PETITION FOR URGENT ACTION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY ISRAEL:
DESECRATION OF THE MA’MAN ALLAH (MAMILLA)
MUSLIM CEMETERY IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM
TO:
- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Ms. NaviPillay)
- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief (Ms. Asma Jahangir)
- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Mr. GithuMuigai)
- The United Nations Independent Expert in the Field of Cultural Rights (Ms. Farida Shaheed)
- Director-General of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Ms. Irina Bokova)
- The Government of Switzerland in its capacity as depository of the Fourth Geneva Conventions
INDIVIDUAL PETITIONERS:
Sixty individuals whose ancestors are interred in Mamilla (Ma’man Allah) Cemetery, from the Jerusalem families of:
- Akkari
- Ansari
- Dajani
- Duzdar
- Hallak
- Husseini
- Imam
- Jaouni
- Khalidi
- Koloti
- Kurd
- Nusseibeh
- Salah
- Sandukah
- Zain
CO- PETITIONERS:
- Mustafa Abu-Zahra, Mutawalli of Ma’man Allah Cemetery
- Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
- Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights
- Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights
- Al-Haq
- Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic
- Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA)
- Association for the Defense of the Rights of the Internally Displaced in Israel (ADRID)
- Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
- Housing and Land Rights Network - Habitat International Coalition
- Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC)
- The International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild
- The Independent Commission for Human Rights
- The National Lawyers Guild - Free Palestine Subcommittee
- Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC)
- Zochrot Association
LEGAL COUNSEL:
- Dima Khalidi, Esq., Chicago, IL
- Maria LaHood, Esq., Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY
- Richard Levy, Esq., New York, NY
- Michael Ratner, Esq., President, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY
- Michael Steven Smith, Esq., New York, NY
- Leonard I. Weinglass, Esq., New York, NY
DATE:
February 10, 2010
SUBJECT:
Petition for Urgent Action on Human Rights Violations by Israel: Desecration of Ma’man Allah (Mamilla) Muslim Cemetery in the Holy City of Jerusalem.
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