- Violation: reclosing an entrance
- Location: Salfit governorate
- Date: March 17, 2016
- Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
- Victims: residents of the governorate
Details:
In synchronization with the killing incident of two young men from Beit Fajjar, south Bethlehem; more specifically at the entrance of Ariel colony, Israeli Occupation Forces closed on March 17, 2016 the northern entrance of Salfit via iron gate in a step considered collective punishment on residents of Salfit. The claimed stabbing attack was the occupation's pretext , under which the closure was carried out. Not only, the Israeli government did that to satisfy the colonists of Ariel that is founded opposite to Salfit's northern entrance.
The closure will cause a dilemma in terms of transportation and emergency cases of health conditions. Residents will be forced to take another route that is 12km longer than the original one .
Photo 1: the northern entrance of Salfit closed by iron gate. Ariel colony is seen in the background
An aerial photo illustrating the location of closed road
It should be marked that the northern entrance of Salfit was closed in the aftermath of the uprising in 2000. Thirteen years later, the entrance was reopened but with a firm control of the Israeli occupation. The road is of high importance to the area as an economic revenue.
International conventions and laws regarding freedom of movement which Israel unabatedly violates:
- Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”.
- Article 5: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”.
- Article 9: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile”.
- Article 13: Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
- Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.”
- Article 9: “Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
