleGirl.OrgJuly 31, 2011 at 10:16 am
What a nice day, I'm hoping to copy you today!
TroyJenneneJuly 31, 2011 at 11:17 am
I can totally understand . . .matter of fact I feel kinda sad when there are long periods & I am not able to sit & sew. Nice colors for your new project; I am certain baby will love that feel next to their skin. Get sewing!
CJ & MelAugust 1, 2011 at 8:53 am
That is a classic 'nap' picture. One to pull out at his wedding 🙂
Nanette Merrill and daughtersAugust 4, 2011 at 11:26 am
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Saturday, August 29, 2015
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The Joy of Autumn
I don't know about you, but I think autumn is a wonderful time of year. It's as if all through the spring & summer I am in a cocoon or something, just going through the motions of life ... but at the first sign of leaves changing color & dropping to the earth, cooler temperatures, & the kids going back to school, I become a new person. I am happier & more content. I smile all the time. I immerse myself in baking pumpkin bread & making homemade soups & stews. I almost squeal with delight when I walk out the door & have to go back inside the house to get a sweater : )
I know that January 1st is the start of the new year, but I have always felt as if the first day of school was the start of the new year. A new year filled with promise. And of course winter is not too far off, & you know that I am positively giddy when the snow begins to fall!
My back has been improving with the help of 3-year-old muscle relaxants & one of the best purchases I have ever made ... a wheat filled wrap that you place in the microwave with a cup of water for 3 minutes & heat to pain relieving perfection : ) Thanks to all of you who have prayed & sent me good wishes for a speedy recovery. I deeply appreciate it. John is hoping that I have learned to not pick up heavy things when he is not here but to rather wait for him to do it. I hope I have learned that too.
I had a lot of plans for this week which had to be shelved as I either spent my time bent over whilst shuffling from one part of the house to another, or sitting with the heated wheat filled wrap whilst working on my crochet. I have tried various ways of making granny squares (a few of them shown below ... I have attempted more since this photo was taken) & have settled on what I think is my favorite way of making them.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
John & I awoke to a beautiful morning! We were blessed with a delightful 54-degree temperature last night with the predicted temperature today being 77 degrees. The sun was shining, the cloudless sky was a beautiful shade of blue, & it wasn't hard to imagine a little nip of fall in the air.
John said he was going to walk to a few stores to enjoy the weather rather than drive to them. He asked me to come along, but I declined. There were some things I wanted to take care of here, plus I wanted to go to one of the furniture stores in town to see if I could finally find a nice sofa so we wouldn't have to sit on the floor anymore.
Since the furniture store wasn't going to be opening for another 2 hours, I began to unpack a box of things to put in the bedroom closet. I then found things in that closet that needed to go to one of the storage units. I moved them to another room to take care of at another time. I went upstairs & looked through a few crochet books I had recently purchased, then sorted through more things to list on eBay. There were some boxes piled willy-nilly at the top of the stairs, so I sorted through them & neatened them up a bit, then came into this room where my computer is & sorted & neatened a bit in here as well. I carried a few things downstairs, looked into the dining room & saw some boxes there that I knew needed to go to one of the storage units. Boxes of books. Eight boxes of books. I decided to move them over next to the back door where it would be convenient for John to take them to the car. Things were going well until I picked up the 8th box. I immediately felt a sharp pain in my lower back, & I immediately thought "You idiot!!!" I was diagnosed with OA in my lumbar spine many years ago. I know better than to lift heavy boxes of books.
I knew I had an ice pack & surprisingly remembered where it was ... in the bathroom cupboard rather than in the freezer. It's in the freezer now & hopefully will be ready to bring a wee bit of relief to my back in the not too distant future. Of course without a sofa or chair to sit in, getting comfy with an ice pack is going to be difficult : (
After the initial blinding pain, I hobbled over to the steps, sat down, talked with God for a while, & marveled at just how stupid I can be. I also thought about how we never know from one moment to the next what will happen in our lives. There I was, one moment accomplishing something, planning to do some shopping, etc ... & the next moment painfully incapacitated.
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
I have been getting more & more frustrated with the never-ending cleaning, the never-ending unpacking, & the never-ending trying to find a place for stuff. After my last visit to the storage units (you will recall that we now have two of them again), I came home vowing to rid myself of more things than Carter has pills. (I wonder if anyone uses that expression about Carter's pills anymore?) Make no mistake, this is going to be a HUGE undertaking. I took a small step in that direction today by listing some lacemaking things on eBay. I think I listed two cross stitch books as well. Of course listing things on eBay brings its own set of frustrations. If only I were a wealthy woman & didn't have tons of dollars tied up in this stuff, I would give it all away ... or burn it! ... just to get it off my back.
Having said that, I'm now going to show you my new shipment of crochet yarn ... lol! Out with one batch of stuff, in with another, eh? At least crochet yarn is something useful : ) Here's the box of yarn after I brought it home from the post office. Yep ... that's unpacked moving boxes you see behind it : )
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Two Kinds of People
There are two kinds of people in this world. The person(s) yesterday who robbed us of our tool box, & the couple who live in the townhouse behind us. They were among the first people to welcome us here, & today they brought us a gift "because we are so nice" (their words).
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Monday, August 17, 2015
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Sunday, August 16, 2015
Crochet!!! And other stuff too.
It's not as if I don't have enough to do, & it's not as if I don't have enough crafting interests already. The urge strikes me every now & then. I can usually shrug it off, but not this time. I think it started a couple weeks ago when, in a moment of weakness, I joined a Christmas in July ornament exchange on Ravelry. As I scoured the internet for knitted ornament patterns, I found a plethora of crocheted ones, some of which were really intriguing, & I said, "Shirlee, you ought to learn to crochet so you can make these!" And I downloaded a few ... you know, just in case ... & I chose a knitting pattern for an angel ornament & enjoyed making her for my assigned person in the exchange.
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Thursday, August 6, 2015
Need Help with Dresser Measurements Please?
Life continues to be good here in ... what do I call this place? I'm not in The Devil's Playground anymore. I will have to give this some thought. In the meantime, if anyone isn't overwhelmingly busy with anything else, I could use some help regarding dresser measurements. I am curious about the height & width of your bedroom dresser. The reason I'm asking is that after many days & an enormous amount of stressful deliberation regarding the purchase of some bedroom furniture, I settled on an Amish made set ... then the next day told the owner that I changed my mind ... then contacted her again the day after that to tell her no, deliver it as planned. Yes, I'm that pathetic ... lol! The furniture was delivered yesterday. It is solid cherry & more beautiful than I remembered it being in the store, but I didn't quite remember the dresser being so short or the drawers so shallow. Here is a photo I found online. I looks like the dresser in this photo is oak rather than cherry, & there is a mirror that attaches to the dresser which the photo doesn't show.
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Oracle v. Google: The Trial and the Errors
Apr 26, 2012 5:00 AM PT
With all the fabulous and exciting technologies to talk about here in the world of FOSS -- the shiny, brand-spankin'-new Ubuntu Linux 12.04, to name just one -- it always seems a crying shame to have to waste any breath at all discussing lawsuits.
Discuss them we must, however, because in today's litigious landscape, a few powerful software giants keep coming back for more.
The latest example? None other than Oracle v. Google, of course, and an ongoing saga that just keeps going on and on.
Now well into its second week, the trial is the focus of global scrutiny, and more than a few Linux bloggers are up in arms. After a few rounds of Peppermint Penguins down at the seedy Java Joint blogobar, Linux Girl got an earful.
'A Hole You Throw Money Into'
"Oracle should thank Google for making Java relevant again," Google+ blogger Alessandro Ebersol told Linux Girl, for example.
"Instead, they go after the money Google rightfully earned with a lawsuit that looks like a scam: 'Oh, you are making money from Java, then start to pay us,'" Ebersol added.
"Larry Ellison likes his yachts, so he knows the boat owner's definition of a boat: 'a hole in the water that you throw money into,'" began Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "Oracle's purchase of Sun evokes the same image."
'Trolling for Dollars'
Oracle has little to show for the US$7.4 billion spent on that purchase, Hudson suggested.
"MySQL? Forked. OpenOffice? Forked, then given to the Apache Foundation -- the same Apache Foundation that supplied Google with the Harmony 'Java' class libraries," she pointed out. "And all those Java patents?
"Most have been tossed out after being re-examined by the patent office, and Oracle's court case against Google for 'billions of dollars' has already been whittled down to, at most, '30 to 42 million' for copyright claims -- if Oracle wins, which is unlikely," she added.
"This whole soap opera feels like a SCO re-run," Hudson concluded. "As if that wasn't bad enough, Oracle losing won't be enough to dissuade the next patent troll, because win or lose, the lawyers who push the 'trolling for dollars' game will still make money."
'The End for Oracle'?
So far, the trial has revealed little new information, Google+ blogger Linux Rants told Linux Girl.
"The lead-up was so long that most of both Google's and Oracle's cases has already been seen in the media," Linux Rants explained.
Timothy Bray's testimony, however, could have a significant impact, he added.
"It's already been heavily implied that Oracle only decided to sue Google in lieu of bringing their own product into the market, and the comments he made during the Open Sourcing of Java could very well spell the end for Oracle," Linux Rants concluded.
'The Biggest Barrier to Innovation'
"It's interesting to me that we have David Boies pushing the same arguments about the copyrightability of APIs that he did in the SCO trial," mused consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack.
"It seems like he really wants to present this argument to the courts, but I wonder if he knows or even cares that the computer industry will be seriously damaged if he succeeds in convincing the courts of his point of view," Mack added.
On the other hand, "unless the judge takes leave of his senses and allows APIs to be copyrightable, the effects will probably be minimal," predicted Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien.
"The real lesson here is that software patents are probably the single biggest barrier to innovation and growth in the technology industry," O'Brien concluded.
'Copyright Does Not Apply'
Indeed, "Oracle v Google shows the world how hollow IT is with software patents and non-FREE software," blogger Robert Pogson agreed.
"The bluster about $billions owed turns out to be $millions, if anything, and if Java is GPLed then the APIs are free to use," he explained. "Copyright does not apply to names and parameter lists, according to the court, so the whole API of Java should be fair use, and Google only needed a small part of it for Android/Linux."
Pogson's only concern "is that the lawyers are figuring this out as they go along and may make some bad choices resulting in years of litigation and a straight-jacket for IT," he told Linux Girl. "It's obvious to me that the judge should have ruled on summary judgment against violation of copyright on APIs for Free Software. It's a waste of time to deal with that at trial. I expect by the time all the evidence is presented, the judge will excuse the jurors and apologize for wasting their time."
In short, "why was copyright not kicked out months ago?" Pogson wondered. "Software patents are both invalid and not applicable in this case because software is not patentable, and the USPTO has rejected most of them on re-examination. Oracle has no patent on smartphones or tablets.
"This is SCOG v World all over again, and Boies is again making money over bogus claims against FLOSS," he concluded.
'The Height of Insanity'
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet took a different view.
"In the end it comes down to a simple question: Does a company have the right to control a language they invent or bought?" he explained.
"Either you believe that there should be NO controls whatsoever, the flipside of which would mean making any language licensed under GPL null and void, or they do have control, in which case they get to say what you do and don't do with the language," he explained.
"But making it it a whole 'good vs. evil' thing because one company pays some lip service is the height of insanity," hairyfeet concluded.
'Every Developer Should Be Watching'
Last but not least, Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project, said he's glad to see the case go to trial rather than be settled out of court.
"It involves one of the primary unaddressed questions in software copyright -- namely, what are the copyright implications of using someone else's APIs," Travers explained. "I suspect that this decision will be a very technical question which will be settled on the basis of questions of copyright law doctrines, but it has tremendous implications for all software developers, particularly those who engage in open source software development."
Copyright was "never supposed to be about controlling what software can act functionally like another program or how two programs can interact," he added.
"This case gets to the heart of this issue and asks what, exactly, copyright protects in software," Travers concluded. "While this is a complicated issue with software, in part because copyright (which protects expression and not function) is a very poor fit, the case is one every software developer should be watching."


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After Israel began its major military offensive in Gaza on December 27, 2008, Hamas authorities in the territory took extraordinary steps to control, intimidate, punish, and at times eliminate their internal political rivals and those suspected of collaboration with Israel. The attacks continued throughout Israel's campaign, and have slowed but not stopped since major hostilities ceased on January 18, 2009.
During the chaos of Israel's offensive, which killed approximately 1,350 Palestinian civilians and combatants and wounded about 5,000, Hamas security forces or masked gunmen believed to be with Hamas extra-judicially executed 18 people, mainly those accused of collaborating with Israel. Masked gunmen also beat and maimed by shooting dozens of Hamas's political opponents, especially members and supporters of its main political rival, Fatah.
The internal violence in Gaza has continued since Israel withdrew its forces. Palestinian human rights groups in Gaza have reported 14 more killings between January 18 and March 31, 2009.
So far, this violence has gone mostly unpunished. Despite promises to investigate unlawful killings and other abuses, Hamas authorities, to Human Rights Watch's knowledge, have only investigated one alleged killing by members of their security forces or armed wing.
The majority of Palestinians executed by other Palestinians during Israel's military operations were men accused of collaboration with Israel. Along with others, they had escaped from Gaza's main prison compound after Israel bombed the facility on December 28. In addition to the 32 killings mentioned above, the relatives of one suspected collaborator shot him to death "to restore the family's honor" while Hamas forces failed to intervene.
Hamas security forces have also used violence against known Fatah members, especially those who had worked in the Fatah-run security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Of particular concern is the widespread practice of maiming people by shooting them in the legs, which Hamas first used in June 2007, when it seized control inside Gaza from Fatah. According to the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), the human rights ombudsman organization of the Palestinian Authority, unidentified gunmen in masks deliberately inflicted bullet wounds to the legs of at least 49 people between December 28, 2008 and January 31, 2009.
In January and February 2009 Human Rights Watch interviewed three men who had been shot in the legs, apparently by Hamas security forces, as described below. Two of them were Fatah supporters; one was a former member of the Fatah-led Preventive Security force of the PA. The third man had been overheard on the street criticizing Hamas.
Abductions and severe beatings are another major concern. According to ICHR, unidentified perpetrators physically abused 73 Gazan men from December 28 to January 31, causing broken legs and arms. Human Rights Watch documented three such cases of Fatah supporters assaulted during and after the Israeli offensive, as well as one case of what appeared to be a politically motivated house arrest.
The attacks by Hamas security forces against other Palestinians during and since the recent major hostilities with Israel marked the worst outbreak of internal violence since Hamas took control inside Gaza in June 2007. But the types of violations are not new. Human Rights Watch has previously documented similar abuses by Hamas police and the Internal Security Force, including arbitrary detentions accompanied by severe beatings and gunshots to the legs, and torture, sometimes leading to death.
On the other side of the internal Palestinian divide, the Fatah-run authorities in the West Bank have also increased repressive measures against Hamas members and supporters there. Between December 28, 2008, and February 28, 2009, Palestinian human rights groups recorded 31 complaints of residents who said they had been tortured by Fatah-led security forces. They also recorded one known death in custody and the arbitrary detention of two journalists from a private television station considered pro-Hamas. United States and European Union donors who fund and train these forces have expressed no public criticism of these serious human rights violations.
In both Gaza and the West Bank, these abuses violate Palestinian law. The Palestinian Basic Law, considered the interim constitution, guarantees the right to equal treatment before the law, freedom of expression and association, and fundamental due process rights. It prohibits torture and other mistreatment.
An extensive body of international treaties, notably the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, also prohibit these abuses. Both the Hamas and Fatah authorities claim to be the legitimate heads of the Palestinian Authority. Not being a recognized state, the PA cannot ratify these treaties, but PA officials have repeatedly pledged to respect their standards. As a political party, Hamas has publicly indicated on several occasions that it would respect international human rights norms.
Hamas officials have said that they will investigate allegations of abuse by its security forces, and deny that there is any policy to target political opponents or critics. Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab al-Ghusain told Reuters on January 29 that Hamas was investigating Fatah accusations and would hold any guilty parties accountable.[1] In early February, Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told Al-Jazeera: "I don't ignore that there were some mistakes made by members of Hamas, but I think that is not a policy adopted by the leadership here."[2]
Hamas officials have stated that on one occasion they disciplined police officers found to be involved in a custodial death. On March 31, the ministry of interior fired 11 police officers and placed them in custody pending a trial before a military court. The police officers stand accused of involvement in the death of Zayed 'Ayesh Mabrouk Jaradat, 40, who according to Palestinian human rights groups died under torture on March 16. The police in Rafah had reportedly detained Jaradat for drug possession.
It is difficult to determine whether or not the abuses documented in this report resulted from a policy decision by Hamas leaders, but the extent and frequency of the violations strongly suggests such a policy. At the very least, Hamas security forces are not doing enough to prevent or punish these abuses.
During periods of armed conflict, Hamas, as the effective authority in Gaza, is entitled to take appropriate measures to ensure security, including by detaining individuals who pose a genuine security risk. But detentions cannot be arbitrary or target a group or category of persons for political as opposed to security reasons. Physical abuse against detainees, including torture and summary executions, is strictly forbidden under all circumstances.
After being denied entry into Gaza by Israel during major hostilities, Human Rights Watch researchers entered Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on January 21, 2009, and over the following two weeks conducted 13 interviews with the victims of and witnesses to the abuses documented in this report. Human Rights Watch researchers also spoke with local human rights groups and journalists who had researched these issues, before leaving Gaza on February 4, when Egypt again closed the border. Israel continues to deny Human Rights Watch access to Gaza. An additional victim was interviewed in Egypt on February 10.
On March 5, 2009 Human Rights Watch submitted a list of detailed questions to the government of Ismail Haniya regarding alleged abuses by Hamas security forces. A follow-up letter was sent on March 13. Both letters are provided as an appendix to this report. As of April 10, Human Rights Watch had received no reply.
Unlawful Violence against Political Rivals in Gaza
During Israel's major military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,350 Palestinian civilians and combatants and wounded about 5,000[3], Hamas authorities there took extraordinary steps to control, intimidate, punish, and at times eliminate their internal political rivals as well as persons suspected of collaboration with Israel. These attacks by Hamas-controlled security forces and the group's armed wing against other Palestinians during and since the recent fighting marked the worst outbreak of internal violence since Hamas took control inside Gaza in June 2007.[4]
The Hamas internal security forces have two main pillars: the police and the Internal Security Force (al-Amn al-Dakhili), which deals with matters of territorial security and political crimes, similar to the Fatah-run Preventive Security Service in the West Bank. Hamas's armed wing, the 'Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, deals primarily with external security, and in particular the hostilities with Israel. In Gaza, Hamas also controls the National Security Force, a PA-wide force with responsibility for border security.
Both the police and Internal Security Force sustained extensive damage during the Israeli offensive. Israeli air strikes on December 27 killed scores of policemen, including police chief Tawfiq Jabber, and subsequently destroyed dozens of police stations and facilities across Gaza. On January 15, an Israeli air attack killed Interior Minister Said Siyam together with nine others. Nonetheless, Human Rights Watch researchers in Gaza after major hostilities had stopped observed that the Hamas government and security forces apparently still had the capacity to maintain internal order. Hamas security forces appeared organized, with visible patrols and police functioning out of makeshift offices. In light of that degree of control, it seems unlikely that other armed groups were able to move freely and carry out many of the beatings, shootings and killings documented in this report.
The unlawful violence by Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip since late December 2008 falls into several categories: killings and maimings by masked gunmen known or suspected to be affiliated with Hamas; executions of suspected collaborators; extra-judicial killings, torture, and other mistreatment; and arbitrary detention.
Killings and Maimings by Masked Gunmen
Local human rights organizations have documented a total of 30 cases of killings and scores of shootings by masked gunmen. According to the ICHR, the human rights ombudsman organization of the Palestinian Authority (PA), masked gunmen killed 28 Palestinians from December 27, 2008 to February 27, 2009.[5] In addition to the 28 deaths that witnesses attributed to masked gunmen, the ICHR reported the death of Hasan Mohamed Hasan Hirz, 39, whose body, showing bruises and signs of torture, was found in Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital on February 28, a day after he was last seen leaving his home. According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), an independent human rights group based in Gaza, Hamas security forces or unidentified gunmen killed at least 29 Gaza residents between the start of Israel's military operation and February 27; 26 of these cases were also recorded by ICHR.[6]
Human Rights Watch documented one incident in which masked gunmen killed a Gaza resident and three incidents in which they shot and maimed Gazans.
In the case resulting in death, at around 6 p.m. on January 4, 2009, members of the al-Najjar family were sitting outside their home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City when four men wearing masks and carrying AK-47 assault rifles approached the house. Two family members who were present told Human Rights Watch that the gunmen wore unmarked black uniforms and ammunition vests, but the family did not identify them as Hamas. When the gunmen ordered everyone to stand up and raise their hands, the head of the household, Hisham al-Najjar, age 55, protested, the two witnesses said. An argument ensued and one of the gunmen fired a shot, hitting no one. At least five women inside the house came rushing out, and in the chaos the gunmen opened fire, killing Hisham al-Najjar and wounding ten members of the family and a family friend. The victims ranged in age from a 12-year old girl, Ahlam Hisham al-Najjar, who was shot in the leg, to Zakkia al-Najjar, 70, Ahlam's grandmother, who was shot in both legs.[7] Human Rights Watch observed the bandages on both her legs.
"After the gunmen left, I saw a sea of blood," said Amar Hisham al-Najjar, 25. He told Human Rights Watch that the gunmen shot his father Hisham in the chest, the abdomen, and the legs.[8] "There was no electricity and no ambulances because of the war, so we tried to stop the bleeding and got our friends to drive the wounded to al-Shifa hospital, where my father died," he said. "The Hamas police at the hospital questioned me about what happened, and they said they'd get back to me, but there's been nothing. I'm not accusing anyone, but we demand a real investigation."
Amar's cousin, Saleh Sofian al-Najjar, 21, a tailor who was shot in the leg during the attack, confirmed this version of events.[9] Human Rights Watch saw Saleh's and Amar's bandaged legs but did not inspect the wounds. Saleh and Amar al-Najjar showed Human Rights Watch seven spent bullets that they said they had collected at the scene. Human Rights Watch identified the cartridges as 5.62 mm rounds for the AK-47 rifle.
Apart from Amar al-Najjar, a former member of the PA Presidential Guard, two others of those shot had worked in the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security and National Security forces prior to the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007.
In a second case, at around 7 p.m. on January 26, four masked men wearing dark brown military jackets and carrying automatic weapons grabbed a 38-year-old former member of Fatah's Preventive Security as he walked near his home in Gaza City. According to the victim, who asked to remain anonymous, the men threw him into the covered back of an Isuzu pickup truck, covered his face with his kaffiyeh (scarf), and drove him to a location he later identified as a Hamas training base around 500 meters from his home. "They took me out of the truck and said, 'What do you want to do before you die?'" he said.[10]
The men uncovered his face and allowed him to recite the evening prayer, he said, and then covered his face again and drove him to another location where they forced him to sit on the ground with his legs extended. "As soon as I did that, two of them shot me in the left leg," he said. Human Rights Watch observed his bandaged left leg.
In a third case, a man in his 20s who asked not to be identified told Human Rights Watch that he had "made a mistake" in mid-January when he criticized a Hamas leader in a conversation on the street with friends.[11] He believes his remark was overheard by someone in the area. Later that evening, more than a dozen armed men with black masks and red kaffiyeh took him from his home, he said, and brought him to a solitary area where they shot him three times in the lower legs and ankles.
He told Human Rights Watch: "About fourteen of them came for me. They forced me to go from my home to a dark place near a mosque and four of them shot me in the legs, one shot each, but one missed. Hamas pays people to listen for them – we call them 'drones'[12] – and the drones overheard me. The man added that he was not politically active and was not a member of Fatah. Human Rights Watch observed the man's heavily bandaged legs.
In other cases, Hamas security forces reportedly shot individuals opposed to Hamas rule in Gaza who had openly supported Israel's attack. Human Rights Watch interviewed one such person, who was recovering in Egypt from multiple gunshot wounds to the left leg. "I was so happy they bombed that I was giving out sweets," the man said, his injured leg still requiring him to use a wheelchair.[13] According to the man, he was walking home from visiting a friend in Gaza City on January 1 when he saw two young men whom he did not know carrying AK-47 assault rifles. They pointed their weapons at his legs and one of them opened fire, he said. An ambulance took him to al-Shifa Hospital, where he said he shared a room with two other men, whose names he did not know, who said Hamas forces had also shot them in the legs.
Executions of Suspected Collaborators
Approximately 800 convicted prisoners and persons were being held in pre-trial detention in the central prison in Gaza City when Israeli air strikes began on December 27, 2008, according to the ICHR, which had visited the facility earlier that month. Hamas authorities released about 580 of the prisoners after the bombings started, but kept in custody roughly 115 alleged collaborators with Israel, about 70 Fatah supporters held on various charges, and some persons convicted of criminal offenses who had been sentenced to death.[14] Some of the remaining detainees escaped the following day when Israel bombed the prison, but were subsequently tracked down and killed by masked gunmen. The ICHR documented 20 cases of escaped prisoners being shot and killed by masked gunmen from December 28 to January 31; at least 12 of the victims had been detained in the prison for allegedly "collaborating with the enemy."[15] Seventeen of the 29 people killed by gunmen that the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported from December 28 to February 27 were prisoners and detainees who had fled the prison compound after Israel's attack, including 13 men sentenced to death for collaboration with Israel, three convicted of common crimes, and one man awaiting trial.[16]
Human Rights Watch interviewed a Fatah member who was still detained at the central prison when Israel bombed the facility on December 28. The prisoners had attempted to escape at around 6 p.m. on December 27, he said, after prison guards left the facility, but detainees who reached the prison yard came under gunfire from buildings surrounding the prison compound. "Two people were shot immediately, one in his head and the second in the chest," the witness said. "The shooting was coming from everywhere."[17] An hour and a half later, he said, 30 armed men in police uniforms and civilian clothes entered the compound, firing pistols at inmates' legs and beating them to force them back to their cells. The witness recognized one of the men as a Hamas Internal Security Force officer.[18] The security forces quickly took control, and punished some prisoners by hitting them on the hands with a thin wooden stick. The security forces then released most of the detainees, including persons detained for drugs offenses, fraud, violating court rulings, and some alleged collaborators. Detainees who were sentenced to death, Fatah members, and most of the alleged collaborators were not released.
Israel bombed the facility at around 10:30 a.m. the following day, December 28, the witness said. "I was coming out of the bathroom and suddenly I saw the wall of a room on the first floor flying away. Two or three bombs hit that place at nearly the same time. The energy of the blast threw us toward the main gate. There was white smoke. I regained consciousness and saw many prisoners wounded due to the shelling and the collapse of the walls." When he attempted to escape, he came under fire from security forces outside the prison. He said:
I ran to the street, along with tens of prisoners, but we came under fire from the security forces [who had entered the prison the previous night]. I saw three of them chasing down a fleeing prisoner, shooting him in the leg and taking him away in a car. They grabbed anyone they could catch and put him in a car. A friend of mine who is a policeman helped get me out of the area.
A reporter for the New York Times witnessed the killing of one alleged collaborator (whose death was also documented by the PCHR). On December 29, the journalist watched as a group of men pretended to transfer Saleh Hajoj, 32, from one ward of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.[19] He and five other alleged collaborators had reportedly been transferred to the hospital from the central prison after Israel bombed the facility. A number of people were watching as one of the men fatally shot Hajoj in the head. The International Crisis Group reported that the man was killed by his own family to "restore its honor."[20] According to the New York Times, unidentified gunmen executed the five other detainees within 24 hours of Hajoj's death.
Rather than arrest those responsible for extra-judicial executions, Hamas officials have made statements that appear to justify the killing of alleged collaborators. On February 2, for example, Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nunu said, "The government will show no mercy to collaborators who stab our people in the back, and they will be held accountable according to the law."[21] Al-Nunu added, "The government differentiates between violations of the law and those acts undertaken by the resistance during a time of war to protect itself from the danger of collaborators."
Extra-Judicial Killings, Torture and Other Mistreatment
In addition to shooting deaths and maimings, Hamas security forces and unidentified assailants possibly linked to Hamas were also implicated in custodial killings and torture against perceived political opponents and others.
Human Rights Watch interviewed a Fatah activist who said he was badly beaten by Hamas security forces in the Beach refugee camp on December 29, 2008. "I was sitting with others listening to the radio around the fire at 9 p.m. when three masked men broke in," he said, recalling that the men wore brown camouflage uniforms. He explained:
There were eight of us sitting there. We were all from Fatah. Then three masked militants broke in. They were dressed in brown camouflage military uniforms; they all had guns. They pointed their guns at us and cursed us, then they began beating us with iron rods, including a 10-year-old boy whom they hit in the face. They said we were "collaborators" and "unfaithful." Then they took me outside, where there were four more men in masks. They dragged me to a dark place in the vegetable market about 300 meters away. They beat me with iron sticks and gun butts for 15 minutes. They were yelling: "You are happy that Israel is bombing us!" until people came out of their houses, and they withdrew.[22]
In total, Palestinian human rights groups documented nine deaths by torture or severe beating in Gaza in January, February and March 2009. According to both the ICHR and the PCHR:
- A group of armed masked men forced Zahir Ahmad al-Za`anin, 40, from his home in Beit Hanoun on January 14; his body was found the following day at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya.
- On January 18, gunmen who said they were members of the Hamas-run Internal Security Force arrested Hani Ibrahim Abu Reidah, 25, of Khuza`a. He was found injured in an area east of Khan Younis on January 22, and died after being transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. His body bore marks of torture.
- Armed men wearing masks grabbed Yunis Muhammad Abu Amrah, 36, from his home in Gaza City on January 24; his family found him later that day, severely beaten, in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood. He died in al-Shifa hospital from his injuries on January 28.[23]
- On January 30, members of the Internal Security Force summoned and detained Jamil Shakura, 51, from Khan Yunis refugee camp. After torturing and beating him on the head and body, security agents transferred Shakura to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where he died of a stroke on February 6.
- On February 6, masked men whom ICHR identified as Internal Security Force officers abducted Nihad Sa'adi al-Dabbaka, 47, from al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. He died on February 9, with marks from apparent torture on his body.
- On February 7, 'Ata Yousef Abdul Wahhab al-Bur'i, 39, from the Beach refugee camp, died after men claiming to be police abducted and beat him severely on January 8.[24]
- On March 8, security forces took Jamil Nasser Assaf, 20, from his Gaza City home on charges of theft. He was tortured at the al-Tufah police station and died on March 24.[25]
PCHR also reported that on the morning of March 15, Rafah police arrested 40-year-old Zayed 'Ayesh Mabrouq Jaradat, on charges of drug possession. They detained him in the al-Quds Girls' Secondary School, which became the de facto police headquarters after Israel bombed the Rafah police station. According to PCHR, members of the security services tortured Jaradat during his detention, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at Martyr Mohammed Yousif al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah on March 16. The body was transferred to the forensic department at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where PCHR examined the body and saw bruising, particularly on the neck and shoulders, and that Jaradat's toenails had been removed.[26]
Two other Gaza men died in February at the hands of masked gunmen, who in both cases were identified as members of Hamas security forces. The ICHR reported that, according to the victim's family, Internal Security Force officers took Basheer 'Ilayyan al Zaytouneh, a 41-year-old resident of Gaza City, from his home on January 29. Zaytouneh's family identified his body in al-Shifa hospital on February 2.[27] On February 26 at roughly 10 p.m., masked gunmen abducted Hamza Mahmoud al-Shoubaki, 40, from the al-Daraj neighborhood in the east of Gaza City; al-Shoubaki's body was brought to al-Shifa hospital the next morning, with two gunshot wounds to the head, according to the PCHR. His wife identified the men who abducted him as members of the Internal Security Force.[28]
In a case reported in the media, the family of Usama Atallah, a teacher and Fatah supporter, said that gunmen who identified themselves as Hamas abducted Attalah from the family home in Gaza City on January 27.[29] According to the Al-Jazeera English television network, two days later the family retrieved his body from the morgue at al-Shifa Hospital with signs of strangulation, blunt-force trauma to the head, and a gunshot wound to the shoulder.[30]
Human Rights Watch separately interviewed two men who said they had each witnessed unidentified men they believed to be from Hamas badly beat a suspected criminal on a Gaza street. In the first case, men in civilian clothes whom the witness identified as Hamas members badly beat a suspected drug dealer with sticks and metal bars in Gaza City. People on the street watched but did not intervene, the witness said: "What could people do? They are afraid."[31] In the second case, men whom the witness believed to be Hamas beat a suspected criminal in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City with sticks and bars.[32] Both men believed the assailants came from Hamas because other armed groups could not operate in such a way publicly.
On March 10, the London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat reported the alleged torture by Hamas police of ten members of Saraya al-Quds, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.[33] The paper reported that Hamas police detained the ten men, from Khan Yunis, and tortured them in order to coerce them to sign pledges that they would not fire rockets at Israel.
Since the end of December 2008, Fatah-run Palestinian security services in the West Bank have stepped up arbitrary arrests and harassment of Hamas members and supporters there. The ICHR said it received 25 complaints in January 2009, and six complaints in February from West Bank residents who said they had been subjected to torture.[34] On January 24, Palestinian security forces in the West Bank detained two journalists from a pro-Hamas television station, Al-Quds.[35] According to the PCHR, on February 8 West Bank security forces announced the death of Muhammad Abd al-Jamil al-Haj, 30, from Jalqamus, who had been arrested two days earlier. According to the ICHR, the Palestinian Legislative Council has formed an independent committee to investigate his death.[36]
United States and European Union donors who fund and train these forces have expressed no public criticism of these serious human rights violations.
Arbitrary Detention by House Arrests
According to the ICHR, from December 27, 2008, to the end of January, 2009, Hamas police ordered the house arrest of more than 150 Fatah members or supporters. The PCHR said it had documented "hundreds of cases" in which Hamas authorities have imposed house arrest on Fatah activists and persons suspected of having committed a criminal offense.[37]
Human Rights Watch interviewed a student who said Hamas officials placed him under house arrest in late January, after the Israeli offensive had stopped. "I was summoned to the medical clinic next door to the police station – the police use it now that the station was bombed," the student said.[38] "They told me I was confined to my house for one month. I asked for a paper, because this means I will miss my exams and I need to show something to my university. They refused to give me any paper. They said I was arrested because I was a dishonorable citizen and a member of a dishonorable movement, and that if I leave my house they will not be responsible for my life."
Legal Standards
The abuses documented in this report, including extrajudicial executions, torture and other cruel and inhuman treatment, and arbitrary detention, are prohibited under international human rights law and international humanitarian law (the laws of war), which were applicable in Gaza during the Israeli military offensive. The human rights abuses documented in this report also violate the Palestinian Basic Law, which states in article 10 that "basic human rights and freedoms shall be binding and respected."[39]
Customary international human rights law, such as found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[40] and treaty law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, prohibit extra-judicial executions and other deliberate killings, and torture and cruel or inhuman treatment, among other abuses described in this report. These prohibitions apply at all times, even during recognized states of emergency.[41] Likewise, the Palestinian Penal Procedures Law, which elaborates on the conduct of arrests and treatment of persons in custody by the security forces, allows some restrictions of fundamental rights during an officially declared state of emergency, but only "to the level that is necessary to achieve the objective stated in the decree that announces the state of emergency."[42]
The prohibition of torture is one of the most fundamental in international human rights law. As set out in the Convention against Torture, torture means "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person… by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity." The UN Committee Against Torture, which reviews the compliance of states with the convention, has made it clear that "those exercising superior authority -- including public officials -- cannot avoid accountability or escape criminal responsibility for torture or ill-treatment committed by subordinates where they knew or should have known that such impermissible conduct was occurring, or was likely to occur, and they failed to take reasonable and necessary preventive measures."[43] No exceptional circumstances whatsoever can justify torture. States are responsible for having effective systems in place for addressing victims' complaints, and prosecuting those who torture, those who order them to, and those in positions of authority who fail to prevent or punish torture.
The laws of war also prohibit unlawful killings and ill-treatment of persons by a party to the conflict. Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, applicable to states and non-state armed groups, prohibits, "at any time and in any place whatsoever" with respect to civilians and combatants no longer taking part in the hostilities, "violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture" and "the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."[44]
International human rights law also prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of liberty. Article 9 of the ICCPR defines as arbitrary and prohibits detention "except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law," grants detainees the right to judicial review of their detention and compensation if it is found to be unlawful.[45] Even during recognized states of emergency, fundamental guarantees, such as the right to be brought before a judicial authority, still apply.[46] The laws of war also prohibit the arbitrary deprivation of liberty.[47] Security forces may limit the movement of individuals during military operations for specific reasons, however, they may not prohibit persons from leaving their homes solely on the grounds of their affiliation with a political movement.
Hamas, as a non-state armed group, is bound by the laws of war. As a de facto governing authority, Hamas cannot be party to international human rights treaties, but it has publicly indicated it would respect international standards. In a speech in Gaza on June 21, 2006, Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said Hamas was determined "to promote the rule of law, the respect for the judiciary, the separation of powers, the respect for human rights, the equality among citizens; to fight all forms of discrimination; to protect public liberties, including the freedom of the press and opinion."[48] In the program of the National Unity Government, presented on March 17, 2007, Hamas stated its "respect for international law and international humanitarian law insofar as they conform with our character, customs and original traditions."[49]
The Gaza authorities consider themselves to be the lawful government of the Palestinian Authority and therefore should be bound by the PA's repeated commitments to respect international human rights law.[50] In any event, Hamas de facto governs a specific territory and therefore should govern in accordance with international human rights standards.[51]
The Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip should take concrete and measurable steps to investigate, prosecute, and appropriately punish members of the security forces or others under their jurisdiction who are responsible for the serious human rights abuses documented in this report.
Human Rights Watch calls on the Palestinian authorities in Gaza to implement the following recommendations:
- Issue clear and public instructions to all members of the security forces prohibiting extrajudicial killings, torture, and other mistreatment, and make clear that violators will be punished to the fullest extent of the law;
- Initiate prompt and impartial investigations into all credible reports of torture or deaths of persons in custody. Discipline or prosecute as appropriate all individuals found responsible, including those persons working for or affiliated with Hamas-run security forces or militia; and
- Provide prompt and adequate compensation to victims of such abuses.
This report was researched and written by Human Rights Watch staff Bill van Esveld, researcher, and Fred Abrahams, senior emergencies researcher; and Darryl Li, consultant to Human Rights Watch. It was edited by Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division, James Ross, legal and policy director, and Iain Levine, program director.
Human Rights Watch thanks all the victims and witnesses who related their experiences. Thanks also to the human rights organizations who provided assistance, in particular the Independent Commission for Human Rights, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Al Dameer Association for Human Rights.
March 5, 2009
Prime Minister Ismail Haniya Jerusalem Street, Tal al-Hawa Gaza
Dear Prime Minister Haniya,
Over the weeks since Israel launched large-scale military operations in Gaza on December 27, Human Rights Watch has issued a number of statements regarding violations of international humanitarian law during the conflict. Our most recent intervention, of March 1, called on the United States, the European Union, and other donors meeting in Sharm al-Sheikh to call upon Israel to open its crossings with Gaza to all humanitarian aid as well as to ordinary imports and exports. That statement can be found at http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/02/28/israelgaza-donors-should-press-israel-end-blockade
Human Rights Watch is currently preparing a report on recent human rights violations apparently carried out by forces affiliated with Hamas. We would very much appreciate if your office provided us some information. We are committed to representing the material in a complete and impartial way. Your answers will help ensure that we are able to do so.
Our deadline for finalizing this report is approaching. If you can provide answers to these questions by March 13 we will seek to reflect them in our report. Thank you for your time and assistance, and we look forward to engaging with your further on matters of mutual concern.
Joe Stork Deputy Director Middle East and North Africa division
Questions for the Government of Ismail Haniya
- Has your government conducted any investigations into allegations that persons affiliated with Hamas security forces were responsible for extrajudicial executions during the recent fighting, including persons suspected of collaboration with Israel who had been held in the Gaza Central Prison but escaped when Israeli warplanes bombed that facility on December 28, 2008? If so, could you inform us which killings have been investigated and the results of those investigations?
- Has your government conducted any investigations into shootings by masked gunmen that killed or wounded persons during or after the Israeli military offensive? Has the government investigated any of the numerous incidents of shootings apparently intended to maim, such as shootings at the legs of persons who are or are suspected of being supporters of Fatah? If so, could you inform us which shooting incidents have been investigated and the results of those investigations?
- Human Rights Watch has information concerning the deaths of Zaher Ahmad al-Za'anin (40), Jamil Shakura (51), Nihad Sa'adi al Dabbaka (47), Ata Yusif Abd al-Wahhab al-Bur'I, all of whom died apparently as the result of torture following their apprehension or abduction by persons claiming to work for Internal Security or other Hamas security forces. Has your government investigated the circumstances surrounding any of these deaths? If so, could you provide information about the results of the investigations? Have the authorities taken into custody anyone suspected of responsibility for any of these deaths?
- Has anyone from the Internal Security Force been held accountable for violating any of the provisions in the Prime Minister's Order No. 128/2007, which directed the security organs to respect human rights? If so, could you please inform us of the names of the individuals and the current status of those investigations, or prosecutions, or of any disciplinary measures taken?
- With the destruction of Gaza's prison facilities and most police stations, where are security forces holding those apprehended for, charged with or convicted of a crime?
March 13, 2009
Prime Minister Ismail Haniya Jerusalem Street, Tal al-Hawa Gaza
Dear Prime Minister Haniya,
We wrote to your office on March 5 to request information for a report Human Rights Watch is preparing on recent human rights violations apparently carried out by forces affiliated with Hamas.
Because of the deadline for our report, we had asked for your reply by today, March 13. Our report has been finalized and is now being translated.
However, we will still be able to reflect your responses to our questions if we receive them by March 17. Your answers will help ensure that we are able to represent the material in a complete and impartial way.
Thank you once again for your assistance.
Joe Stork Deputy Director Middle East and North Africa division


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The woman accused of damaging a $30 million Clyfford Still painting by punching it, pulling down her pants and sliding down it asked a court today to postpone her preliminary hearing.
Prosecutors say Carmen Tisch, 36, did more than $10,000 worth of damage to the abstract-expressionist piece during the Dec. 29 episode. She's been charged with Class 3 felony criminal mischief.
Tisch declined to comment following her appearance today and remains free on bond. Her mother said only that the ordeal has been "stressful."
Tisch's preliminary hearing — where prosecutors will have to convince a judge they have enough evidence to proceed — has been reset for March 5.
The painting "1957-J-No. 2." stands nearly 9 1/2 feet tall and 13 feet wide and is valued at between $30 million and $40 million by the Clyfford Still Museum, which houses it.
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I get an error down in your update on the right hand side :(
And by the way, The Hippie may have been retrieved but it looks like that cacher may be holding on to it for a while.. *sigh*
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OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - For Nate Johnson, the excitement surrounding the upcoming Super Bowl is two-fold. Not only are his hometown Seattle Seahawks taking on the Denver Broncos - football teams representing two major U.S. cities where recreational pot use is legal - but his medical weed dispensary is seeing green.
Demand for "Beast Mode" - a strain named in honor of the Seahawks' hard-hitting running back, Marshawn Lynch - has been high at his Queen Anne Cannabis Club in Seattle, Johnson said, while pot-laced blue-and-green cupcakes are also selling fast.
"Anything Seahawks colored or themed, it's 'Boom!'" Johnson said, referring to the brisk sales. "It almost seems like it's the holidays all over again."
Johnson is among those capitalizing on the novelty of what pot enthusiasts on Twitter and elsewhere have gleefully dubbed as "Bud Bowl," "Pack-a-Bowl" and "The Stoner Bowl."
Washington state and Colorado both voted in 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana use, though the drug remains illegal under federal law. Recreational pot shops opened earlier this month in Colorado and are set to do so later this year in Washington state.
In and around Denver, pot stores contacted by Reuters were doing a brisk business even before the onset of Super Bowl fever.
Still, in the Denver suburb of Georgetown, the Sergeant Green Leaf Wellness Center's manager - who gave only his first name, Angelo - said the store plans to run some Broncos-themed specials ahead of the big game.
Glass pipes and bongs with the team's colors of blue and orange will go on sale, Angelo said, as will at least one variety of pot - likely the fortuitously-named "Orange Crush."
While Super Bowl excitement runs strongest in Colorado and Washington state, the desire to get in on the pot-themed action surrounding the event extends further.
In McAllen, Texas, as the Seahawks were minutes from securing their spot in the big game earlier this month, a website maker named John King got a text message from a friend with a business idea.
By the time the Seahawks had vanquished the San Francisco 49ers to earn a Super Bowl berth, King had registered www.thestonerbowl.com.
A day later, he was hawking T-shirts on the site with slogans like "Pass, Pass, Puff!," "The 2014 Stoner Bowl: Get Fired Up!" and, his personal favorite - a riff on Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning's on-field utterances - "Omahahahahaha."
King said he was shipping out his initial orders of 72 T-shirts, each costing $25, on Tuesday.
"What is the likelihood that the two states that actually legalized marijuana end up meeting in the Super Bowl?" he said. "It's hilarious."
Advocates of legal pot are also using the Super Bowl to promote their message. On five billboards near the site of the big game in New Jersey, the Marijuana Policy Project questions the NFL's ban on pot use by players, asserting in one that pot is "safer than alcohol … and football."
Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week that the league would follow the lead of doctors in determining whether to drop its opposition to players' use of the drug. The NFL did not immediately return messages seeking comment on Tuesday.
Kevin Sabet, co-founder of Project Smart Approaches to Marijuana, which opposes pot legalization, said he can't fault pot backers for reveling in the fact that the two U.S. cities where pot is legal are competing in the Super Bowl, but worries the platform it provides will further spread the idea - dangerous, in his view - that pot is harmless.
Given the game's large audience, he is particularly concerned that some Super Bowl television advertisers may give a "wink and a nod" to marijuana use.
"I understand that it's in a way cosmic that the two cities going forward with legalization are both in the spotlight for the Super Bowl," he said. "I hope legalization advocates have their fun with it, just not too much fun."
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Pets are cute! But very helpless, especially so during times of emergency. So what happens when they're stuck in a fire and suffering from smoke inhalation and, well, need oxygen? Fire trucks in Denver are starting to get pet-specific oxygen masks to pump that good stuff into them.
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Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
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From Heritage Quest Magazine May/June 2003
by Jeanette K. B. Daniels, AG, CGRS, Marietta Glauser,
Randolph Jefferson and Sons
DNA testing by Dr. Eugene Foster, (Nature, November 1998)(2) is considered 99 percent accurate. Evidence shows that descendants of Eston Hemings, or E. H. Jefferson, as he was known in Madison, Wisconsin,(3) carry the heritage of a bona fide Jefferson male.(4) In fact, there were 25 adult male descendants of Thomas Jefferson Sr.(5) (grandfather to the President), who lived in Virginia between 1794 and 1807. Only eight were living less than a hundred miles from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation in Albemarle County. George Jefferson Jr. and John Garland Jefferson, grandsons of Field Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's uncle), lived seventy miles away in Amelia County.(6) These family members are not mentioned in Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book(7) as being visitors to Monticello [The Farm Book does not appear to be a log of visitors, but lists an accounting of his plantations, e.g. livestock, land, crops, costs, and slaves.] Living only twenty miles away in Buckingham County were the other six: Thomas Jefferson's brother, Randolph Jefferson, and Randolph's five sons, Peter Field, Thomas Jr., Isham Randolph, Robert Lewis, and James Lilburne. By the 1810 census, Thomas Jr. is found in Albemarle County.
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A surprising number of letters and other documents from the early nineteenth century still survive. Although some of these documents, such as James T. Callendar's newspaper articles, are connected directly to the problem, others, such as John Hartwell Co cke's diary, and the Frances Wright story, are not connected, and only reveal information by implication. Taken together, however, the documents create an interesting picture.