Ref: 116/2012 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns IOF’s assault on a fishing boat boarded by Palestinian fishermen and international solidarity activists who were aiming to lift the siege by crossing the IOF imposed 3 nautical-mile limit on Palestinian fishermen since the past six years. PCHR calls upon the...
Ref: 117/2012 On the evening of 4th November 2012, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian civilian, suffering from epilepsy, by using lethal force near the border between Gaza Strip and Israel. Investigations conducted by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) reveal that IOF used excessive force against the victim...
Ref: 115/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns obstruction of the work of its field worker in Ramallah and threats to arrest him by the Palestinian Presidential Guard, when he was covering a sit-in organized by Ph.D. holders in Ramallah on Thursday, 01 November 2012. PCHR calls...
Ref: 114/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the prevention of Majid Shoblaq, a reporter for al-Masrya Channel, and his wife journalist Hanan Abu-Doghaim, a program host at al-Iman Local Radio Station, from traveling via Rafah International Crossing Point to participate in a conference in Cairo, by the Government Media...
PCHR Fact Sheet October 2012Following disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, Israel has unilaterally and illegally established a so-called “buffer zone”, an area prohibited to Palestinians along the land and sea borders of the Gaza Strip. The precise area designated by Israel as a “buffer zone” is...
Field Update On Wednesday, 31 October 2012, Sabah Younis Madi (48), from Rafah, was injured after a homemade rocket landed on her house. This incident demonstrates the situation of security chaos and assaults on the rule of law which prevails in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt). According to investigations conducted by...
Fahmi’s wife, son, brother and mother at their home in Salatin area On 28 September 2012, Israel’s forces shot and killed Fahmi Abu Riash (22), a Palestinian fisherman, and wounded his brother Youssef (19), while they and a group of other fishermen were pulling out their fishing nets a...
Construction Works Continue in "Gilo" Settlement, as Israeli Government Approved Building 800 New UnitsIsraeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) 4 members of Palestinian resistance groups were killed and 9 others were wounded in the northern Gaza Strip. IOF continued to...
Ref: 113/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the targeting of the Palestinian customs checkpoint, near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, by Israeli warplanes. As a result of the attack, a Palestinian policeman sustained serious wounds, and damage was caused to surrounding facilities in the area. PCHR also denounces...
Ref: 89/2012On Tuesday, 23 October 2012, the Economic and Social Rights Unit of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop titled ‘The Reality of Elementary Education in the Gaza Strip', which took place in Al-Quds International Hotel in Gaza City. The workshop was attended by a number of specialized persons representing the...
