Rawand Tayseer Abu Mughassib, a shy 15 year old girl, is the oldest of 7 children. Together with her mother, father, three brothers, and three sisters she lives in a two story home south of Wadi al Salqa, a village located to the east of Deir al Balah in...
Introduction The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) focuses on the development of civil and political rights as a part of its work monitoring the human rights conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), which includes the territories under the control of the Palestinian National Authority...
Introduction The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) focuses on the development of civil and political rights as a part of its work monitoring the human rights conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), which includes the territories under the control of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). One of the rights...
Ref: 114/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) wishes to express its warmest congratulations to Ireland's new President Mr. Michael Higgins – a strong supporter of Palestine. Mr. Higgins has tirelessly worked to advance human rights throughout the world, including Palestine. In 2004 Mr. Higgins visited Gaza as part of a delegation...
18Ref: 113/2011On Monday, 14 November 2011, the French Consul in the Gaza Strip, Majdi Jameel Yaseen Shaqqoura, 44, and his two children were wounded in an Israeli attack on the Palestinian Navy site in the southwest of Beit Lahia, located in northern Gaza. They were in their home when...
Field Update Yesterday, Dalia Mostafa Abu Ghraba, 13, was killed and four persons, including her father and brother, were wounded due to using firearms in a familial dispute in the east of Deir al-Balah town in the central Gaza Strip. This incident is part of the state of proliferation of...
This report documents the impact of the ongoing Israeli-imposed siege on the Palestinian civilians, which affected their economic and social life during the reporting period. The report addresses the state of the commercial crossings and crossings designated for the movement of persons during the reporting period. The report refutes the Israeli...
This report documents the impact of the ongoing Israeli-imposed siege on the Palestinian civilians, which affected their economic and social life during the reporting period. The report addresses the state of the commercial crossings and crossings designated for the movement of persons during the reporting period. The report refutes the Israeli...
Ref: 112/2011 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the "Freedom Waves" Flotilla that left Turkey heading to Gaza to be in solidarity with the Palestinian civilians and to end the illegal closure imposed on the Gaza Strip. PCHR calls upon the international community to exert pressure on the...
Ref: 111/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the punitive measures enacted by the Israeli government in response to the admission of Palestine to UNESCO. In the immediate aftermath of Palestine’s admission, Israel announced that it would withhold tax revenues and speed up settlement construction in the...
