"I feel a deep, deep pain in my heart, said Shawan Jabarin, Al-Haq's director, of the silence from US-based organizations in the human rights and social justice sector. Most of them if not all they stopped working with us or engaging with us formally and openly. Speaking to the Guardian, Jabarin called on US-based rights groups to take a more defiant stance against the Trump administration."
"The sanctions marked an early strike in a broader campaign against civil society, a campaign disproportionately focussed on groups championing Palestinian rights that also threatens to sweep up climate, democracy and racial justice groups. In a statement announcing the sanctions, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that the United States will continue to respond with significant and tangible consequences to protect our troops, our sovereignty, and our allies from the ICC's disregard"
Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organization in the West Bank, was sanctioned by the United States in September over its support for the International Criminal Court's investigation of Israeli actions. The sanctions triggered bank account closures, withdrawal of US-based funding, unpaid staff, and removal of hundreds of documentation videos from YouTube. US-based partner organizations curtailed or stopped engagement for fear of legal or political repercussions. Shawan Jabarin, Al-Haq's director, expressed deep pain at the silence and urged US rights groups to take a more defiant stance. The US presented the measures as protecting troops, sovereignty, and allies, framing them within a broader campaign affecting civil society.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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