ADALAH PRESS RELEASE13 May 2010 (Haifa, Israel) Yesterday, Wednesday 12 May 2010, the Petah Tikvah Magistrate Court held two separate hearings on requests by the General Security Services (GSS or Shabak) to extend the detention of Arab political activists, Ameer Makhoul, who is also a human rights defender and the...
Ref: 52/2010The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) today release “Ensuring Respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention: Convening a Conference of High Contracting Parties”. This new report details the legal situation regarding the convening of a conference of High Contracting Parties, as well as the enforcement mechanisms available to the...
We, the undersigned, express our opposition to Israel's policy of unlawful transfer and deportation from the West Bank, which has escalated in the form of the Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) (No. 1650) ("Order 1650"). The order, effective April 13, 2010, defines anyone present in the...
A peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in Beit Jala town against the construction of the annexation wall Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · An infant died from tear gas inhalation fired by IOF in Beit Ummar village, north of...
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) today release “Ensuring Respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention: Convening a Conference of High Contracting Parties”. This new report details the legal situation regarding the convening of a conference of High Contracting Parties, as well as the enforcement mechanisms...
12 May 2010AI Index: PRE01/154/2010Amnesty International today urged the Israeli government not to imprison nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, who is facing a return to jail within days.The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on 11 May that Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison for revealing information...
12 May 2010Amnesty International has called on the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of a human rights activist whose week-long detention by the Israeli authorities was extended today.Ameer Makhoul, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was arrested in a dawn raid at his home in Haifa, northern...
Ref: 50/2010 This morning, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) sent a letter to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, appealing to him to stop the application of the death penalty under the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), in light the latest developments in the Gaza Strip with regard to the implementation of...
Ref: 50/2010 This morning, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) sent a letter to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, appealing to him to stop the application of the death penalty under the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), in light the latest developments in the Gaza Strip with regard to the implementation of...
Introduction Contrary to their claims of facilitation, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued, during the reporting period, to impose a total closure on the Gaza Strip's border crossings, including both those used for commercial purposes and those used for the movement of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. No changes...
