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ICAI HOKOK Report about Yemen  :
ICAI-HOKOK, urges an immediate cease-fire, a lifting of the
embargo on Yemen, in what the United Nations itself calls the “world’s largest humanitarian crisis.”
Yemen is considered the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, with more than 24 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including more than 12 million children. And recently the COVID-19 was spreading and Yemen is facing a disaster and a humanitarian emergency. People lack sanitation and clean water, health facilities, basic equipment like masks and gloves.
Human rights violations include arbitrary deprivation of life, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, gender-based violence, including sexual violence, torture, and other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. 
Their suffering is largely a result of monstrous misconduct by a Saudi-led coalition that is supported by other countries.
The Saudis regularly bomb civilians and, worse, they have closed the airspace and imposed a blockade to starve the rebel-held areas into submission.
That means that ordinary Yemenis, including children, die in bombings or starve.
Studies have shown that one child dies in Yemen every 5 minutes.
HOKOK condemns Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led coalition for committing war crimes with the U.S. as it provides the Saudis with much of the weaponry.
HOKOK considers Yemen a tortured country and despite this many states like the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and lately Canada continues to supply arms to Saudi Arabia against the poor people of Yemen.
Since the beginning of the conflict, some 112,000 people have died as a direct result of hostilities, including many thousands more who have died as a result of the worsening socioeconomic, health، and humanitarian conditions. This war has also destroyed vital public infrastructure and created a humanitarian catastrophe affecting many millions. 
Around 70% of Yemenis live in famine. In fact, more than 20 million Yemenis require emergency assistance, and a child dies every five minutes. Yet few around the world know about the daily bloodshed, near-famine conditions, and a raging cholera epidemic.
Besides, Saudis have imposed the blockade that is leading to starvation.
Source: https://news.un.org/
The UN ranks Yemen as the world’s most serious humanitarian crisis, the result of five years of conflict, disease, economic collapse, and a breakdown of public institutions and services - leaving a staggering 80 percent of its population of 30.5 million, dependent on aid.
Besides, the world’s worst cholera epidemic has broken out in Yemen, partly because so many people are malnourished. An additional 5,000 Yemenis are infected with cholera each day.
In law, ICAI HOKOK has presents in its lawsuits reasonable grounds showing that the Saudi-led coalition has committed and continues to commit serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law that amount to war crimes. The Saudis continue to show no regard for international law or the lives, dignity, and rights of the civilians who are suffering.
As well, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks constitute war crimes under customary international law.
HOKOK called for a criminal probe into the worst abuses in the Yemen conflict. 

The international community must be aware of the dire situation in Yemen, given the number of abuses committed in this poor country.
The airstrikes led by Saudis are undertaken without proper regard to principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution to protect civilians and civilian objects.  
Indiscriminate attacks had also been carried out, inflicting harm on civilians and civilian objects.  

Report about crimes in Central African Republic 03-01-2021
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ICAI-HOKOK filed a case with the International Criminal Court against 
The human rights violations and abuses identified during this period included arbitrary executions, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, injuries or mutilation, conflict-related sexual violence, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, abduction, looting, destruction or appropriation of property, serious violations, and abuses targeting children, including their recruitment and use as soldiers, and attacks on humanitarian workers. In 2020, aggravated beatings and violent crimes, such as armed robbery and murder, are common. Armed groups control large areas of the country and regularly kidnap, wound, and kill civilians. In the event of disturbances, airport, land border and road closures may occur without or without notice.
ICAI HOKOK reports on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic, covering the general trends in the human rights situation in the Central African Republic and the main developments affecting them.
On February 6, 2019 to the adoption of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic between the Central African Government and 14 armed groups. The agreement, which was signed in Bangui, came as a result of negotiations held in Khartoum from January 24 to February 5, 2019, within the framework of the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, launched by the African Union.
As for developments in the human rights situation, the number of violations remained high , and then decreased sharply in the first half of 2019.
This decrease is partly due to the absence of major confrontations between rival armed groups or attacks on the civilian population and to the signing of the Peace Agreement on 6 February 2019 in Bangui. However, an attack by members of the armed group Rotor, one of the signatories of the agreement, was a setback in this trend of improvement.
The independent expert wishes to stress that the peace process will not succeed unless the peace agreement is implemented in good faith by all parties to the conflict.
Justice is essential to resolving the crisis in the Central African Republic and will be the decisive factor in the success of the peace process.
Some of the signatory armed groups continue to commit serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and are preventing humanitarian access.
ICAI HOKOK calls on all parties, guarantors, and facilitators to apply strict penalties for violations and take all necessary steps to ensure they do not recur.
There were numerous reports of violations committed by the Lord's Resistance Army. As it continues to commit grave violations against the civilian population, by routinely looting property and kidnapping civilians, including children, and subjecting them to forced labor, forced recruitment and sexual violence.
People have expressed concern that these units include members of armed groups responsible for past human rights violations, as this poses a risk to the protection of civilians and a potential source of further violations.
Organized punishment for violations of the peace agreement would send a strong signal to fighters from armed groups and would have a positive impact on security.
During the period from July 2018 to June 2019, the human rights situation fluctuated. The number of recorded violations remained high in 2018.
Human rights violations during this period were mainly committed by armed groups and included arbitrary executions, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, injury or maiming, sexual violence related to the conflict, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, kidnapping, pillaging, destruction, or appropriation. On property, violations and grave violations targeting children, including their recruitment and use as soldiers, and attacks on humanitarian workers.
The first quarter of 2019 was relatively calm, with a marked decrease in the number of human rights violations and abuses compared to the last quarter of 2018. This decrease can be partly explained by the absence of any major confrontations between rival armed groups or attacks. The civilian population, as well as the signing of the peace agreement on 6 February 2019 in Bangui. However, the attack carried out by members of the Rortor group, one of the signatories of the agreement, was a setback in this trend towards improvement.
From January to June 2019, there were 564 incidents of violations and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law involving at least 1,079 victims. This represents a decrease of 36.9 percent in the number of accidents and 36.5 percent in the number of victims compared to the previous six-month period when 894 incidents involving 1,700 victims were recorded.​
 Report  about Bahrain -18-04-2021
With the beginning of the repeatedly serious human rights violations in Bahrain, in the latter half of 2010, the International Coalition against Impunity -HOKOK, has filed several lawsuits against Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifa family at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, over the severe suppression of peaceful anti-government protesters in the country, and where torture, arbitrary detention of citizens, rape, extrajudicial killings, execution of peaceful opponents and serious breaches in the human rights of women and political prisoners are, unfortunately, occurring every day, in addition to the violation of the freedom of speech and religion.

Despite all the calls for the respect of human rights, democratic reforms, and an end to corruption, Bahrain’s government has continued its campaign of repression against its own citizens.
The government also continues to kill and maim through its involvement in the coalition headed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
HOKOK called on the ICC and the international community to force the government stops the executions, release all political activists and put an end to the use of military courts to try citizens. Nonetheless, the Al-Khalifa regime continues with its heinous and inhuman practices.
HOKOK’s first lawsuits were brought against Bahrain's ruling family at the international tribunal over the Manama regime's heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful Bahraini protesters, urging the world to not turn a blind eye on the human rights violations that are continuously taking place in Bahrain against unarmed civilians. 
ICAI HOKOK criticized the international community, particularly the Western countries, over the silence on Bahrain, and urged “who call themselves democratic institutions” to accelerate efforts against the crimes committed in Bahrain. 
In the complaints, the organization shed the light on all the arms exported and used to violate the human rights of Bahraini citizens; these arms were approved by the international community. They called on applying pressure on Bahrain to end the culture of impunity, especially that the perpetrators of torture are in positions of authority. 
Democratic reforms must take place in Bahrain and human rights defenders and activists must be allowed to freely express themselves and to report human rights violations from inside Bahrain.
The complaints were backed by documents and undeniable pieces of evidence that the Saudi-backed Bahraini regime has carried out harsh army attacks on protesters, killing many people, including rights activists that died under torture. Hundreds of others have also been arrested and are being interrogated and forced to sign declarations under torture. Regime forces have also shamelessly attacked dozens of mosques, schools, holy sites, and even graveyards in their efforts to suppress the opposition movement. The opposition parties have been dissolved by the government and their leaders thrown in jail, as they were charged with political offenses that have been deemed to be acts of treason. 
In law, Rome Statute articles of the ICC apply in the crimes committed by the Bahraini regime against Bahraini civilians.
In fact, there have been systematic and gross violations of political prisoners. Bahrain has the highest incarceration rate for political prisoners anywhere in the Middle East. Some 4000 people out of a population of just 650,000 inhabitants are in prison for political activities. 
Women political prisoners in Bahrain have been subjected to abuse at every stage of the criminal procedure, including illegal arrests, physical, sexual, and psychological torture to extract confessions, sham trials, and inhuman prison conditions. 

           From 2011 till 2020 there was a sinister increase in the political targeting of female activists and human rights defenders. Women have suffered the most severe abuse at the hand of National Security Agency officers, including allegations of torture, sexual assault, and rape. These women have been targeted for their political views or those of their family members and officials threatened them with rape or death and they were physically assaulted with beatings, kicks, and punches. We notice other forms of ill-treatment such as prolonged solitary confinement, forced standing, and being held in cold or dark rooms in painful positions for several hours.
The Bahraini government has routinely persecuted and arrested political activists, civil society organizations, and religious leaders on the grounds of their political views or religious affiliation, and others have their nationality withdrawn rendering them stateless.

HOKOK shall note the dramatic increase in Religious discrimination against Bahrain’s majority Shia community lately, as many Shia religious clerics have been arrested, interrogated, or had charges laid against them for inciting hatred against the regime or offending the Constitution, according to the Bahraini authorities.

Report about SYRIA  18-04-2021

From the beginning of the war against Syria, ICAI HOKOK has filed many complaints concerning gruesome crimes committed in the Republic of Syria. 
The United States, the European Union, United Kingdom,  Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and many others are all interfering in the war against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime.
This report monitors the most remarkable violations of human rights in the conflict, and particularly those committed recently.

Turkey Intervention 
During the offensive into northeast Syria, in October 2019, Turkish military forces and Syrian armed groups backed by Turkey have flagrantly violated the laws of war and the rights of Syrian civilians, carrying out serious violations and war crimes, including abduction, summary killings, and unlawful attacks that have killed and injured civilians.
ICAI HOKOK condemned indiscriminate attacks in residential areas, carried out by Turkey and allied Syrian armed groups. After more than nine years, civilians continue to be indiscriminately attacked, or even targeted, while living out their everyday lives.
A prominent Syrian-Kurdish female politician, Hevron Khalaf was killed in cold blood by a coalition of Syrian armed groups equipped and supported by Turkey.
In addition, numerous locations protected by international law were destroyed in aerial and ground attacks.
Between 2019 and 2020, many attacks included hospitals and medical facilities, schools, homes, and markets were reported. 
Children were bombarded at school, parents at the market, patients at the hospital, etc. Entire families were bombarded even while fleeing.
Factions backed by Turkey committed summary killings of Kurdish forces and political activists. In addition, Turkey committed several indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects in northeast Syria.  
According to ICAI-HOKOK, such acts amount to the war crimes of launching indiscriminate attacks, and deliberate attacks.
In the complaint filed by ICAI/HOKOK, it sheds the light on the western support of mercenaries, as the law stipulate that "sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries, which carry out acts of armed force against another State” is a crime of aggression.
In addition, the Turkish government had maintained a border regime that was referred to by commentators and Turkish journalists as the "Jihadist Highway" where militants including ISIL fighters and other radical groups could come and go freely. 
In July 2015, a raid by US special forces on a compound housing ISIL's "chief financial officer" produced evidence that Turkish officials directly dealt with ranking ISIL members.
On April 14, 2018, the US – with the support of France and the UK – launches new retaliatory attacks on the town of Douma, in which some 40 people were killed.
In February 2019, the battle of Baghuz was marked by intense US-led coalition air attacks and ground artillery shelling by ISIS. Hundreds of damaged sites and big destruction of buildings throughout the town as the last battle commenced when a large number of civilians were present in those areas. between January and June 2019, at least 416 civilians died in US-led coalition airstrikes.  
On the other hand, the rebels were supplied by the U.S. and have used chemical weapons supplied by the U.S. 

Violating Rome Statute and the U.N. Charter, the United States is deliberately attempting to overthrow another government that is not threatening to the interfering nation, and which does not have a legitimate internal humanitarian crisis within its borders. As known, the U.S. is ignoring international conventions, committing the crime of aggression, by definition (in the Rome Statute in 1998, Article 5), the use of armed force by one State against another State without the justification of self-defense or authorization by the U.N. Security Council.  It is based on the dual principles of limiting the power of nations to engage in military aggression, with the sole exception of self-defense, and making that prescription apply equally to all nations. 

In its report, ICAI-HOKOK has referred to the Rome Statute in this issue and particularly Article 8, Section I of the Rome Statute, which states that the “crime of aggression” means the planning, preparation, initiation or execution, by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a State, of an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity, and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations.” Section 2(g) o

Report about torture, Arbitrary Detention and Limitations on Freedom of Expression in United Arab Emirates- 19-04-2021
The State Security Agency in UAE has subjected foreign national detainees, to arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and enforced disappearance. The authorities also restricted freedom of expression, imprisoning government critics and holding them in horrible conditions.
Several cases were documented in which the rights of detainees were disregarded. In these cases, most often involving the State Security Agency (SSA), detainees were arrested without warrants, held incommunicado for weeks or months and tortured or otherwise ill-treated. In some cases, detainees were held in degrading conditions.
Alia Abdul Nour Mohammad, who had terminal cancer, died in May while chained to a hospital bed in al-Ain, a city in Abu Dhabi Emirate. After her arrest by the SSA in 2015, she was held in solitary confinement and forcibly disappeared for three months. At the time of her death, she was serving a 10-year prison sentence on vague and unsubstantiated “terrorism” charges, based on forced “confessions”.
Foreign nationals were among those arbitrarily detained and ill-treated. On 15 May, three Lebanese men were convicted on terrorism-related charges after being detained by the SSA, for long periods incommunicado, and then subjected to an unfair trial. One received a sentence of life imprisonment and the others received 10-year sentences. One of the defendants, Abdel Rahman Chouman, told the court he had been tortured to make him “confess”.
Lebanese prisoner Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui was placed in incommunicado detention in April after new charges were imposed on him “for harming the reputation of the UAE” following a television interview in which his sister and his Lebanese lawyer spoke about his case. He was serving a 15-year prison sentence after being convicted on terrorism-related charges in 2016 and arrested by the SSA in 2014. During his trial, he described being tortured, including by being anally raped with a metal rod. In 2017 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that his detention was arbitrary.
Concerns remained regarding the freedom of movement and wellbeing of Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, daughter of Dubai’s ruler. She was detained at sea by Indian and UAE security forces in 2018 and forcibly returned to the UAE, after which she was only seen once in a staged photo opportunity.
The authorities continued to arbitrarily detain and prosecute peaceful dissenters, effectively stifling criticism of the government. Dozens of prisoners of conscience continued to languish in detention, in dire conditions.
Prisoner of conscience and human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor remained in detention after being sentenced in 2018 to 10 years in prison for comments posted on social media. He went on hunger strike in March for four weeks to protest against prison conditions and his sentence, and again in September for at least 44 days after he was beaten for his protests.
Prisoners of conscience Nasser bin Ghaith, an academic, and Mohammed al-Roken, a human rights lawyer, remained incarcerated.
Women continued to face discrimination in law and in practice. The government failed to adequately protect women from sexual and domestic violence.
United Arab Emirates continued to co-lead the coalition in the armed conflict in Yemen, a coalition that is implicated in war crimes and other serious violations of international law. It remained a member of the coalition imposing economic and political sanctions on Qatar.
The UAE also illicitly diverted weapons and military equipment to militias in Yemen. It supported the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, which committed serious violations of international law in Libya.
On migrants’ rights, the authorities removed the job title criteria for sponsorship, which allowed more migrant workers to sponsor family members to live in the UAE. However, migrant workers remained tied to employers under the sponsorship system, which made them vulnerable to labor abuses and exploitation. The UAE continued to deny nationality to thousands of individuals who were born within its borders. While no executions were reported, courts continued to issue death sentences.
Migrant workers remained tied to employers under the sponsorship system, making them vulnerable to labor abuses and exploitation. In a positive development, the authorities removed the job title criteria for sponsorship, allowing more residents to sponsor family members to live in the UAE.
The UAE maintained its no-minimum wage policy. This had a particularly negative impact on migrant workers, who comprised more than 90% of the country’s workforce. Unlike UAE nationals, migrant workers did not receive government allowances for housing, subsidized health care or other services and were therefore dependent on their wages in order to access essential services. Migrants’ wages were typically low relative to the cost of living in the UAE, posing a risk to their right to just and favorable conditions of work, and their right to an adequate standard of living.
Late or non-payment of wages was common, leaving hundreds of low-paid migrant workers stranded in poor living conditions. Mercury MENA, an engineering company, failed to pay many of its workers for more than two years. The workers’ situation remained unresolved at the end of 2019.
Reports continued of migrant workers being fined for overstaying their visas and other immigration violations. Because migrants were unable to pay such fines, which were often too high for them to afford, many were held indefinitely in detention.
The UAE continued to deny nationality to at least 15,000 individuals who were born within its borders and had no other nationality. This effectively rendered them stateless and deprived them of a range of state services, such as free education and health care.

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20-12-2016
أدانت منظمة التحالف الدولي لمكافحة الافلات من العقاب - حقوق بشدة عملية اغتيال السفير الروسي أندريه كارلوف في انقرة على يد الارهابيين وبصورة وحشية  واعتبرت ان هذا الامر يعتبر جريمة بشعة  توجب الملاحقة  كما صرحت رئيسة المنظمة الدولية المحامية مي الخنساء انها تعرب عن خالص تعازيها ومواساتها للرئيس البطل بوتين ولحكومة وشعب دولة روسيا الاتحادية واشادت المنظمة بدور وجهود  الدولة الروسية الذي يستهدف دحر الإرهاب واجتثاثه من جذوره.
ICAI-HOKOK   Organization ,have condemned the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey. The Chief of the organization Attorney  May El Khansa  branded the attack, and considered it  act of terrorism ,she  said it expresses her deepest condolences and sympathy to the President , the hero Vladimir Putin
and to the Government and people of the Russian Federation.
 

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•  ICAI-HOKOK- 2016 , put complaints before  the  International Criminal Court (Hague-based) to bring to justice the Saudi leaders and their partners  and commander of the Saudi Air Force for the heinous crimes against humanity they perpetrated against the Yemeni elderly, children and women in a series of airstrikes against civilian targets in Yemen.

The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) believes in human rights around the world. It does not belong to any authority or state. As well, HOKOK has the courage to confront any international or official authority by disclosing the crimes committed by the latter. It is known by its independence and free positions apart from flattery.  

ICAI/HOKOK strives to achieve justice and equality all around the globe, wherever it may be, indifferent to any authority or public figures that are practicing injustice in any form. We believe that the guiding principles of the United Nations and the articles of International Law are the base, the catalyst, and the only hope to achieve our goals.

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FILED COMPLAINTS

HOKOK seeks through its actions and activities- to be part of civil society movements that work to create a world in which peace, freedom and dignity are the norm, not the exceptions. In addition to conducting conferences, training to human rights defenders, and workshops, HOKOK has also filed a number of complaints before the International Criminal Council in The Hague, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg,the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, the High Court of Madrid and the Lebanese Courts, against over 344 defendants; amongst them are complaints for:

• The crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide committed against Palestinians in Gaza on 10/12/2008 and registered under number OTP-CR-4425/08. In addition to three other complaints during the Cast Lead offense on the Gaza Strip.
• The genocide committed against Palestinians by Israel in 2014.
• The violations of human rights in Saudi Arabia.
• The crimes taking place in Bahrain against unarmed activists and civilians.
• Indicting Israel during the aftermath of the 2006 war on Lebanon.
• The crimes taking place in Syria.
• The complicity of Turkey in abducting the 11 Lebanese pilgrims.
• Turkey's support for terrorist groups.
• Crimes committed in Central African Republic

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            On July 18, 2014 a number of European lawyers, members of the International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) have moved to The Hague according to an appointment with the ICC Court in La Haye to lodge a complaint against the Zionist entity, members of its government and some of the Israeli military leaders, in addition to some of the British government members and the US President for committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinian people in general and the people of Gaza in particular.
The complaint refers to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the international conventions. It also stresses on the authority of the ICC Court to hear this case since it became unambiguous that Palestine is a State after passing Resolution no. 67/19 that recognizes Palestine as a State. Recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the complaint refers as well to the declaration lodged, in 2009, by the Palestinian Minister of Justice asking the prosecutor of the Court to initiate the investigations against the Zionist criminals, to President Mahmoud Abbas’ statement in which he declared his intention to sue the Zionist entity before the International Criminal Court, and to the status of the United kingdom as a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 
ICAI/HOKOK has called on all local and international human rights’ organizations to defend the people of Gaza by filing more complaints before the International Criminal Court and other international courts having jurisdiction over such case. 
ICAI/HOKOK has also called on the united Nations and all medical humanitarian organizations, such as the“International Committee of the Red Cross” and “Doctors Without Borders” to move immediately to Gaza to do their humanitarian duty; otherwise they are accomplices in the crimes of murder and genocide committed in Gaza.

19/05/2015

    ICAI/HOKOK denounces the continuous indiscriminate attacks committed by terrorist organizations in Syria in government-held territory with car bombs, mortars, and rockets. The attacks have killed and maimed hundreds of civilians and destroyed civilian infrastructure in violation of the laws of war. HOKOK urges the international community to put an end to these horrific massacres committed by the terrorist groups in Syria; particularly, IS and Jabhat el-Nusra

14/05/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns police torture of criminal suspects in China where some detainees have been forced to spend days shackled to “tiger chairs,” without sleeping and food so their limbs become swollen. We heard appalling stories of detainees being hung by the wrists, shackled for years, and terrorized by “cell bosses”, yet having no real means to hold their tormentors to account, noting that the Chinese rule prohibits the use of evidence directly obtained through torture. Therefore, HOKOK calls on the United Nations to move immediately to stop these legal violations against suspects.

14/05/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force used against prisoners with mental disabilities by jail and prison staff throughout the United States. Correctional staff have deluged prisoners with painful chemical sprays, shocked them with powerful electric stun weapons, and strapped them for days in restraining chairs or beds. Staff has broken prisoners’ jaws, noses, ribs; left them with lacerations requiring stitches, second-degree burns, deep bruises, and damaged internal organs. In some cases, the force used has led to their death.
ICAI/HOKOK notes that jails and prisons can be dangerous, damaging, and even deadly places for men and women with mental health problems. Force is used against prisoners even when, because of their illness, they cannot understand or comply with staff orders.

11/05/2015

    ICAI/HOKOK denounces the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s blockade of Yemen with the 10-country coalition, which has United States logistics and intelligence support which are keeping out fuel needed for the Yemeni population’s survival in violation of the laws of war. Yemen is in urgent need of fuel to power generators for hospitals overwhelmed with wounded from the fighting and to pump water to civilian residences. Therefore HOKOK calls on the competent authorities to act immediately and allow safe and speedy distribution of fuel supplies to the civilian population because the overall situation in Yemen is dire especially after most of Yemen’s airports and harbors are not open to civilian traffic.

28/10/2014

       ICAI/HOKOK calls on Bahrain’s authorities to immediately release Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights activist who has been detained over tweets he posted that were deemed insulting to the Ministries of Interior and Defense.

HOKOK considers that convicting Nabeel Rajab breaches justice, yet it is a further proof that respect for the right to freedom of expression in Bahrain is under attack. He is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately and the charges against him must be dropped. Bahrain government is prosecuting anyone merely for peacefully expressing their political views which is a clear form of repression and a blatant violation of their rights. 

21/10/2014

       The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the murder of Press TV’s correspondent in Turkey, Serena Shim, in a suspicious car accident near the Turkey-Syria border just because she choose to report the truth as it is instead of the version proposed by the US and the West.
HOKOK suspects the Turkish authorities were involved in her death, as she said that Turkish intelligence authorities had accused her of being a “spy” and that she was being closely followed, after she made reports on Turkey’s role in aiding ISIS terrorists and allowing them to freely cross into Syria.

Serena had obtained stories of terrorists infiltrating into Syria through the Turkish border and images of terrorists crossing entering Syria in  NGOs’ trucks, showing how Ankara collaborated with those terrorists (ISIS) and blocked Kurdish fighters from entering Kobane.

HOKOK calls for a thorough investigation because Serena was assassinated by Erdogan’s regime which oppresses the Kurdish population and supports ISIS. 

08/05/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) calls on the Bahraini authorities to make an independent investigation regarding security forces’ use to excessive force to quell unrest in Jaw Prison on March 10, 2015, and mistreating prisoners in the aftermath and to hold to account security force members or other officials found to have used unlawful force, as 
some recently released Jaw Prison inmates said they saw security forces fire teargas into prison buildings and systematically beat inmates as they cleared cells when quelling the unrest on March 10, in addition to subjecting prisoners, including some held on political grounds, to physical and psychological abuse and did not allow them medical treatment for their injuries, including head and leg wounds. HOKOK appeals the authorities to allow medical access to the prison to treat the prisoners. Article 54 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners states that “Officers of the institutions shall not, in their relations with the prisoners, use force except in self-defense or in cases of attempted escape, or active or passive physical resistance to an order based on law or regulations. Officers who have recourse to force must use no more than is strictly necessary”, noting that Bahrain has ratified and is bound by the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

27/04/2015

ICAI/HOKOK condemns the horrors endured by at least 42 Muslim herders, mostly women and girls who are being held captive by anti-balaka fighters in the Central African Republic and are at risk of sexual violence. There are reports that many others may also be held. United Nations peacekeepers and the government should urgently act to free them. They have endured the horrors during 14 months of captivity in Pondo, a village in the southwest. HOKOK also condemns the anti-balaka for killing two boys, ages about 6 and 7, and raping three young women, one of whom became ill and died in captivity. Her year-old baby died of malnutrition

22/04/2015

    ICAI/HOKOK deplores the grievous accidents that befell illegal migrants travelling to Europe in ships; as lately, nearly 850 migrants had perished in a ship capsizing this Sunday off the coast of Libya, in addition to the wreck of a ship carrying more than 300 migrants on Monday near Greek coasts. HOKOK considers that these accidents entertain doubts regarding the reason behind ships sinking and this unusual recurring tragedy that seems to aim at getting rid of these migrants by some countries unknown to us. Therefore, HOKOK calls on the United Nations to conduct the necessary investigations in this regard since it is abnormal that thousands of lives are threatened and such large boats drown once they reach a certain point in the sea.

07/04/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the crimes and the deterioration of the situation in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk near the Syrian capital, Damascus, as intense clashes continue between Palestinian factions and the ISIL Takfiri terrorists who stormed the camp on April 1, in cooperation with al-Qaeda anf al-Nusra Front.
HOKOK has called on concerned authorities to urgently exercise their authority and influence in order to end the fighting in Yarmouk for the sake of civilian lives and to alleviate human suffering. As well, the United Nations shall ensure that all civilians are protected in accordance with the UN charter and international law.

10/10/2014

   The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the Suicide bombing that targeted Yemen's Houthi group and an army camp killing at least 67 people, including children, and injuring at least 80 people, in two separate attacks on Thursday, hours after a political crisis forced the new prime minister to step down.

09/10/2014

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the terrorist practices of the Zionist troops and settlers who profane Islamic and Christian sanctities, including Al-Aqsa mosque on Wednesday October 8. HOKOK condemns as well the Arab and international silence that incite the Zionists to continue their abuses against the Palestinians without fearing any deterrent actions to prevent them from pursuing their crimes. HOKOK calls on the Arab people to stand by Palestinians to resist against Zionist practices that violate all international laws.

06/03/2015

        Nigeria’s Boko Haram, or the “Group of the People of Sunna for Preaching and Jihad”, echoes the terrorist group ISIS by killing and slaughtering people in Nigeria, committing the most heinous massacres in the name of Islam. Recently, the Takfiri group Boko Haram committed a massacre in northeast Nigeria killing 68 people, many of them children. Thus, ICAI/HOKOK condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks conducted by Boko Haram, and expresses its deep concern regarding the activities of the Islamist extremist group, especially the shocking suicide bombings across northern Nigeria. HOKOK calls on the security council to put an end for these terrorist groups to immediately and unequivocally cease all hostilities and all abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, particularly violence against civilian populations, notably women and children, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all those abducted by the terrorist group.

12/05/2015

     ICAI/HOKOK condemns the campaign planned by the Saudi Authorities since 2013 to detain and deport hundreds of thousands of migrants. Many of them experienced serious abuses during mass expulsions including detention, beating and deportation. Many arrived back in their countries destitute, unable to buy food or pay for transportation to their home areas, because Saudi officials arbitrarily confiscated their personal property. Therefore, Saudi Arabia should immediately halt mass expulsions, abolish the exit visa requirement to obtain permission from the employer to leave the country, sign and ratify the Refugee Convention, enact refugee law consistent with international standards and establish fair asylum procedures for foreign nationals who may be at risk of persecution in their home countries. It must also comply with international law, which requires treating migrants with dignity at all times and not returning anyone who would face a real risk of serious abuse on return.

19/02/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the series of attacks committed by terrorist groups on Tuesday February 17.

HOKOK denounces the murder of at least 10 Afghan policemen and injury of eight when four Taliban terrorists carried out a suicide bomb attack on the police headquarters in Puli Alam city, just south of Kabul.

As well, HOKOK condemns another suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban linked to al-Qaeda, in front of the police headquarters in Lahore, the largest city in eastern Pakistan, where at least five were dead and 17 wounded.

The organization also denounces the terrorist attack in Boulaaba in the governorate of Kasserine where four Tunisian police were killed.

21/01/2015

    Due to the continuous massacres and crimes committed by the Kingdom of Bahrain and its terrorist regime which practices the worst kinds of detention, torture and murder as well as all the crimes witnessed by the peaceful people of Bahrain, especially that these crimes are classified under war crimes and crimes against humanity, and they are committed against a specific denomination to commit a genocide.

            The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) has decided to make some active steps to help the Bahraini people and to show the world the brutality of the terrorist Bahraini regime. In this regard, HOKOK will travel this weekend to the United Nations in New York to participate in the first annual conference of non-governmental organizations. During this conference, held between January 24 and January 30, 2015, HOKOK will deliver a speech and call on putting an end to the massacres and crimes against the people of Bahrain and urge as well the countries and non-governmental organizations to participate in the conference and condemn the Bahraini regime.

            Moreover, ICAI/HOKOK that includes a large number of Human Rights activist lawyers of different nationalities will hold a large protest in Barcelona, on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 12 noon in Catalonia Square. Images and movies will be displayed as a confirmation to the crimes and evidence to be provided by HOKOK to the competent international courts regarding the crimes committed by the King of Bahrain and a number of Bahraini officials with the complicity of a number of European and Arab officials against the defenseless people of Bahrain.

            HOKOK wishes that you support it and participate with it in this important event... Anyone wishing to participate in, or support this event, or inquire about anything, please contact us at: icaihokok1@gmail.com.

13/02/2014

          The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the oppression against protesters in the Bahraini capital al-Manama, leading to a number of injuries during the commemoration of the anniversary of the Bahraini revolution. As well, HOKOK condemns the arrest of activist Jalila as-Sayyed Amin by Bahraini regime forces in al-Sahla region after raiding her house while she was sleeping and forced her out of the house into an unknown area, in addition to raiding the house of another activist Mariam Sahwan after they messed up with her house stuff and broke the house doors. 

PRESS RELEASES

16/09/2015

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemned the Lebanese police’s use of tear gas, rubber bullet, batons, water cannons and butts of rifles and fired live bullets into the air against protesters during the ongoing demonstrations in downtown Beirut. HOKOK has called on the Lebanese authorities to take immediate measures to ensure that there is no repeat of violence against protesters and to hold accountable perpetrators of violent attacks. HOKOK condemns as well beating journalists that are covering the protests in unlawful and indefensible attack on press freedom.  The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the Saudi authorities as warplanes are flattening residential areas and civilian infrastructures. The Saudi-US aggression continued its aerial attacks on Yemen by launching brutal air strikes in several provinces of the country which left score of innocent people killed. The Saudi-US war planes killed Tuesday night, on September 15 around 50 Yemenis by launching a number of air strikes over Al-Mahwit, Saada, Hajja and Thamar provinces, most of them women and children. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed at least 5,862 Yemenis, including hundreds of women and children.

25/08/2015

       ICAI/HOKOK condemns the security services’ use of excessive force against demonstrators in Beirut downtown. In fact, the people have the right to demonstrate against all kinds of corruption in the Lebanese government, starting with the essential human rights, such as providing electricity, water, medical care and education, to the spread of waste all over the Lebanese territories which cause serious diseases. HOKOK also strongly condemns the use of violence against journalists and photographers while covering this civilized popular and youth movement against the state’s policy that delays access to any satisfactory solutions regarding vital files. HOKOK also denounces the corruption that controls most of public departments and facilities by the complete coverage of the government, calling on the Lebanese who believe in their land, homeland and country's flag to go down to the street and speak out after this government became unbearable and the odor of corruption wafted up to it.

17/08/2015
   
     ICAI/HOKOK strongly condemns the terrorist blast and atrocious crime committed by the coward ISIS terrorists in Jamila neighborhood in Baghdad, and calls on Iraqis to move forward in the defense of their right to life, and on security forces to protect civilians and pursue the terrorist gangs and bring them to justice. HOKOK appeals the international community and United Nations to make all efforts aiming to fight terrorism and eliminate it, asking God to grant mercy to martyrs and quick recovery to the wounded.

03/08/2015

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the killing of the Palestinian baby Ali Dawabsheh, 18 months, by burning him to death at the hands of settlers in the West Bank at dawn on Friday. Moreover, HOKOK strongly condemns this hate crime and the constant failure to end the state of impunity for acts of frequent violence committed by settlers. HOKOK calls for holding accountable the settlers responsible for the present crime, considering them barbaric and brutal action. In addition, HOKOK holds the Zionist occupation authorities responsible and calls on the international community to take necessary measures to protect the Palestinians from the aggressive practices committed by the Zionist settlers, and to provide security and protection for the Palestinian people. As well, it requests to bring the perpetrators and the Zionist officials before the International Criminal Court.

20/07/2015

    ICAI/HOKOK denounces the Saudi regime's ongoing aggression and blockade of humanitarian aid against Yemen. As well, HOKOK considers that Riyadh’s relentless massacre of civilians in Yemen poses a security threat to the entire Middle East and hinders the resolution of the Arab country’s crisis.

HOKOK calls on the UN Security Council to move immediately to stop the ongoing genocide and crisis in the Arabian Peninsula state, particularly that more than 3,000 people have been killed since the Saudi-US military campaign began on March 26 and more than 21.1 million people - over 80 percent of Yemen's population - need aid, with 13 million facing food shortages, while access to water has become difficult for 9.4 million people.

Moreover, HOKOK denounces the Saudi warplanes’ airstrikes against Yarim District on Sunday morning, killing a total of 13 people, among them women and children, and injuring more than two dozen people in the attacks, and seven residential buildings were reduced to rubble. It also condemns Saudi Arabia for bombarding a number of houses in the Monabbih district of Yemen’s mountainous northwestern province of Sa’ada, leaving 19 people martyred and several others injured.  

07/07/2015

     ICAI/HOKOK condemns and rejects the terrorist and bloody Saudi aggression that commits bloody and barbarian massacres against Yemen, its land and people. These crimes did not exclude women, children, civilians, schools, hospitals, residential areas, roads, bridges, ports, airports, factories and transportation.

     Moreover, HOKOK stresses that these Saudi crimes of killing and destroying Yemen, as well as using internationally prohibited weapons, violate the international legislation and the Charter of the United Nations since they are considered as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. It also emphasizes that this embodies the malice and hatred of Saudi regime towards Yemeni people and Yemen in general, and the desire to kill and destroy everything, in addition to the bloodthirstiness and criminality of this regime and carelessness towards religion provisions, international humanitarian law and the rights of neighbors.

      HOKOK emphasizes that it documents these crimes to be attached to the complaint submitted by it before the International Criminal Court against the Saudi aggression, calling on the peoples of the whole world to support the Yemeni people and to hold protests in streets to reject this aggression and to make pressure on governments to stop the crimes and massacres committed against the Yemeni people.

25/06/2015

    ICAI/HOKOK strongly denounces the brutal crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by ISIS gangs against Iraqi citizens, employing the most heinous methods of murdering. ISIS persecution and systematic violations amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes under international law. HOKOK also denounces the absolute silence about these crimes by some mass media and the international organizations, what drives the criminal gangs to persist on their criminality and brutality. In this context, HOKOK demands the perpetrators be brought to justice. 

17/06/2015

      ICAI/HOKOK condemns the sentence of four-year imprisonment against Sheikh Ali Al Salman. It calls to reconsider this decision which will breach Bahraini people’s rights and will leave no room for any understanding between the people and the government. HOKOK finds that Bahraini authorities must be more understanding towards its people and give them all their rights, especially the right to freedom of opinion and expression stipulated in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”.
  

12/06/2015

     ICAI/HOKOK condemns the two suicide car bombings, in Iraq on Wednesday, which targeted police, killing 18 people and injuring at least 32, by the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group.  

12/06/2015

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the gruesome massacre committed by takfiri terrorists from al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in Syria, against innocent Druze locals of Qalb Lawze village in Idleb Province countryside. HOKOK argued that this massacre is a blatant aggression against the Syrian people and reveals the barbarity of these terrorist organizations that violated all sanctities, regardless human considerations. HOKOK offers its deepest condolences to the martyrs’ families, calling on the international community to unite for fighting the terrorism that targets everyone, without exception.  

02/06/2015

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the terrorist rocket attacks that hit residential areas in the northern city of Aleppo. Twelve civilians were killed and 15 others were injured on Sunday, May 31, most of them were children and women. The terrorist attacks also caused a huge material damage in the public and private properties. HOKOK urges the international community to put an end to these horrific massacres committed by the terrorist groups in Syria; particularly, IS and Jabhat el-Nusra.

 

26/05/2015

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) strongly condemns the criminal attack by Tafkiris on Imam Ali (A.S) mosque in Qadih town in al-Qatif, east of Saudi Arabia, which led to the injury and martyrdom of many people. HOKOK hopes again that these terrorist murderers would be dealt with strictly by the United Nations, and asks Allah to have mercy on the honorable martyrs, to grant patience to their relatives and to give health to the wounded.

          As well, HOKOK calls on closing ranks to fight terrorism, which threatens the region’s security, safety and stability, until it is finally eradicated.

21/05/2015

        ICAI/HOKOK condemns Israeli soldiers’ violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip; firing tear gas, rubber and live bullets at them and wounding at least 21 people. As well, a Palestinian was martyred by the Israeli police in east occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday, May 20, after clashes took place near Ramallah and Nablus. In Gaza, which is still recovering nine months after last summer's devastating Israeli war, Zionist troops on the border fired live rounds at Nakba Day protesters, wounding four. In fact, after the Zionist entity's establishment in 1948, more than 760,000 Palestinians, estimated today to number around 5.5 million with their descendants, were violently expelled from their homes, with the catastrophe marked every May 15.

25/09/2014

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) has sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, urging him to put pressure on Turkish and Qatari governments to release the Lebanese soldiers kidnapped in Arsal, as all the investigations carried out by HOKOK’s specialists have revealed the complicity of Turkey and Qatar in a direct way and with the help of Lebanese MPs and ministers as well as individuals in Arsal, aiming at inciting sectarian strife and helping the IS to maintain control over Lebanon.

HOKOK considers that Turkey and Qatar declaration of their intention to combat terrorism is just a ridiculous play, especially that IS members are moving easily in Turkey, and financial support comes directly from Qatar so far. In addition, HOKOK warns of playing with the Lebanese hostages’ nerves.

Therefore, the international human rights organization "HOKOK" will travel to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to submit a new complaint against Turkey being among the signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights. As well, HOKOK will prosecute all accomplices in the terrorist crimes against innocent people.

19/12/2014
       
         The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the death of at least 25 people and injury of 103 in the past eight days of fighting between pro-government forces and Islamist groups in the city of Benghazi. HOKOK calls on the UN Secretary General to act immediately to prevent these massacres in Libya they bring the death toll to around 475 since the army and forces led by former general Khalifa Haftar started a campaign against militants in the port city in mid-October 2014.

24/12/2014

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) strongly condemns the deadly bombings in Iraq, particularly the last suicide bombing, today, on Wednesday 24/12/2014 in Mada'en in southeastern Baghdad, committed by the terrorist ISIL, killing and injuring dozens. HOKOK expresses sympathy with the families of the victims and calls on the international community to take a firm stance with regard to the wave of terrorist attacks in Iraqi cities.

24/11/2014

       The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the ongoing unlawful attacks on civilians by car and suicide bombs in Iraq. It denounces as well targeting Erbil’s governorate building that killed at least 10 civilians and wounded dozens more, and the attacks in Baghdad that killed or wounded dozens. As to HOKOK, the brutal killings across Iraq underscore the need to protect all civilians, especially those fleeing violence and an effective response should end impunity for abuses by the terrorist ISIS.

19/11/2014

         The International Coalition against Impunity denounces the hanging of 32-year-old Yousef Hassan al-Ramouni who was driving back home from work last Sunday when he was abducted and then hanged by Zionists in his bus in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood of East al-Quds. Moreover, ICAI/HOKOK demands an end to the ongoing incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and the provocative acts by Zionist settlers. As well, HOKOK demands an end to the Zionist occupation that keeps on killing innocent people, destructing their homes, stealing Palestinian people's land and resources and violating their human rights.

27/10/2014

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns what happened in Tripoli recently and caused the death of Lebanese soldiers and civilians in ongoing battles in Tripoli in north Lebanon between the Lebanese army and terrorist groups.  

      ICAI/HIOKOK calls on Lebanese citizens to support the army in these difficult times. As well, it urges the Lebanese government to act immediately to eradicate these terrorists from the government first, and then from Lebanon by providing support to the Lebanese army, the protector of homeland and citizens.

03/11/2014

         The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) strongly condemns the deadly bombings against pilgrims in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, particularly the last explosion yesterday that killed at least 36 people and injured at least 53. HOKOK expresses sympathy with the families of the victims and called on the international community to take a firm stance with regard to the fresh wave of terrorist attacks in Iraqi cities.

06/05/2015

    ICAI/HOKOK condemns the Turkish authorities for putting people on trial for insulting public officials. Over the past few months, a Turkish court has ordered to place Umut Kılıç, 24, in pretrial detention without any good reason, facing charges of defaming the president. Turkish government figures regularly contend that insulting words are not free speech. HOKOK have repeatedly criticized this position and Turkey’s regular restriction of freedom of expression, noting that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has repeatedly issued rulings on Turkey, finding violations of freedom of expression. HOKOK calls on the Turkish authorities to protect free speech in line with international standards and to stop misrepresenting ECHR case law.

30/04/2015

ICAI/HOKOK condemns Manama authorities’ violations during April, where they arrested twenty-five civilians, including three children, raided seventy-two houses at night and quashed fifty peaceful marches from various regions calling for democracy, by shooting them. HOKOK calls on the Bahraini authorities to stop arbitrary arrests’ policy and to avoid the security option against activists and legal scholars claiming Bahraini people’s right in freedom, democracy and self-determination.

23/04/2015

The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the extension of the Secretary General of Al-Wefaq Islamic Association, Sheikh Ali Salman’s arrest, by the Bahraini regime authorities, after the court extended his detention till the twentieth of May, only because he had practiced his right to freedom of expression. HOKOK considers that his detention is meant to stifle free speech and political freedoms in Bahrain, as Sheikh Salman had constantly called for dialogue and peaceful procedures. Therefore, ICAI warns that the extension of the opposition leader’s arrest is a dangerous escalation, calling on the peoples of Bahrain and the Arab world to hold peaceful demonstrations to condemn his detention and to support all his rightful and human positions. As well, HOKOK calls for the immediate release of Sheikh Salman and all opposition leaders who have been detained for the peaceful expression of their position. Sheikh Salman is a prisoner of conscience and must be released immediately after dropping charges against him. Bahrain government is prosecuting everybody for just peacefully expressing their political views; a clear form of repression and a blatant violation of citizens’ rights.

07/04/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the continuance of the Saudi-US- Zionist aggression against Yemen that targets innocent civilians in their homes, and the massacres committed by hostile aircrafts against homes killing women and children, especially that fighting and violence in Yemen since March 19, has led to the murder of around 600 people and injury of two thousand others.     

21/04/2012

ICAI Members Call for Arab Awakening Against Regional Oppression

The International Coalition Against Impunity "ICAI/HOKOK", held a press conference on April 2012 to cover the disregarded human rights violations and negligence, along with other unsolved cases.

In presence of lawyers and prominent law figures, Head of ICAI, Lawyer May al-Khansa called for the meeting in good faith to shed the light on this issue.

On his part, Head of the Arab Bar Union Lawyer, Omar Zein, asserted that the time has come where the international community should stand against the injustice witnessed in the world.

"We should struggle to free and defend the Arab lands. The struggle should be set against Zionism, which aims to divide the Arab countries, as it succeeded in Sudan," he added.
He further urged unity between the Arab and International communities, to confirm a united stance in favor of the Arab world.

Moreover, Head of the Lebanese Association for the Detainees and Freed Detainees Atallah Hammoud, praised the conference held in Lebanon, and noted the daily "Israeli" human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories.

"Among the human rights violations are the practices against Iraqi, Afghan, and Palestinian prisoners, in addition to the unsolved cases of thousands of injured and missing people as a result of the occupations in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan," Atallah Hamoud said.

He urged that these issues be directly followed up in international courts so that the truth would be revealed.

On his part, Spanish Lawyer Gracia, also member of the ICAI, asserted that Lebanon respects international legitimacy, hoping that the rest of the world would be as such committed to implementing human rights laws.

He indicated that ICAI has filed lawsuits in international courts, to help boost human rights, especially after Lebanon's July 2006 war and the current crisis in Bahrain.

"We hope that the International Criminal Court prosecutes the criminals; which is not a political role, it is only a legal role to implement laws," the Spanish lawyer added.

Among the figures present at the conference were Iraqi activist Montazar al-Zaidi, who highlighted the devastating human rights violations which had occurred in his country.

On another hand, representative of the UN Human Rights Commission Ambassador Haitham abou Saeed was also present at the conference, and stressed the importance of taking all human rights violations' file to international courts. 
He furthermore added that human rights organizations of all countries should file recommendations to their parliaments so that lawsuits should be taken more seriously.

Al-Khansa: ICAI to Follow up Unsolved Lawsuits at ICC

Lawyer May al-Khansa on the lawsuit filed against the "Israeli" aggressions, revealed that there is a decision to prosecute all those responsible for the massacres occurred by the "Israeli" enemy in Palestine and Lebanon. "However, [José Luis Moreno] Ocampo [Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)] wouldn't sign the decision for it to be implemented," al-Khansa added.
"Now, Ocampo promised he will be announcing the start of investigations," she added.

"Next month, an ICAI delegation will visit the ICC to directly look into the fate of our lawsuits, as no response has been delivered to us," al-Khansa further regarded.
The conference ended with hopes that it would be a "new start" to effective moves towards respecting human rights against the US-Zionist hegemony.

Chinese Diplomat: Each Country Should Respect Bahrainis' Legitimate Rights

From the Far East, Director of Political Section in the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon Pang Jianhao, was also present at the conference to show solidarity with the human rights movements.
"In my personal opinion, while participating in this conference, I heard many speeches regarding what has happened in Bahrain, and I discovered that there are a lot of people who don't know what is taking place in that country," the Chinese diplomat stated.

"I believe that each person and each country should respect the legitimate rights of the Bahraini people, because they only aim at gaining freedom and living in dignity," he said.
In addition, Jianhao said, "All nations in the world have the right to seek a better future, and I express sympathy with the Bahraini people."
"Although it is not my field of expertise, but there are some organizations in China, mainly non-governmental organizations, that are concerned with human rights affairs, especially in the Middle East," he went on to say.

It is not a matter of concern as much as it is a matter of acknowledging the situation and solving it. The people of Bahrain, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, and other Arab countries are suffering the misfortune of having West-backed governments.

The international community should wake up and realize the truth; people are suffering by the hands of the world's silence.

22/05/2015

       The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemned the terrorist attack that hit a Basic Education school in al-Malki neighborhood in Damascus city on Wednesday, killing a female teacher and injuring 23 students. HOKOK considers that this terrorist attack expresses the hatred of the terrorists towards the Syrians and their future. HOKOK condemns, as well, the international silence towards terrorist crimes and reiterates its call for the international community to fulfill its responsibilities in keeping international peace and security and to take the necessary measures to stop the flow of weapons and funding for the terrorist organizations; and thus avoid committing more crimes against civilians.

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18/03/2015


    The lawyer May el-Khansa, president of the International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK), met on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, with a number of ICC Court members in The Hague, over two hours, to discuss the complaints filed by HOKOK against a number of perpetrators of crimes against humanity in the Zionist entity. As well, HOKOK filed a new complaint backed up with names and photos against the Zionists, after formally recognizing the state of Palestine. ICC Court promised HOKOK president that it will do its legal job far from any political intervention to prosecute the Zionist war criminals for their crimes.

24/03/2015

      ICAI/HOKOK condemns the terrorist bomb attacks in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a that killed at least 142 Yemeni Shi'a Muslims and injured more than 345 who did not commit any crime, except performing their prayers in the mosque. HOKOK considers that these attacks aim at inciting insecurity and instability in the country. The terrorist ISIS group that has adopted these bombings and others in Tunisia, Iraq, Yemen, and Syria is working to support the Zionists and international plans that seek to divide the Arab countries. Therefore, HOKOK calls on the Arab people to unite to preserve security and stability in the Arab world, to confront these gangs and to take all necessary measures to eliminate it and uncover the regimes supporting these gangs, either by money, weapons or other means. As well, HOKOK calls upon the international community and international organizations concerned with human rights to cooperate in order to sue criminals.

30/03/2015

       After ICAI/HOKOK has filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court regarding the ongoing attacks on civilians and the widespread human rights abuses in CAR, and after it constantly urged the United Nations to investigate war crimes committed in the Central African Republic and prosecute perpetrators of such crimes in the war torn country, the United Nations Security Council members will visit today March 09, for the first time the Central African Republic to investigate these crimes. Therefore, HOKOK calls on them to denounce these attacks against civilians, including Muslims trapped and to remind all sides that those responsible for the crimes will be held to account, in addition to improving protection for civilians and ensuring justice for the brutal killings that have ravaged the country.
   

25/02/2015

       The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) deplores the murder of at least 10 people and injury of 30 others, on Tuesday, in a double blast in southeastern Baghdad by an explosive bomb and a car bomb, in the Jisr Diyala neighborhood on the southeastern edge of Baghdad.

25/02/2015

       The so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) keeps on committing the most heinous massacres against all who disagree with it, and some Western and Arab countries keep on backing this terrorist organization with money and weapons to achieve their ends, at the sight of the international community. Recently, ISIL has kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in al-Hasakah province, northeast of Syria. The abduction took place after ISIL terrorists seized two Assyrian villages in the region, namely Tel Shamiram and Tel Hormuz. Hence, HOKOK condemns this terrorist act, as well as the burning of the "Tomb Sham" church, few kilometers far from the area.

04/05/2015

   The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the use of banned US-supplied cluster munitions by Saudi-led coalition in its air aggression on Yemen, especially the Saudi airstrikes in recent weeks in Saada province in Yemen’s northern mountains. Noting that these munitions, which sometimes do not explode, becoming de facto landmines that can kill or maim long after they were dropped. Cluster munitions are prohibited under any circumstances by a 2008 treaty adopted by 116 countries, but not by Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners or the United States. Consequently, the organization appeals to all liberals of the world and human rights and media organizations to stop the Saudi-Gulf flagrant aggression against Yemen

16/02/2014

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the tragedy of slaughter of the Egyptian Copts by the criminal ISIS in Libya, stressing the need for the International community to perform their tasks and prosecute the extremist criminals and terrorists, bring them to justice and immediately punish them. HOKOK declares its solidarity with and support to the Egyptian people in its honorable battle against the terrorists, the enemies of God, of the country, of citizenship and of reconciliation, offering its deepest condolences to the Egyptian people and to the families of the victims of this cowardly terrorist act and praying they find patience and solace.

04/02/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) considers the execution of Maaz al-Kassasbeh is a horrific criminal act added to the ISIL crime record. ICAI/HOKOK calls on the United Nations to take the necessary measures to put an end to the heinous crimes committed by these terrorist groups in different Arab countries, starting from car and suicide bomb attacks in civilian areas, summary executions, torture in detention, discrimination against women, destruction of religious property, to burning Maaz al-Kassasbeh alive.

26/01/2015

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) salutes the eight martyrs of the Lebanese army who were killed at the hands of the extremist terrorist gangs while they were defending Lebanon in Ras Baalbeck region. HOKOK salutes as well the Lebanese army for resisting the terrorists and combating heroically the terrorist organizations’ aggression over his sites and Lebanese territories. Moreover, it supports the Lebanese army in the issue of combating terrorism and sends its deep condolences to the military institution and their families, praying for the speedy recovery of the wounded. HOKOK calls on all political forces to give priority to the logic of wisdom and prudence and to make every effort to protect Lebanon.   

11/01/2015

           The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces all media attacks against the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and all the other prophets. It condemns as well the brutal terrorist attack that targeted the satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, on January 7, 2015, killing 12 people. HOKOK considers that the terrorist acts that affect innocent people contradict Islamic teachings. As well, ICAI/HOKOK stresses the need for all states to unify in order to fight terrorism because it affects everyone without exception. It expresses its warm condolences to the French government and the French people, confirming its solidarity with them in this tragedy, and its defense of the freedom of the press. HOKOK calls on the French authorities to review its policy towards the Middle East and the Muslim world and to bring to justice those responsible for this horrific attack. 

05/11/2014

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the provocative actions of the Bahraini regime troops that assaulted and removed the Ashura symbols and summoned the orators during Ashura ceremonies on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. As well, the Bahraini regime troops continued assaulting Ashura symbols, including flags, slogans, and other items which are used by Shia to mark the anniversary in the different cities. HOKOK stresses that these assaults are part of the existing regime policy based on sectarian and religious discrimination against an essential component of the Bahraini people, and a part of the policy of demolition of mosques and Husseiniat carried out by the authorities since the start of the revolution in February 2011.

HOKOK warns the Bahraini authorities against these terrorist actions and stressed that the religious rites are stipulated in the Bahraini constitution, as the article 311 of the Bahraini penal code states that a punishment shall be inflicted upon any person who deliberately causes disturbance to the holding of religious rituals by a recognized sect, or to a religious ceremony or meeting or obstructing such events or preventing the holding thereof with the use of force or threat and any person who destroys, damages or desecrates a place of worship of a recognized sect. As well, article 18 states that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

13/10/2014

        The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) raises the voice against vandalism and violence in Turkey, calling for common sense after the recent wave of unrest that has left 31 people dead and many more injured across the country. The use of violence by the Turkish security forces against pro-Kurdish protests continues as the Turkish Interior Minister said that at least 31 people have been killed and 360 others injured in four days of protests in Turkey led by pro-Kurdish demonstrators against the government's policy on Syria. As well, over 1,000 people were detained for their involvement in the protests.

08/01/2015

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the arrest of the Secretary General of Al-Wefaq Islamic Association, Sheikh Ali Salman, by the Bahraini regime authorities because he had practiced his right to freedom of expression. HOKOK considers that the detention is meant to stifle free speech and political freedoms in Bahrain. Sheikh Salman is known to be a political and national figure that has always called for dialogue and peaceful procedures. Therefore, ICAI warns that the opposition leader’s arrest is a dangerous escalation and calls on the government to release him immediately. HOKOK stresses the need to support Sheikh Salman in all his rightful and human positions, and supports the peaceful popular demonstrations held by the Bahraini people to condemn his arrest. ICAI/HOKOK is one of the main supporters of the Bahraini people through the lawsuits it filed against the ruling Al-Khalifa regime before the International Criminal Court in The Hague and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg due to the repressive actions against demonstrators in the country and the crimes committed by this regime against its people and the freedom of expression, in addition to the solidarity protests organized by HOKOK for the benefit of the Bahraini people in The Hague and Geneva, as well as the protest in New York held after sending a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and visiting a number of international organizations to urge them to support the Bahraini people.

20/04/2015

The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces transgression against Yemeni citizens due to intended indiscriminate shelling of Saudi aircrafts against civilian residential areas, and the critical human situation as there is a real disaster facing civilians in the cities subjected to indiscriminate shelling of various types of weapons and the difficulty of delivering medical and food stuffs to different cities, which causes more civilian suffering. HOKOK calls for the immediate end of the flagrant aggression against Yemen and to open an investigation regarding the intended indiscriminate shelling where many civilians were dead including women and childre

16/10/2014

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the death penalty imposed by the Saudi authorities against Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr Baqer al-Nimr, a symbol of the peaceful revolution that request Saudi people’s rights, specifically citizens’ right to elect their rulers. HOKOK considers that this sentence issued by Saudi Arabia seeks to ignite sectarian strife by all means for inhuman and immoral purposes.      

      HOKOK shows full solidarity with Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, and calls on releasing him. It also considers the death penalty against him as a politicized unfair and unjust sentence violating rights and freedoms, in the absence of democracy, freedom and human rights in this country whose principles and laws are based on dictatorship, murder, and oppression.
    
        ICAI/HOKOK warns KSA authorities from executing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr because this arbitrary and risky sentence will increase tensions in the region.   

02/10/2014

        The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns Wednesday’s double terrorist blast outside Akrameh al-Makhzoumi primary school in Homs city in central Syria, which killed at least 45 people, including 41 children between the ages of six and nine. HOKOK urges the international community to put an end to these horrific massacres committed by the terrorist groups in Syria; particularly, IS and Jabhat el-Nusra.

01/10/2014
       
     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the US missile strikes on Syria that killed civilians, violating the laws of war by failing to discriminate between combatants and civilians. For instance, on September 23, a series of US missiles struck houses in Kfar Deryan in Syria, killing at least 8 children, 5 women and 2 men, and injuring 15 others, including women and children. Therefore, these strikes are unlawful under the laws of war. 
HOKOK calls on the United Nations to investigate illegal US strikes that kill civilians.

29/12/2014

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) highly condemns the series of atta/cks by armed groups on unarmed civilians in Assam, India, that has led to the death of at least 50 people and serious injuries to several others. HOKOK calls on the authorities to step up security for civilians and bring the perpetrators to justice, considering that it is the fundamental right of every person to live free from violence and discrimination and the authorities in Assam must take action to protect the rights of all communities and bring those responsible for the attacks to justice. 

15/12/2014

       The International Coalition against Impunity denounces the torture of detainees by the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA), stating that it violates human rights. As well, HOKOK strongly condemns the report issued by the US Senate Intelligence Committee stressing that torture is legitimate and legally based on Israeli precedents regarding torture of its detainees. In this context, ICAI/HOKOK calls on the United Nations to act immediately to stop violations of International Laws and the Charter of Human Rights, especially that the USA relied on the Zionist State, which violates the Palestinian territories and murders innocent people, to justify the torture by its own intelligence agencies.    

30/9/2014

       The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the heinous crime committed lately in Showeika neighborhood in al-Qatif in Saudi Arabia, where the Saudi authorities used live bullets to disperse a peaceful protest organized in support of arrested cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, resulting in the injury of about ten protesters and the death of Bassem al-Qadihi who succumbed to his injuries.

08/10/2014

         The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the use of violence by the Turkish security forces against pro-Kurdish protests yesterday, leading to the death of 3 protesters who were expressing their support for the Syrian border city of Kobani, and denouncing Ankara’s failure to intervene militarily to save this city threatened to fall in the hands of ISIS, disclosing the rollback of human rights and rule of law in Turkey, revealed by the government’s repressive reflexes with the crackdown on protests in Istanbul and other cities in 2013, involving excessive use of force by the police, including the misuse of teargas.

04/03/2015

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the murder of Badr Eid, who is the brother of former MP Ali Eid, in the town of Kwaykhat, by terrorist gangs in an attempt to fuel strife and sow seeds of discord among Lebanese people and destabilize the country. HOKOK calls on the concerned authorities to pursue the criminals and impose the most severe sanctions against them.

08/02/2015
    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) will hold a protest rally to support the Palestinian people in the legal process for the prosecution of the Zionist entity against the crimes it committed, on March 17th, from 12:00 PM till 02:00 PM, before ICC Court in The Hague. It’s worth mentioning that HOKOK is the first organization that filed, before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a complaint against the Zionist entity registered under the number OTP-CR-4425/08; this complaint was followed by a number of complaints, most recently the complaint dated on 18/07/2014, and registered under the number OTP- CR-223/14.

Moreover, a number of HOKOK’s members will meet with the Court’s members during the demonstrators’ gathering before the ICC Court.

Note: Those wishing to participate in this protest, please send us your name and phone number via the following e-mail: icaihokok1@gmail.com, or HOKOK website www.icaihokongo.com. ICAI/HOKOK will provide participants with maps that show roads protected from the Dutch police and which can be followed during the protest.

21/04/2015

The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the brutal massacre of a number of Ethiopian citizens in Libya at the hands of the terrorist ISIS that considers everyone differing with it in opinion as an enemy regardless his denomination or rite. HOKOK condemns the international silence towards ISIS crimes and reiterates its call for the international community to fulfill its responsibilities in keeping international peace and security and to take the necessary measures to stop the flow of weapons and funding for the terrorist organizations; and thus avoid committing more crimes against civilians

03/04/2015

The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) praised the initial deal reached, in the Swiss city of Lausanne, between the six world powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran which has the right to possess peaceful nuclear energy.

HOKOK said this deal has confirmed that the European countries are totally convinced that the Islamic Republic of Iran respects its words and has a serious intention to peacefully cooperate with the Western world.

27/11/2014

  The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) called on the United States of America to end crackdown on the freedom of opinion and give the American people the chance to express their opinions through demonstrations. HOKOK appeals to the US administration to prosecute those responsible for the repression of freedoms after almost 185 protesters were arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Los Angeles. It also called for the protection of minorities and non-discrimination between citizens, especially by favoring white people over black or Middle Eastern people. HOKOK commends the position of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for denouncing the crackdown on the freedoms in the United States.

09/12/2014

         ICAI/HOKOK strongly denounces the two suicide car bombs exploded at an army headquarters, by the terrorist Al-Qaeda, in south Yemen today, killing six people and injuring dozens. HOKOK also denounces the explosion in a square in Seiyun near a local government building, calling on the United Nations to take the necessary measures to stop these crimes committed by these terrorist groups in different Arab countries, especially Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc.

06/11/2014

      The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) strongly condemns the terrorist attack on a gathering of Shia worshippers mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH) in Ihsa’a region in Saudi Arabia. At least 7 persons were reported killed and dozens injured in latest attacks on Shia mourners on Ashura Tuesday. HOKOK calls on the United Nations to ensure security for people attending religious ceremonies in accordance with the intentional laws and identify and punish elements behind the terrorist attack in the country. HOKOK condemns as well the Saudi court for handing down, on Monday, long jail terms to three anti-regime activists as the kingdom continues its crackdown on dissent, calling on the Saudi authorities to release political prisoners and to end discrimination against minority Shia Muslims, and to stop using excessive force against the protesters.

10/11/2014
      
         The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the torture, abuse and suffer endured by Kurdish children from the Syrian city of Kobani (Ain al-`Arab) while detained by Islamic State (ISIS). The children, aged 14 to 16, were among 250 Kurdish students whom ISIS abducted on May 29, 2014, as they traveled home to Kobani. They were enduring repeated beatings with a hose and electric cable, as well as being forced to watch videos of ISIS beheadings and attacks.

      ICAI/HOKOK considers that taking hostages is a war crime under international humanitarian law (the laws of armed conflict). The war crime of torture, under international humanitarian law, is the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for purposes such as obtaining information or a confession, punishment, intimidation, or coercion, calling on the United Nations to take national measures to stop the flow of foreign fighters, financing, and arms to ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra, and any other individual or group associated with al-Qaida.

24/09/2014

     The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) calls on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to end the arbitrary detention, especially Fadi Musallam, 27, a Jordanian mathematics professor arrested in March 2014 but not charged.

HOKOK calls on the Saudi authorities to immediately release Musallam, as there are no charges against him.

Musallam was arrested on March 7, 2014, during a visit to the Haram Mosque in Mecca, as a police officer told him he could not take pictures inside the mosque, the authorities took him to Dhahban Prison, outside Jeddah, where he remained for 59 days without being allowed to contact his family members or see a lawyer. Musallam has been in detention without charge for almost 200 days. 

12/09/2014

    The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns the Lebanese government’s silence over the death of Fawaz Bazzi from the wounds he sustained after being shot at by known assailants in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood. HOKOK considers that failing to pursue the terrorists who killed Fawaz Bazzi and holding them to account, will sow discord among Lebanese people. 

10/09/2014

         The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) confirms that the summary killing of Lebanese soldier Abbas Medlej, aged 20, on 6 September, and Lebanese army sergeant Ali al-Sayed, aged 28, on 28 August, by Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) terrorists, as a war crime for which Turkey and Qatar must bear ultimate responsibility.  

HOKOK also stressed the need to compel Qatar and Turkey to make pressure on Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists to release all hostages immediately, and to ensure that the kidnapped soldiers and Internal Security Forces are treated, first, in accordance with the Islamic law; as those terrorists allege they are applying Islamic beliefs, and then pursuant to Lebanese and International laws.

HOKOK called upon the Lebanese government to seek help from the United Nations to form an international tribunal similar to that of the Martyr Hariri, in the presence of countries complicit in these crimes, such as Turkey and Qatar, and this to preserve the soldiers’ dignity and rights.

27/08/2014

       The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns what happens in Mali as the children pay a high price in ongoing conflict. Since the beginning of the conflict in January 2012, children have been recruited to fight by both pro-government militias and armed opposition groups. A number of children suspected of belonging to armed groups have been arrested by the Malian authorities and are now being held in detention in both the Bamako civil prison and the Bamako gendarmerie Camp I. They receive no access to lawyers in detention or family visits. ICAI/HOKOK calls on all parties to the conflict to put an end to ongoing human rights violations and for a prompt investigation into all crimes committed against international law and pursuing criminals.

02/09/2014

         Raif Badawi was arrested on June 17, 2012 in Jeddah. The criminal court in Jeddah has charged him with the violation of Saudi Arabia’s IT law through creating and running a public forum for discussion on the internet titled “Saudi Arabian Liberals” website. He was also charged with insulting religious symbols on Twitter and Facebook, as well as criticizing the religious police in KSA and officials calling for gender segregation in the Shura Council. Raif was sentenced to ten years in prison and 600 lashes and the online forum was ordered to be closed.

       In this regard, ICAI/HOKOK is calling on the Saudi Arabia authorities to release Raif Badawi immediately and unconditionally as he is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression and urges them not to carry out any punishment which would violate the human rights related to freedom of thought, conscience and belief.

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18/08/2014

        A number of lawyers, members of the International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK), moved, on Thursday 08/14/2014, to The Hague after taking an appointment with the Office of the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court to discuss the complaint filed by HOKOK against the Zionist entity and the governments of UK, US and Italy for committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The complaint includes a large number of martyr and wounded names, in addition to new information confirming that the court has jurisdiction over this case.

The ambience was very positive and the organization was promised to receive a letter from the Court including the decision of the Prosecutor regarding the mechanism of the investigations and the decision that will be taken in terms of pursuing the Zionist entity.

August 03, 2014

The International Coalition against Impunity has warned the Qatari authorities of allowing U.S. aircrafts to take off from Arab Qatari lands, especially that these aircrafts are carrying lethal bombs labeled (smart bombs) and delivering them to the Zionist army; if not, Qatar will be considered as co-conspirator in the crimes of genocide and war crimes; as well, its name will be added to the defendants in the complaint filed before the international Criminal Court in The Hague and recorded on July 18, 2014 with no. 14/223. This step will be in the scope of the legal campaign carried out by our international organization to condemn the perpetrators of the massacres, impose a cease-fire in Gaza, and guarantee not sending arms to the Zionist entity that commits genocide against defenseless people.

HOKOK’s chief, the attorney-at-law May El Khansa, affirms that the organization will pursue every perpetrator or co-conspirator, whether Zionist, Arabic, European, or of whatever nationality before the ICC COURT in The Hague and a large number of courts that have jurisdiction over such crimes, including the court in the United States as their sentences and crime are one and similar to those of Zionists.

HOKOK’s Chief confirms that all countries arming the Zionist entity and facilitate their access to weapons are complicit in the murder of civilians and in committing massacres, genocide and war crimes, including the United States, which hold the primary responsibility for these massacres as it is the main weapon supplier of the Zionist army, in violation to international law and international treaties. 

30/07/2014

        The International Coalition Against Impunity (HOKOK) will hold on Saturday, August 9, 2014 a protest in front of the Israeli Consulate in Barcelona, at noon, to deplore the crimes committed by the Zionist enemy in the Gaza Strip and to confirm the intention of HOKOK to prosecute the Zionist entity pursuant to the complaint that the organization has filed before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on July 18, 2014, registered with the number OTP-CR-223/14.

ICAI/HOKOK calls on all Gaza supporters to assemble in front of the Israeli consulate in Barcelona to raise the voice to prosecute the perpetrators of crimes in Gaza and lift the siege of Gaza.

        On June 02, 2014, ICAI /HOKOK has deplored the Bahraini authority policies which continue in the persecution of the Shiite community in different ways. After the demolition of 35 Shia mosques during the declaration of a state of emergency, the government of Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 31 Shiites. As well, the court has issued a ruling to dissolve the Islamic Scholars Council and liquidate its assets, which is a clear violation of religious freedoms. 

        On May 29, 2014, ICAI/HOKOK has praised highly the free and honest presidential elections that took place in Egypt, considering it as an important step towards the implementation of human rights principles stipulated in the international conventions and international laws.

        On May 14, 2014 ICAI/HOKOK has expressed its utmost concern for the extra judicial killing of a fourteen year old boy called Sayed Mahmoud Sayed Mohsen Sayed Ahmad, by the Bahraini security forces after they attacked the funeral procession, in which Sayed Mahmoud Sayed Mohsen was participating, using shotgun pellets and tear gas.  

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        June 11, 2014 -  The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) welcomes the joint statement regarding human rights in Bahrain, presented by Switzerland, on behalf of a cross-regional coalition of 46 countries. The statement cites a list of grave concerns including the continued ill-treatment and torture of detainees in police custody, the repression of demonstrations, the failure to guarantee fair trials, the harassment and imprisonment of human rights defenders and journalists, the increased restrictions of the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, the stripping of citizenship from activists and the lack of accountability for human rights violations. HOKOK joins these States in urging the government of Bahrain to release all prisoners detained for exercising their human rights.

        June 05, 2014 - The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the arrest of Firas Al-Saffar, a 15 year old student, from his home early in the morning, on June 1, 2014, before going to school, by members of the security forces, because of “filming unauthorized gatherings”. ICAI/HOKOK calls on the United Nations to put pressure on Bahraini authorities to release Firas Al-Saffar and all detained children in the Bahraini prisons. 

        June 23, 2014 - ICAI/HOKOK calls upon the United Nations to prevent terrorist armed groups in Syria from using children as young as 15 to fight in battles and to hold accountable governments supporting these armed groups and therefore committing war crimes. HOKOK indicts these extremist groups, including Jabhat al-Nusra and Daesh, for recruiting children through free schooling campaigns that include weapons training, and giving them dangerous tasks, including suicide bombing missions.

        June 24, 2014 - ICAI/HOKOK condemns the suicide bombing that took place around midnight Tuesday in the Tayouneh area, in Lebanon. It is a cowardly terrorist act that the states sponsoring terrorism and funding it with money and weapons shall bear responsibility. HOKOK considers that this heinous crime committed by Takfirists is a part of the Takfiri terrorism against the Arab and Muslim world, which is clearly witnessed today in Syria and Iraq. In fact, these crimes serve only the Zionist enemy and his plans to destabilize the security and stability in Lebanon and the region. HOKOK offers its condolences to the family of the martyr, in the General Security, Abdul Kareem Hodroj who saved the region from an inevitable massacre and wishes the wounded a speedy recovery. 

The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) condemns in strongest terms the heinous crime committed by the Zionist terrorism against the 16-year-old boy Mohammed Hussein Abu Khdeir who was kidnapped by the Zionists in front of his house in Shuafat; they tortured and killed him and burnt his body, and then threw him in jungles near the village of Deir Yassin. HOKOK calls on the UN to form a committee to investigate this brutal crime and bring the perpetrators and criminals to trial.

       
 Due to the gruesome crimes committed by the Zionist entity government and its people in the Occupied Palestine, which are crimes against humanity punishable under international criminal law, ICAI/HOKOK condemns the crimes committed against the Palestinian people and finds strange the international silence. HOKOK calls on the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, to take the appropriate measures to stop this brutal aggression. Based on the vow taken by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday 06/07/2014 on the prosecution of the Zionist entity, the International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) sent him a letter on Tuesday 08/07/2014 wishing that he lodges a motion before the International Criminal Court pursuant to paragraph /3/ of Article 12 of the Court’s Statute to investigate the crimes committed against the Palestinian people in order to start the investigation in the earlier complaint filed against the Zionist entity and the complaint that will be filed in the coming days.  

It’s worth mentioning that ICAI/ HOKOK has filed, in 2008, a complaint against the Zionist entity, before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 10/12/2008, registered under the number OTP-CR-4425/08. The Court’s Director Ms. Beatrice Le Frapper Du Hellen has informed the organization, in April 2009, that the complaint had been accepted as it complies with the terms of the Court that will investigate with Israeli officials as a result of their crimes, especially that the Palestinian Government has sent in that year a letter asking the court to make its investigations; however, as a result of taking back its demand, the lawsuit has been frozen again.

        July 11, 2014 - The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) strongly condemns the brutal assault against the Palestinian people and calls on the weak Arab and Islamic countries to show solidarity with the Palestinian people to stop the bloodshed as the Zionist enemy goes to extremes in killing the children, the women and the elders in Palestine during this holy month. HOKOK also calls on the international community to assume its responsibilities and take the necessary measures towards this unarmed people in these circumstances and to lift the siege of the Palestinian people and Gaza. 

        July 11, 2014 - The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the attacks against Shia Muslims in Turkey where their mosques are being burnt in public, and it calls on the concerned persons to assume their responsibilities and pursue the doers and protect the citizens and the worship houses in the country.

        17/08/2014 - A number of European lawyers, members of the International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) will move to The Hague according to an appointment with the ICC Court in La Haye to lodge a complaint against the Zionist entity, members of its government and some of the Israeli military leaders, in addition to some of the British government members and the US President for committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Palestinian people in general and the people of Gaza in particular.

The complaint refers to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the international conventions. It also stresses on the authority of the ICC Court to hear this case since it became unambiguous that Palestine is a State after passing Resolution no. 67/19 that recognizes Palestine as a State. Recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the complaint refers as well to the declaration lodged, in 2009, by the Palestinian Minister of Justice asking the prosecutor of the Court to initiate the investigations against the Zionist criminals, to President Mahmoud Abbas’ statement in which he declared his intention to sue the Zionist entity before the International Criminal Court, and to the status of the United kingdom as a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

ICAI/HOKOK will be at the Court on Friday, July 18, 2014, at 3:00 PM. It calls on all local and international human rights’ organizations to defend the people of Gaza by filing more complaints before the International Criminal Court and other international courts having jurisdiction over such case.

ICAI/HOKOK calls on the united Nations and all medical humanitarian organizations, such as the “International Committee of the Red Cross” and “Doctors Without Borders” to move immediately to Gaza to do their humanitarian duty; otherwise they are accomplices in the crimes of murder and genocide committed in Gaza.

ABOGADOS EUROPEOS MIEMBROS DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN “HOKOK” COALICIÓN INTERNACIONAL CONTRA LA IMPUNIDAD, PRESENTARÁN EN EL DÍA 18 DE JULIO DE 2014 ANTE EL  TRIBUNAL PENAL INTERNACIONAL EN LAHAYA UNA DEMANDA  CONTRA EL ESTADO SIONISTA DE ISRAEL, Y LOS MIEMBROS DE  SU GOBIERNO Y SUS LIDERES MILITARES, Y LA ACUSACIÓN A LOS  GOBIERNOS BRITANICOS Y AL PRESIDENTE DE ESTADOS UNIDOS POR EL APOYO MILITAR Y LÓGISTICOS PARA QUE ISRAEL COMETE SUS CRIMENES CONTRA EL PUEBLO PALESTINO., QUE SON CRIMINES CONTRA LA HUMANIDAD Y GENOCIDIO CONTRA EL PUEBLO PALESTINO EN GAZA., LA DEMANDA ESTÁ BASADA AL ESTATUTO DE ROMA ADOPTADO POR LAS CONVENCIONES INTERNACIONALES. ES COMPETENCIA DEL TRIBUNAL PENAL INTERNACIONAL DE LAHAYA INVESTIGAR ESTOS CRIMINES Y SENTENCIAR A LOS AUTORES DE ESTE GENOCIDIO CONTRA EL PUEBLO PALESTINA MÁS AUN QUE NACIONES UNIDAS HAN RECONOCIDO AL ESTADO PALESTINO Y SE PROCLAMÓ EL ESTADO PALESTINO. ADEMÁS EL PRESIDENTE DEL ESTADO PALESTINA MAHMOUD ABBAS DEMOSTRÓ SU VOLUNTAD DE DENUNCIAR ANTE LA CORTE PENAL EN LAHAYA ESTOS CRIMINES CONTRA EL PUEBLO PALESTINO PARA LA APERTURA DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN DE ESTOS CRIMINES. “HOKOK” COALICIÓN INTERNACIONAL CONTRA LA IMPUNIDAD LLAMA A TODAS LAS ORGANIZACIÓNES HUMANITARIOS A DIRGIRSE A GAZA APORTANDO LOS APOYOS MATERIALES COMO LA MEDICINA, Y LAS COMIDAS, ES UN DEBER ANTE LA SITUACIÓN DEL PUEBLO PALESTINO EN GAZA.

Open letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki Moon

United Nations Secretary-General

UN Headquarters

First Avenue at 46th Street

New York, NY 10017

USA

E-mail: sgcentral@un.org

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

Accusations of severe violations of the laws of war have been clear during the Israeli offensive in Gaza due to the crimes committed by the Israeli military.

Therefore, the International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK), have lodged a complaint with number OTP-CR-223/14 before the International Criminal Court on July 18, 2014.

As organization having experience of international justice, we believe there must be an international investigation of gross violations of the laws of war, committed by Israel; therefore, the international community must conduct a quick, independent and impartial investigation that provide all the gross violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israel and provide recommendations on how those responsible for crimes should be held to account.

Especially that previously a well-known Israeli politician and parliament member, named Ayelet Shaked, has branded Palestinians as terrorists, saying mothers of all Palestinians should also be killed during the ongoing Israeli assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. She called for the slaughter of Palestinian mothers who give birth to "little snakes", adding: “They have to die and their houses should be demolished so that they cannot bear any more terrorists. They are all our enemies and their blood should be on our hands.” The remarks are considered as a call for genocide as she declared that all Palestinians are Israel's enemies and must be killed. 

We have seen the importance of investigating the truth and bringing justice for the Palestinian victims and believe it is a precondition to move forward and achieve peace in the Middle East.

The world must demand respect for the Palestinians and investigate and condemn the Israeli violations.

We call on world leaders to clarify that the targeting of civilians during conflict is unacceptable and to support the establishment of a United Nations commission of inquiry into the conflict against Gaza acting in accordance with the international standards governing such investigations.

Sincerely

Chief of ICAI/HOKOK

May El Khansa

August 6, 2014 
The International Coalition against Impunity (HOKOK) denounces the shelling of Sinjar, west of Mosul, by Daesh terrorists, on Sunday August 3, 2014, causing the death of more than a thousand Yazidis, most of whom were killed after carrying out mass executions, the death of 70 children due to hunger, thirst and extreme heat, and the abduction of 500 girls whose fate is still unknown and 100 families who were taken to Al-Jazira area in Mosul and whose fate is still unknown too. HOKOK stresses the crimes committed in Sinjar are genocide pursuant to 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the articles 6 and 7 of the Rome Statute. HOKOK calls on the United Nations and the international community to act immediately and open investigations in these terrorist crimes targeting Iraqis.