Field Update On Sunday morning, 12 February 2012, the office of the Palestinian Civil Liaison of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, located near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, was stormed and robbed by unknown persons. This attack is part of the state of security chaos prevailing...
Ref: 13/2012 On Tuesday, 07 February 2012, a delegation from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) participated in the meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik. Representatives of human rights organizations and women's rights organizations participated in the meeting as well. ...
Ref: 12/2012 On Thursday, 09 February 2012, the Training Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course on human rights targeting students from the Faculty of Law at al-Azhar University in Gaza City. The 20-hour training course was held in PCHR's head office in Gaza...
A grocery shop that was bombarded by Israeli warplanes in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip – 03 February Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in Gaza City.Three civilians, including 2...
Husam El NounouAmid the humanitarian crises facing the people of the Gaza strip there exists a less well known or talked about crisis, that of mental health. Israel’s tightening of the illegal closure of Gaza in 2006, and its 2008-2009 offensive, has meant that, for Gaza’s 1.7 million...
Ref: 12/2012 On Thursday, 09 February 2012, the Training Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course on human rights targeting students from the Faculty of Law at al-Azhar University in Gaza City. The 20-hour training course was held in PCHR's head office in Gaza...
Field Update On Wednesday morning, 08 February 2012, two siblings from Beit Fourik village, east of Nablus, were shot dead by a gunman in Nablus. This attack is part of the state of security chaos and proliferation of weapons prevailing in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). According to investigations conducted...
Field Update On Monday, 06 February 2012, a young man was killed another one was seriously wounded by gunmen in Yibna refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. This attack is part of the state of security chaos of proliferation of weapons prevailing in the occupied...
Ref: 11/2012 Lawyer Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), in his capacity as Member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), participated in a conference titled “The Role of the Constitution in Transition to Democracy in Egypt.” The conference, which...
The so-called “buffer zone” is a military no-go area that extends along the entire northern and eastern perimeter of the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, inside Palestinian territory, as well as at sea. The precise areas designated by Israel as “buffer zone” are unknown; changing Israeli policy is typically...
