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<p class="s2"><em>Posted: 18 January 2011</em></p>
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<li>‘A denial of justice is a recipe for future bloodshed’ &#8211; Kate Allen</li>
<li>New film shows ‘Day In The Life’ of those affected</li>
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<p>Amnesty International is marking the two-year “anniversary” of the  end of the 2008-9 Gaza conflict with a “global day of action” on 18  January calling for justice for the victims of the fighting in Gaza and  southern Israel.</p>
<p>The global day is the launch of Amnesty’s two-month campaign ahead of  the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in March, at which the  UN is being asked to provide an international justice solution for the  victims of the Gaza conflict.</p>
<p>Amnesty is stressing that the UN needs to act to ensure an international  justice remedy after a prolonged failure from both the Israeli  authorities and Hamas to undertake independent investigations into  credible allegations that their forces committed war crimes and other  human rights violations during the 2008-9 fighting. In 22 days of  conflict between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, hundreds of  Palestinian civilians (including about 300 children) and three Israeli  civilians were killed, with many others on both sides injured.</p>
<p>The UK government has previously supported moves to ensure that  preliminary UN investigations into the conflict are acted on, and  Amnesty supporters are now pressing the Foreign Secretary William Hague  to ensure that this happens. The organisation is calling on states at  the UN’s Human Rights Council to agree a resolution that will refer the  issue to the UN in New York &#8211; this could in turn trigger a referral to  the International Criminal Court at The Hague.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/gaza">Find out more</a></p>
<p>To coincide with its day of action Amnesty has released a new “Day In  The Life”-style film showing the long-term effects of conflict in the  region upon people who lost loved ones and suffered terrible traumas,  including a shopkeeper from Sderot in southern Israel &#8211; and a farmer,  market seller and NGO employee in Gaza.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/gaza">Download and view the film</a></p>
<p>Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:</p>
<p>“It’s totally unacceptable that two years on from the horror of Gaza’s  bloodiest-ever conflict, hundreds of bereaved families are still denied  justice.</p>
<p>“For two years we’ve seen the Israeli authorities and Hamas stalling and stonewalling over investigations.</p>
<p>“It can’t be stressed enough that a denial of justice is a recipe for  future bloodshed in the region and with tensions once again escalating a  lack of accountability over the past is making the future much more  dangerous.</p>
<p>“In March we need to see the UN’s Human Rights Council referring the  issue to the General Assembly for urgent action. If Israel and Gaza’s  bereaved families can’t get justice at home they need to be given the  chance to obtain it internationally.”</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=19183">AIUK : Gaza: New demand for justice over Gaza conflict on two-year &#8216;anniversary&#8217;</a>.</p>
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