Today’s update of human rights events around the world.
GAZA: IDF Killing civilians, vandalism, and lax rules of engagement
During Operation Cast Lead, Israeli forces killed Palestinian civilians under permissive rules of engagement and intentionally destroyed their property, say soldiers who fought in the offensive. Haaretz
U.S.: Ex-Bush Admin Official: Many at Gitmo Are Innocent
Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. “There are still innocent people there,” Lawrence B. Wilkerson, a Republican who was chief of staff to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, told The Associated Press. “Some have been there six or seven years.” Common Dreams
NORTH KOREA: US reporters held
North Korean soldiers have detained two female US journalists on the China-North Korea border, media reports say. BBC
MYANMAR: Activists’ lawyer jailed
Myanmar’s military government has sentenced a lawyer to four years in prison after accusing him of having links to “illegal organisations”. Al Jazeera
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