Ref: 23/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned about new procedures announced by the Ministry of Interior Affairs yesterday, requiring individuals to obtain prior approval for they will be permitted to travel via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. PCHR calls upon the Ministry to respect public...
Ref: 10/2013 The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human rights (PCHR) organized 2 lectures on monitoring and reporting mechanisms on grave violations against children in times of armed conflicts. The two lectures targeted activists, members of political factions and representatives of governmental organizations in the...
Mohammed (85) shows his ID card which was issued by the Municipality of Isdod in 1947Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed Tuman (85) was 19 years old when, on 20 December 1948, he and his family were forced to flee their home in Isdod, now known as Ashdod. Victims of the Nakba...
Ref: 22/2013 The autopsy report prepared by Dr Saber al-‘Aloul, Director of the Palestinian Medico-legal Institute on Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli prison, has concluded that Jaradat’s death was caused by nervous shock resulting from severe pain, which was caused by multiple injuries inflicted through direct...
Ref: 09/2013 As part of its ongoing efforts in support for Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons and advocacy for this humanitarian, legal and political cause, the Palestinian centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is organizing a number of activities for a delegation that consists of families of the Palestinian prisoners...
Field Update The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns opening fire by a gunman inside Martyr Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, and calls upon the Public Prosecution to investigate it and bring the perpetrator before justice. According to investigations conducted by PCHR,...
Ref: 21/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls for an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of a Palestinian detainee in Megiddo Prison in Israel following 4 days of detention. PCHR has serious concerns that the detainee may have been subjected to physical and...
Ref: 20/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the escalation of attacks by Israeli forces and settlers against Qasra village, southeast of Nablus. The latest incident involved joint attacks launched by Israeli forces and settlers on Saturday, 23 February 2013, which injured 8 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children. A...
A Palestinian woman stands on her land which was bulldozed and seized by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) The Israeli forces continued to open fire at the Palestinian civilians in the border...
Ref: 19/2013 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy's attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep concern for such escalation, which resulted in injuring two fishermen and partially damaging their boat today. According to PCHR's investigations, at approximately 09:00 on Thursday,...
