Ref: 92/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s continued violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and expresses concern about the escalation of these violations. On Tuesday morning, 28 August 2012, 2 Palestinian fishermen were arrested and a Palestinian fishing boat was heavily damaged in 2 separate...
Ahmad Eslayeh at his home in the Maan area of Khan Yunis.5 years ago, Yahya Ahmad (28) was arrested while trying to cross the border fence to search for work in Israel. He was subsequently sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in the Nafkha Desert Prison in Israel. ...
Ref: 91/2012 PCHR strongly condemns the decision of the Israeli court this morning, Tuesday, 28 August 2012, that Israel’s forces are not responsible for the death of US peace activist Rachel Corrie. On 16 March 2003, Rachel Corrie, along with several other foreign activists from the International Solidarity Movement, was trying...
Ref: 72/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has sent a submission, in the form of a Memorandum, to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, drawing attention to the unlawful arrest and subsequent arbitrary detention of fishermen in the Gaza Sea. Israel’s Naval Forces arrest fishermen unlawfully by committing...
Ref: 90/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the decision of the Egyptian authorities to re-open the Rafah International Crossing Point for the movement of Palestinians to and from the Gaza Strip. PCHR believes that this decision comes in the context of the historic and major...
Ref: 89/2012 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the denial of entry into the West Bank of dozens of international solidarity activists participating in the “Welcome to Palestine Campaign”. The activists, who sought entry to the West Bank via the Allenby Bridge from Jordan on Sunday...
"Israel’s Arbitrary Detention of Fishermen in the Gaza Sea" 27August 2012 (pdf) Supplementary documents: Factsheet: Arbitrary Detention of Fishermen in the Gaza Sea (pdf) Legal Briefing Note: Arbitrary Detention of Fishermen in the Gaza Sea (pdf) web-1-Special-Rapporteur-Fishermen-August-2012Downloadweb_2_Briefing_Note_26Aug12Downloadweb_3_Fishermen_Factsheet_-_final_draftDownload ...
Ref: 88/2012 The South African Ministry of Trade and Industry has approved a move to place Occupied Palestinian Territory labels on imported goods from Jewish settlements. In a press briefing on Wednesday 22 August, government spokesman Jimmy Manyi stated that the decision was “in line with South Africa's stance that recognises the...
Israeli soldiers intensively deployed at Qalandya checkpoint obstruct access of Palestinians to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for prayersIsraeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF. IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian...
Ref: 87/2012 On 7 August, 2012 the Israeli Supreme Court approved a state policy that prevents Muslims from the Gaza Strip from accessing holy sites in Israel and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, during religious holidays. Six Muslim women from the Gaza Strip and the human rights organization Gisha appealed...
