Oops, my bad.
Unfortunately it's the 'Palestinian Human Rights Council' (now there's an oxymoron) and the only reason they're condemning it is that the wounded are six 'Palestinians,' including four children, who have been injured by rockets that misfired.
The wounds of three of the children who were injured in this way were described as serious. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said it "remains deeply concerned over the reoccurrence of such incidents that are part of the state of security chaos and misuse of weapons" in the Palestinian Authority.But of course, at the end of the day, even the 'Palestinian Human Rights Council' approves of firing rockets - just not around 'Palestinian' civilians.
A PCHR investigation found that at approximately 16:15 this past Monday, three-year-old Myassar Mousa Wahdan was injured in the abdomen and chest and her five-year-old brother, Mohammed, was injured in the head by shrapnel from a locally produced rocket that was fired by members of a neighboring terror group.
The rocket fell on agricultural land near Beit Hanoun Agriculture College, north of the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. The two children were promptly transferred to Beit Hanoun Hospital for treatment. Medical sources described the wounds of Myassar as serious and reported that she was admitted to the intensive care unit. The wounds of Mohammed were described as moderate.
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In another incident, at approximately 17:30 this past Sunday, Hanan Sohwail, 32, was lightly wounded by shrapnel to the right hand when a locally produced rocket exploded near her house in al-Zaytoun quarter in Beit Hanoun. She was immediately taken to Beit Hanoun Hospital for treatment.
At approximately 14:40 on Saturday, a locally produced rocket fired by members of the Palestinian resistance fell near a group of children who were playing in a side street, east of the industrial zone and west of Beit Hanoun. Shrapnel from the rocket wounded two children. The two children were taken to Beit Hanoun Hospital for treatment and then transferred to the intensive care unit at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, since their wounds were serious. The two children were identified as Sari Mana’a al-Sama’ana, 9, and Safi 'Eid al-Sama’ana, 8.
PCHR said it is "gravely concerned over increasing casualties resulting from the misuse of weapons, which is part of the state of security chaos prevailing in the [PA]." It called upon the concerned authorities to investigate these attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice. PCHR also called upon "Palestinian resistance groups" to be "far away from civilian populated area when conducting military actions."But don't expect the 'resistance groups' to listen either. After all, if they didn't fire from schoolyards, they couldn't incur civilian casualties. Remember this story? It's about 'Palestinians' firing mortars from a Beit Hanoun schoolyard in the hope of drawing an Israeli response and getting a few kids killed. Let's go to the videotape.
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Online Museum of the Victims of War in the D.R. Congo that aims to expose this ongoing invisible unacceptable barbarity of the war that has killed more than 5 millions people to outside world.
The new organization known as Mobilization of Justice and Peace in the D.R. Congo (MJPC) announced today the launch of phase one of its online museum of victims of the war in the D.R.Congo. According to the project coordinator of the MJPC, Amede Kyubwa, the online museum aims to expose this war, remaining virtually invisible to the outside world despite ongoing unacceptable barbarity, and aims to expose how innocent people in Congo continue to suffer massive human rights violations while armed groups responsible for these crimes go unpunished.
The online museum, available at http://www.yoursilenceoncongo.org , is currently developing its collections policy and plan to determine the scope of the collections. "The museum will make particular use of collected images/photos of the war victims and help prevent similar catastrophes in the future," said Mr. Kyubwa.
As part of denouncing the serious war crimes going unpunished in Congo, MJPC recently launched a petition to collect signatures demanding the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) to immediately arrest the notorious war criminal Nkunda. Concerned citizens from around the world are signing the petition, including those from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the USA, Kenya, Rwanda, France, German, Denmark, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, South Africa, Malawi, Burundi, Senegal, Nigeria, Spain, Japan, the UK, Venezuela, China, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Uganda. "There is no justification for MONUC, which has more than 17,000 troops in the DRC, to not take concrete actions to arrest Nkunda who is the subject of an international arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity since 2005," added Mr. Kyubwa.
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains the deadliest conflict since World War II. More than 5 million people, mostly civilians, have died in the past decade, yet the war remains unknown. A particularly horrifying aspect of the conflict is the mass sexual violence being used as a weapon of war. Estimates are now at more than 1.3 million displaced people in North Kivu Province alone and there are more than 370,000 Congolese refugees who have sought safety in neighboring countries.
According to Mr. Kyubwa, the online museum is also designed to dignify victims by recognizing their suffering and raise public awareness regarding the importance of an urgent intervention in the eastern Congo to stop the ongoing impunity, sexual violence, crimes against humanity, and war crimes and to bring those responsible to justice without further delay.
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About MJPC.
MJPC (www.mjpcongo.org ) is a newly created organization seeking to add a voice in advocating for justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To visit the online museum of victims of the war in the Congo please visit http://www.yoursilenceoncongo.org . For information on signing the ongoing petition demanding the U.N. in Congo (MONUC) immediately arrest war criminal Nkunda, please visit our website. You may also call the project coordinator of MJPC, Amede Kyubwa at 916 753 5717.
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