Ref: 87/2011 On Monday 05 December 2011, the Permanent Military Court in Gaza held the ninth session in Gaza City to consider the case relating to the death of the Italian solidarity activist, Vittorio Arrigoni. Lawyers from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) attended the session in their capacity...
Ref: 124/2011 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses concern over the extreme shortage of medicines in the Gaza Strip’s hospitals. PCHR warns of the potential catastrophic repercussions on the health of the Gaza Strip’s population, especially patients and those suffering from chronic diseases, of not having...
Ref: 86/2011 Khalil Shaheen, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights' (PCHR) Economic and Social Rights Unit, participated in many activities and attended many meetings in Italian cities during the first week of his visit to Italy. It should be noted that Shaheen was invited by Ms. Luisa Morgantini and...
Ref: 125/2011The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the decision taken by the Palestinian Ministry of Health to decrease transfers of patients who are in critical or serious health conditions to Israeli hospitals to receive medical treatment or resume previous treatment, under the claim of rationalizing medical transfers...
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...
Ref: 123/2011 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns measures taken by the police in Gaza to prevent the Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (MUSAWA) from organizing a conference in Gaza through video conference with the West Bank on...
Ref: 122/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the positive atmosphere that spread over the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections, which were held on 28 and 29 November 2011. These elections are the second of their kind in the Arab world under the new period...
Ref: 121/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli Navy's escalation in arrests of Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip. Over the past week, Israeli Naval forces arrested 14 fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip. These arrests represent a continuation of the sharp increase in...
Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian civilians who organized a peaceful demonstration in Beit Ummar town near Hebron in protest to settlement activitiesIsraeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Gaza Strip IOF have continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.Two Palestinian civilian were wounded. Israeli war...
“The bullets made the water splash up in my face. The soldiers shouted at us to take off our shirts and trousers. We had to jump into the water and swim towards them one by one” says 17-year old Mohammed Bakr, as he recounts how Israeli naval forces detained...
