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PCHR Press Releases for 2008
22-July 2008 Gaza Military Court Sentences Man to Death
21-July 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into Police Shooting of a Young Man
16-July 2008 As Palestinian Military Court Sentences 2 People to Death, PCHR Calls upon President Abbas to reject Ruling, and for Abolition of Death Penalty in OPT
14-July 2008 PCHR Condemns Interference of the Ministry of Interior and Security Forces in Election Affairs of the Women’s Arab Union in Nablus
08-July 2008 PCHR Condemns Attack on PNA Attorney-General
08-July 2008 PCHR Condemns IOF Measures against Nablus Charities
29-Jun. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into the Death of an Old Man in Suspicious Circumstances in a Police Station in Deir al-Balah
25-Jun. 2008 PCHR Submits Lawsuit against Israeli Officials via Spanish National Court
23-Jun. 2008 PCHR Commends UNICEF Stance Against Illegal OPT Settlements
16-Jun. 2008 PCHR Condemns Dispersing a Peaceful Assembly in Rafah by Police and Hamas Activists Using Force
15-Jun. 2008 Stop This Tragedy! PCHR Concerned Over Casualties Caused by Continuing Internal Explosions: 8 Palestinians, Including a Child, Killed and More than 40 Injured After Explosion in Beit Lahia
08-Jun. 2008 PCHR Opposes Anti-Democratic Council Appointments Policy in the Gaza Strip
04-Jun. 2008 Woman Murdered by Relatives to “Maintain Family Honor”
03-Jun. 2008 7 Injured, including 2 Children, by Palestinian Security Forces in Beit Foriek near Nablus
25-May 2008 PCHR Condemns Detention of 2 Journalists by Police in Gaza
25-May 2008 PCHR Warns against the Continued Militarizing of Society, Hamas Members Takeover the Khan Yunis Youth Club
21-May 2008 PCHR Seriously Concerned by Abductions and Interrogations of Palestinians by Al-Quds Battalions
20-May 2008 PCHR Concerned by Detention of Khan Yunis Governor and Fatah Activists by Gaza Internal Security Apparatus
19-May 2008 Man Killed by Palestinian Police in Rafah
15-May 2008 60 Years of the Palestinian Nakba 60 Years of Ethnic Cleansing
13-May 2008 Human Rights Groups Petition Supreme Court: Israel is Preventing Fuel Supply to Gaza Strip, Violating Supreme Court Decision
11-May 2008 PCHR and Al-Dameer Condemn Gaza Police Ban on Annual Bada’el Centre Conference
11-May 2008 PCHR Condemns Detention of 3 Journalists and a Columnist by the Palestinian General Intelligence in the West Bank
08-May 2008 IOF Kill Mother in front of her Children inside their House in Khan Yunis
07-May 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigating the Injury of 3 Palestinians in Qabatia incl. 2 Injured in an Armed Clash between Al-Quds Brigades
07-May 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigating Arbitrary Arrests and Torture by Security Forces in the West Bank
05-May 2008 PCHR Condemns Student Clashes in Al-Azhar University Yesterday
04-May 2008 Armed Clashes between El-Qassam Battalions and National Resistance Battalions Kill 1 Civilian in Rafah
28-Apr. 2008 Palestinian Military Court Sentences Emad Sa’ed to Death, PCHR Calls upon President Abbas to reject the Ruling, and Calls for Abolishing the Death Penalty in Palestinian Law
28-Apr. 2008 Mother and Four Children Killed by Israel Bombardment of their Home in Beit Hanoun
27-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls upon the Police to Rescind the Decision to Obtain Permits for Public Assemblies and Activities
20-Apr. 2008 PCHR Condemns Attacking a Journalist and Preventing Supporters of Fatah Movement from Organizing a Peaceful Demonstration in Rafah
20-Apr. 2008 PCHR is Concerned over the Ban of its Lawyers from Visiting Prisons in the Gaza Strip
17-Apr. 2008 IOF Kill 13 Palestinian Civilians, Including a Journalist and 8 Children, in Juhor al-Dik Village in Central Gaza Strip
17-Apr. 2008 PCHR Strongly Condemns Willful Killing of a Journalist by IOF; Reuters Cameraman Killed by an Israeli Tank Shell
16-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into Wounding 4 Civilians by Security Forces in Nablus
15-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into the Death of a Palestinian Following Abduction by Unknown Militants
14-Apr. 2008 Fuel Crisis Paralyzes 85% of the Transportation Sector and 50% of Education and Health Services
12-Apr. 2008 Israel Escalates War Crimes inside the Gaza Strip, 9 Palestinians Killed, 6 of them Civilians, including 2 Children
10-Apr. 2008 Gaza Strip is on the Verge of Humanitarian Catastrophe: Israeli Occupation Authorities Continue to Impose Collective Punishment Measures and Reduction of Fuel Supplies
07-Apr. 2008 High Military Court Sentences a Man to Death, PCHR Calls upon Palestinian President Not to Ratify the Sentence and Demands the Abolishment of Death Penalty from Palestinian Law
03-Apr. 2008 PCHR Condemns Police Attack against One of Its Field Workers and a Number of Journalists in Gaza
01-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls for Keeping Universities and Educational Institutions Out of the Ongoing Power Struggle
13-Mar. 2008 PCHR Is Deeply Concerned Over Storming the Headquarters of Ramattan Press Agency by the PSS in Ramallah
08-Mar. 2008 On International Women’s Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women Continues
05-Mar. 2008 PCHR Condemns Decision by Dismissed Government in Gaza to Prevent Correspondents of Palestine Television from Working in Gaza
05-Mar. 2008 PCHR Condemns Assault on Director of Gaza Community Mental Health Programme in Central Gaza 
03-Mar. 2008 As There Are Indications of Medical Negligence, PCHR Callas for Investigation into the Death of a Palestinian Prisoner in an Israeli Jail
03-Mar. 2008 IOF Commit more War Crimes over the Past 24 Hours: 8 New Victims Killed Raising the Total to 108 Killed, 54 of them Civilians
02-Mar. 2008 Another Bloody Day in Gaza: IOF Launches Fifth Day of Open War on   the Gaza Strip Death Toll Rises to 101, with Hundreds of Injuries
01-Mar. 2008 Bloody Day in Gaza….. 30 Palestinians Killed, including 14 Civilians, and 80 Injured
29-Feb. 2008 IOF Continue Perpetration of War Crimes in the Gaza Strip: 18 Palestinians, including 6 Children, Killed in 24 Hours
27-Feb. 2008 IOF Extra-Judicially Execute 5 Palestinians in Khan Yunis
25-Feb. 2008 PCHR Calls for Independent Investigation into Death of Detainee Subjected to Torture and Medical Negligence
24-Feb. 2008 In the Latest Israeli War Crime: Three Palestinians on a Picnic Killed by Israeli Bombardment in Beit Hanoun
21-Feb. 2008 Further Deterioration to Health Conditions in the Gaza Strip: 3 Patients Dies and Ambulances Stopped Operation Due to the Lack of Fuels
19-Feb. 2008 PCHR Condemns the Takeover of the Offices of the Financial and Administrative Control Bureau in Gaza
19-Feb. 2008 PCHR and Hickman & Rose: British police feared a “real threat of an armed confrontation” with armed Israelis at Heathrow Airport
18-Feb. 2008 PCHR & Al-Mezan Call for Investigating the Explosion in El-Bureij Refugee Camp
17-Feb. 2008 Patient Dies due to Inability to each a Hospital, IOF Impose Stringent Restrictions on the Movement of Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank
15-Feb. 2008 Unidentified Militants Attack YMCA Headquarters in Gaza City
07-Feb. 2008 IOF Bomb School in Beit Hanoun, Killing one Teacher and Injuring 3 Students: IOF escalation kills a total of 7 Palestinians in 4 Hours
06-Feb. 2008 Human Rights Groups: "Israel is Depriving Civilians in Gaza of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law".
28-Jan. 2008 PCHR Calls for International Resolution over Rafah Crossing Crisis
23-Jan. 2008 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights Call Upon Israel, Egypt and the International Community to Resolve the Crisis at the Rafah Border Crossing
19-Jan. 2008 Israeli Occupation Forces Escalate War Crimes in Gaza: 9 killed and 57 injured.
17-Jan. 2008 PCHR Concerned over the Detention of Munir Riziq, Director of Al-Hayyat Newspaper in Gaza 
16-Jan. 2008 IOF Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians and Wound 3 Others in Gaza 
15-Jan. 2008 IOF Escalate Attacks against the Gaza Strip: 17 Palestinians Killed and at Least 30 Others Wounded in Gaza City in Less Than 4 Hours
13-Jan. 2008 PCHR Condemns Use of Excessive Force to Disperse Peaceful Demonstration in Ramallah
03-Jan. 2008 Seven Killed and Dozens Injured in the Gaza Strip: Gaza Human Rights Organizations Condemn Violence between Fatah Supporters and Palestinian Police in the Gaza Strip
02-Jan. 2008 Gaza Pilgrims Remain on Board of Ferries and in the Open in El-Arish Waiting for their Return Home