Ref: 110/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights demands an investigation into the death of Mohammad Said Al-Zaqzouq in Khan Younis Police Station, and the publication of the findings. In the evening of Tuesday, 16 October 2012, Mohammad Said Abdul-Motaleb Al-Zaqzouq (27), married and father of three children, from al-Qarara, was pronounced...
Ref:109/2012 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is deeply concerned at the announcement by the Palestinian Authority (PA) that local council elections will be conducted in the cities and villages of the West Bank on Saturday, 20 October 2012, in light of the limiting of public freedoms and continuing...
On Tuesday, 28 August 2012, the Israeli Court ruled that Israel’s forces are not responsible for the death of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, a decision that was strongly condemned by PCHR.Today, an English translation of the ruling was published by the UK Human Rights Blog, stating that the bulldozer running...
Sheikh Omar Nofal, President of the Shari’a Appeals Court Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem is regarded in Islam as one of the holy sites referred to in the Surat al-‘Isra’ (the Qur’anic chapter known in English as ‘The Night Journey’). “Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid...
Ref:85/2012On Monday, 15 October, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has made a written submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to Mr. De Schutter the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, which draws attention to the case of Abu Mghasib (40) from Wadi el Salqa,...
Ref:85/2012 On Monday, 15 October, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has made a written submission, in the form of an Individual Complaint, to Mr. De Schutter the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, which draws attention to the case of Abu Mghasib (40)...
Israel has subjected the Gaza Strip to a policy of closure since 1991. Its current, most extreme, form has been applied continuously since 14 June 2007, following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip. Despite the devastating effects of ‘Operation Cast Lead’, Israel continues to apply the policy of...
On Thursday, 11 October 2012, the Training Unit and Women's Unit of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course for young lawyers in the field of litigation before Shari'a courts. The training course was aimed at enabling new lawyers to litigate before Shari’a courts in defense of...
Renewed Israeli Escalation in the Gaza Strip: 1 Palestinian man killed and another wounded, along with 8 civilians, including 4 children and 1 woman Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) IOF extra-judicially executed a Palestinian man and wounded a second...
Nassim and Bisan Al-Maqousi sustained shrapnel wounds from the attack On Sunday, 07 October 2012, at approximately 5.30pm, Israel’s forces launched 2 missiles targeting 2 men on a motorbike as they were passing by Taha Hussain Elementary School in the Al-Brazil neighborhood of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Subsequently, 1...
