- Violation: closing a village entrance
- Location: Bruqin- Salfit
- Date: January 07, 2016
- Perpetrators: the Israeli occupation army
- Victims: residents of the town
Details:
The Israeli occupation authorities sealed off on January 07, 2016 the western entrance of Bruqin by road blocks. Noteworthy, the entrance is founded nearby the bypass road 446 that is close to Peduel and Ali Zahav colonies.
It should be marked that the Israeli occupation justified the closure on the claim of “security purposes”. More than 5500 people mainly depend on the recently closed road in their daily life and travels. Closing this road will impose financial and physical hardships on the residents of the town. It should also be marked that the road was closed in the aftermath of Al-Aqsa Intifada of 2000 to be re-opened in 2011.
An aerial photo illustrating the closure site
Bruqin
It is located 13 km to the west of Salfit city; it is one of the Palestinian villages that depend mostly on agriculture in its income.
The village's total area is 13273 dunums including 1336 dunums of built-up area inhabited by around 3500 people.
1200 dunums are planted with olives while 3000 dunums are used for herding purposes; the rest (8000 dunums) are under the nearby colonies control.
The village is facing vicious attack from the Israelis; more than 8000 dunums of the village lands were confiscated for colonial expansion purposes.
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
