Ref: 32/2011 On 05 April 2011, the Israeli occupation authorities totally closed Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) commercial crossing for alleged security reasons. They have accordingly imposed a ban on the delivery of different needs necessary for more than 1.5 million civilians living in the Gaza Strip. The continued closure of the...
Ref: 20/2011 On Sunday, 10 April 2011, the Training Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Khan Yunis. The 20-hour course was held in PCHR's branch office in Khan Yunis, during...
Ref: 20/2011 On Sunday, 10 April 2011, the Training Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Khan Yunis. The 20-hour course was held in PCHR's branch office in Khan Yunis, during...
Ref: 31/2011 In the last 48 hours, Israeli forces have escalated attacks on the Gaza Strip; intensified artillery shelling and aerial bombardment in populated areas has resulted in the apparent targeting of Palestinian civilians. Ten Palestinian civilians, including a woman and her daughter, and another two children were killed. Four...
Israeli occupation forces disperse protests against the Annexation Wall in Bil'ein village in the West Bank . Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · 3 members of the Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades were killed and a civilian pedestrian was wounded by IOF in...
Ref: 30/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the murder of actor and director Juliano Mer-Khamis, Director of al-Hurriya Theater, in Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank by unknown gunman yesterday. PCHR calls upon the government in Ramallah to seriously investigate this incident and...
Ref: 30/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the murder of actor and director Juliano Mer-Khamis, Director of al-Hurriya Theater, in Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank by unknown gunman yesterday. PCHR calls upon the government in Ramallah to seriously investigate this incident and...
Accountability for war crimes remains the priority after Goldstone’s ‘rethink’ By Raji Sourani, Daniel Machoverhttp://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/04/06/the_misguided_response_to_the_goldstone_retraction...
Ref: 29/2011 In light of the media debate and confusion triggered by Justice Richard Goldstone’s 1 April opinion piece in the Washington Post, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) wishes to highlight a few key issues regarding the current status of the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report, and the search for...
Ref: 19/2011 On Monday, 04 April 2011, the Democratic Development Unit of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a panel discussion on the right to peaceful assembly under the Palestinian Authority. The panel discussion was organized in cooperation with Reyadah Association for Community Development in Khan Yunis town in the southern...
