Ref: 9/2011 In the past 72 hours, the Gaza Strip witnessed numerous aerial attacks carried out by the Israeli airforce against civilian objects in different areas of the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported, but heavy losses of civilian property were reported and panic was created among the civilian population. According...
Ref: 8/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the arrest and questioning of five Palestinians by the security services in Tulkarm in the northern West Bank, following a dispute with the Imam of Uthman Ben Affan Mosque in Tulkarm city. PCHR stresses that the right to freedom of...
Ref: 7/2011 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses grave concern over the continued suffering of thousands of Gazans who have been stranded in various countries abroad for more than one month due to emergency measures that prevent their entry onto Egyptian territory through Cairo Airport, currently the only available...
Field UpdateOn Friday, 25 February, unknown persons tossed a homemade bomb at the home of Dr. Maher Ayad in Gaza City. No casualties were reported. In addition, Dr. Ayad received threats following the explosion. This incident is part of the security chaos and misuse of weapons plaguing the occupied...
Ref: 6/2011The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns precautionary measures taken by the Internal Security Service (ISS) which aim to restrict the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. This includes the arrest and questioning of a number of young people, confiscation of their mobile phones and computers, the...
Ref: 5/2011 On Thursday, 24 February 2011, the Training Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course on human rights and democracy in cooperation with the Friendship Educational and Cultural Center (FECC) in Gaza City. The 5-day course (20 training hours) was held at the...
Jerusalem Municipality forced Palestinian Citizen to destroy him house by his hands in Swar Bahar Village , JerusalemIsraeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continued Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · 3 Palestinian civilians were killed by IOF in the northern Gaza Strip. · A Palestinian resistance activist was...
Field Update On Wednesday evening, 23 February 2011, a child was killed and another civilian was wounded when an explosive device detonated on a house in al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis city. This incident represents part of the security chaos and misuse of weapons plaguing the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT). According to...
Ref: 5/2011The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the General Investigations Service's (GIS) illegal and unjustified intervention into the work of women's hairdressing salons run by male hairdressers. The relevant decision was taken by Fathi Hammad, the Interior Minister in Gaza. PCHR notes that this intervention restricts public...
Ref: 4/2011 On Monday, 21 March 2011, the Economic and Social Rights Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop entitled "Enforcement of Economic and Social Rights" in cooperation with the Union of the Palestinian Women's Struggle Committees (UPWSC) and the Union of the Palestinian Students' Struggle...
