A house that was destroyed when Israeli warplanes bombarded a nearby poultry farm in Rafah Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) IOF killed 6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, and two members of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip. 52 Palestinian...
Ref: 123/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Palestinian female police’s violent dispersal of a women’s sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service (PPS) in Hebron. PCHR also condemns the detentionof8 civiliansparticipatingyesterday in a peaceful sit-in organized by female activistsby security services...
Fact Sheet Israeli Attacks on Fishermen in the Gaza Sea The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) documented 11 attacks launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) against Palestinian fishermen during the reporting period (01– 31 October 2012),[1] including incidents in which the IOF fired at fishermen and fishing boats and chased them, as...
Ref: 122/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the police’s prevention of the organization of 2 events on the anniversary of the death of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in al-Quds Open University in Rafah and al-Azhar University in Gaza City. PCHR also condemns the summoning...
Ref: 121/2012 On Monday, 12 November, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has made a written submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, which draws attention to the caseof...
Ref: 121/2012 On Monday, 12 November, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has made a written submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, which draws attention to the case of Sheikh Omar Mahmoud...
Ref: 93/2012 The first session of the criminal trial on Israel’s assault on the humanitarian boat “Mavi Marmara” – resulting in the death of9 Turkish nationals and the injury of many others – was held at the Istanbul Çağlayan Courthouse (7th High Criminal Court) from 6 to 9 November 2012. The...
Ref: 120/2012 Over the past 72 hours, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have escalated their aerial and ground attacks against the Gaza Strip. Five Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, have been killed, and 52 others, including 6 women and 12 children, have been wounded. Four of these deaths and...
Two Palestinian civilians standing on the debris of their house which was demolished by Israeli forces in ‘Anata village near Jerusalem Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) The IOF killed a Palestinian civilian suffering from epilepsy in the...
Since the beginning of the Second Intifida, in September 2000, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 12,000 Palestinian houses, partially or completely, across the Gaza Strip, displacing approximately 124,000 people, including 60,000 children. Ahmad Abdallah Youssef al Afifi (32) lost his Rafah home, in the southern Gaza Strip, in a...
