News Clips- September 16, 2016

Amnesty International reported that tens of thousands of refugees have been cut off from humanitarian aid for the last two months in an area between Syria and Jordan. [Al Jazeera]
The hunger strike of a former Guantanamo detainee currently residing in Uruguay as a refugee prompted a judge this week to order a medical evaluation. [Washington Post]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced this week that the number of South Sudanese refugees is now over a million. [UN News Centre]

A Colombian court ruled this week that Colombia was responsible for the 1999 death of Jaime Garzon, a journalist and satirist, and ordered the State to pay his family damages. [Washington Post]
Two activists in South Kordofan in Sudan were detained and questioned about a meeting to take place this week to discuss health care, infrastructure, and utilities. [All Africa]
Khurram Parvez, a human rights defender in India was prevented from travelling to Geneva this week where he planned to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council’s current session. [FIDH]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights criticized Ethiopia this week for the use of lethal force against protestors as well as other human rights abuses. [Reprieve]
The High Court of Justice in Israel ruled this week that force-feeding Palestinian prisoners who have gone on a hunger strike is constitutional. [Jurist]

The International Criminal Court announced this week that it will prosecute crimes that contribute to environmental destruction. [Guardian]
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan finished its first trip to South Sudan this week. [OHCHR Press Release]
The United Nations Security Council issued a statement that the recent nuclear test from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea disregarded several Security Council resolutions. [UN News Centre]

A United Nations report released this week found that civilian casualties are on the rise in eastern Ukraine due to ongoing conflict in the area. [OHCHR Press Release]
Ahead of signing a peace accord, the FARC, an armed forced in Colombia, admitted in a released video this week that they have kidnapped thousands of people during the conflict and promised not to do so again. [Al Jazeera]

After an opposition leader submitted a complaint to Gabon’s Constitutional Court claiming that President Ali Bongo was recently re-elected through fraudulent means, the African Union announced that it will send observers to assist the court. [VOA]
Luxembourg this week called for Hungary to be kicked out of the European Union based on its treatment of refugees and violation of the right to freedom of expression. [Guardian]
President Edgar Lungu was sworn in this week after being re-elected last month in Zambia. [Al Jazeera]
In a statement issued this week China reiterated its intent to uphold the right to be presumed innocent. [Jurist]
This week the United States House of Representatives intelligence committee released a summary of its investigation into Edward Snowden’s removal of documents from the National Security Administration and stated that Snowden is not a whistleblower. [Al Jazeera]