Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip, 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009, resulted in the killing of over 1,400 Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom (82%) were civilians. At least 5,300 Palestinians were also injured, and public and private property throughout the Gaza...
Ref: 15/2010 Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip, 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009, resulted in the killing of over 1,400 Palestinians, the overwhelming majority of whom (82%) were civilians. At least 5,300 Palestinians were also injured, and public and private property throughout the Gaza Strip was extensively...
Ref: 14/2010Today, 10 February 2010, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) received Mr. Alan Bugeja, the Representative of Malta to the Palestinian National Authority, in the PCHR head office in Gaza City.Bugeja met with Raji Sourani, Director of PCHR, who spoke in detail about the deterioration...
Ref: 13/2010 On Tuesday, 09 February 2010, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) received a delegation from the Finnish Foreign Ministry in its head offices in Gaza City. Helena Tuuri, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland; Pia Rantala-Engberg,...
Ref: 08/2010 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the shooting incident at the Qalqilya office of Mr. 'Emad Noufal, a Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) representing the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc. PCHR calls upon the Attorney-General's office to seriously investigate the attack and bring the...
Ref: 08/2010 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the shooting incident at the Qalqilya office of Mr. 'Emad Noufal, a Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) representing the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc. PCHR calls upon the Attorney-General's office to seriously investigate the attack and bring the...
Ref: 07/2010The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the continued persecution of international human rights defenders in the [[West Bank]] by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and the deportation of international activists from the country. PCHR is concerned about such measures, as they aim to expel international witnesses of human...
Field UpdateOn the evening of Sunday, 07 February 2010, Fadi Talal Bahjat Isma'il, 29, from al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, was killed by two gunshots. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Isma'il's body was brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital in Deir...
Israeli attacks during the latest offensive on Gaza (27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009) not only killed 1,419 Palestinians but also wounded over 5,300 individuals, many of them severely. In addition, Israeli occupation forces damaged 15 of 27 Gaza’s hospitals, 43 of its 110 Primary Health Care Centres, and...
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, yet Israeli policy is typically...
