{"id":306657,"date":"2025-04-03T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=306657"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:22:04","slug":"422nd-committee-meeting-3-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/422nd-committee-meeting-3-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"422nd Committee Meeting \u2013 3 April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Palestinian Rights Committee held its 422nd meeting on 3rd April 2025.<\/p>\n

The speakers delved into the human rights and legal aspects surrounding land issues in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The meeting featured the Palestinian co-Director of the Oscar-winning documentary film \u201c No Other Land<\/span> \u201d Mr. Basel Adra, who shared his unique insights. There were briefings by Ms. Netta Amar-Shiff, Human Rights Lawyer (via VTC), Mr. James Turpin, Chief, Prevention and Sustaining Peace Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Dr. Younis Khatib, President, Palestine Red Crescent Society.<\/p>\n

After winning the Oscar for\u00a0No Other Land<\/em>, the film\u2019s Palestinian co-directors returned to occupation and violence, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today in a meeting where several speakers drew attention to the increasing collusion between Israeli settlers and the State apparatus.<\/p>\n

Basel Adra, one of the three co-directors of\u00a0No Other Land<\/em>, said he grew up seeing bulldozers entering Palestinian communities and destroying homes. \u00a0But this was so routine that journalists were not interested in covering it. \u00a0So, as a teenager, he started carrying a camera and filming because he wanted the world to see what it was like to live under brutal occupation.<\/p>\n

Five years ago, he started working on the documentary with friends, he said, adding that the movie succeeded beyond expectations. \u00a0\u201cBut even after winning the Oscar, we went back to the same reality,\u201d he observed. \u00a0He detailed many harrowing stories of violence, destruction and arbitrary detention. \u00a0Three weeks after the Oscars, settlers attacked a mosque in the village of one of his co-directors, Hamdan Ballal. \u00a0About 20 settlers started vandalizing the village. \u00a0Hamdan tried to protect his family by locking the door of his house and standing outside, but two soldiers started beating him, and then abducted him and two other Palestinians to a military base. \u00a0He spent 20 hours in the base, handcuffed and blindfolded while soldiers mistreated him \u2014 when he was brought to interrogation, he was accused of attacking the settler and only after he paid a fine was he able to leave and get medical treatment.<\/p>\n

Read the complete press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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