Ref: 75/2010 On Saturday, 09 October 2010, Mr. Jaber Wishah, Deputy Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), met with a British delegation, which included a number of parliamentarians: Lord Norman Warner; Julian Huppert; David Ward; and Richard Graham. It also included two members of the Council for Arab-British...
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 enforced...
Ref: 76/2010 On Sunday, 10 October 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a panel discussion titled "Death Penalty in the OPT" for the World Day Against the Death Penalty commemorated on 10 October every year. The panel discussion included two main sessions. Several academics, lawyers, judges, journalists, and civil society...
Ref:74/2010 From the 5 to the 9 October 2010 the Director of PCHR, Mr. Raji Sourani, participates in the NGO strategy meeting organised by the Hauser Center of the Harvard University, which is hosted at the Rockefeller Foundation Conference Center of Bellagio, Italy. This high profile meeting is bringing together for...
An Israeli bulldozer razes olive trees prior to the olive cultivation season in West Bank. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · IOF willfully a Palestinian worker in occupied Jerusalem. · IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.- A...
Field Update Yesterday, Zohour Khellah, from Jabalya al-Nazla village in the northern Gaza Strip, was killed as she was hit by a bullet that came out from a firearm while her husband was cleaning it inside their house. In a anotherincident, Walid Jebril, from Qalqilya town in the northern West Bank,...
Ref: 93/2010The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned over arresting journalist Salim Tayeh, from Quds Press News Agency by the Preventive Security Service (PSS) in Tulkarm, and questioning him regarding his journalistic work. Tayeh's detention constitutes a serious violation of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression...
Three months have passed since Israel’s declaration on the alleged easing of the illegal closure regime imposed on the Gaza Strip. However, to date, the civilian population has not felt any significant changes regarding the closure imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Although the entry of goods has increased in quantity...
Three months have passed since Israel’s declaration on the alleged easing of the illegal closure regime imposed on the Gaza Strip. However, to date, the civilian population has not felt any significant changes regarding the closure imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Although the entry of goods has increased in quantity...
Three months have passed since Israel’s declaration on the alleged easing of the illegal closure regime imposed on the Gaza Strip. However, to date, the civilian population has not felt any significant changes regarding the closure imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Although the entry of goods has increased in quantity...
