Ref: 30 / 2010 On Tuesday morning, 10 March 2010, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) received Dr. Franziska Hagedorn, First Secretary of the Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, in its head office in Gaza City. The visitor met with Mr. Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy Director of PCHR...
Ref: 29 / 2010The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights' (PCHR) Democratic Development Unit (DDU) organized two panel discussions in cooperation with local civil society organizations on the right to peaceful assembly. These two panel discussions are part of PCHR’s activities aimed at promoting democracy in the Palestinian society. On Tuesday,...
Ref: 13/2010 The 8th of March marks the International Women’s Day, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1977 to support women's struggle for their rights that are ensured according to international standards. This day have become a symbol for women's struggle for their rights and against discrimination. In...
Ref: 28/ 2010 On Saturday, 06 March 2010, Mr. Jaber Weshah, Deputy Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), met with a delegation of British Parliamentarians headed by Stephen Williams. The delegation included Lord David Steel, Former Leader of the Liberal Party, Andy Slaughter, Karen Buck and Graham Bambrough....
Field Update On Friday evening, 05 March 2010, unknown persons fired at the house of a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah Movement in Gaza City. No casualties were reported. According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 22:15 on Friday, 05 March 2010, militants fired at the house of Mohammed...
Ref: 24/2010 The first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine convened in Barcelona, Spain from 1 to 3 March 2010. This important initiative brought together a number of lawyers, academics, experts and witnesses in order to address the legal issues arising from Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and the role...
Israeli soldiers take position during clashes with Palestinian civilians in the West Bank town of Hebron. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · IOF killed a Palestinian resistance activist with flechette shells. · 17 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West...
Field Update In the past two days, 4 Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were wounded in incidents of misuse of weapons in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip and Deir al-Balah town in the central Gaza Strip. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian...
Security Chaos and Misuse of WeaponsMisuse of Weapons by Armed Groups or Security ServicesField Update On Tuesday evening, 02 March 2010, three members of the al-Khaldi family were wounded when they were fired at by a security officer in al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on the grounds...
Ref: 12/2010 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns with the strongest terms storming the yard of the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem by hundreds of Israeli settlers and their supporters, escorted by Israeli security forces. PCHR further condemns the use of excessive force by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) against Palestinian civilians who...
