Ref: 15/2011 On 24 March 2011, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ (PCHR) Training Unit concluded a training course on human rights and democracy in cooperation with the National Association for Democracy and Law (NADL) in Rafah. The five-day course took place in NADL’s main office in Rafah City. Thirty participants...
Ref: 24/2011 The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has continued to commit war crimes in the Gaza Strip and intensified its artillery and aerial bombardment in populated areas. These bombing missions are clearly targeting Palestinian civilians. Yesterday, 22 March 2011, IOF killed four Palestinian civilians. Two children were killed. A man,...
Ref: 14/2011From 1-4, and 21-22 March 2011, Daragh Murray, PCHR’s International Legal Officer, attended the 16th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The purpose of the Mission was to participate in discussion and advocacy relating to the follow up to the Goldstone process. It is...
Ref: 23/2011 Last night and this morning, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) intensified their flights over the Gaza Strip. They used warplanes to bombard many civilian establishments in the Gaza Strip. Shortly after the Israeli army notified owners of their intent to bomb their house IOF warplanes bombed it. According to...
Ref: 22/2011 On 19 February 2011, members of the national intelligence agency of Israel (Mossad) kidnapped Derar Mousa Yousef Abu Sisi, 42 while he was in the Ukraine. Mr. Abu Sisi is the Director of the Operations, Department in Gaza Power Generation Plant. Mossad then transferred Abu Sisi to Israel....
On 21 March 2011, the UN Human Rights Council will discuss the follow up to the ‘Goldstone process’, and in particular the pursuit of criminal accountability with respect to serious violations of international law committed in the context of Israel’s 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009 offensive on...
Ref: 21/2011 On Saturday evening, 19 March 2011, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) used excessive and lethal force which resulted in the death of two Palestinian children who were nearly 300 meters from the border east of Juhr Addik village in the central Gaza Strip. It should be noted...
Ref: 20/2011 The Palestinian Center for PCHR is deeply concerned over the escalation of attacks by Palestinian security services in Gaza against journalists and press offices yesterday, including beating journalists and confiscation of equipment. PCHR also condemns continued attacks by security services on peaceful assemblies in various areas in the Gaza Strip...
Ref: 13/2011 On Sunday, 20 March 2011, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) received Maxim Romanov, third Secretary / Political Section Representative Office of the Russian Federation to the Palestinian National Authority. Mr. Hamdi Shaqoura, PCHR Deputy Director for Program Affairs, and Khalil Shahin, Director of PCHR's Unit of Economic and Social...
Field Update During the last couple of days, the Gaza Strip witnessed two incidents but no casualties were reported. The first incident took place before yesterday when the car of the Assistant Comptroller General of the security services in the Gaza Strip was targeted while the second incident took place today...
