Israel has subjected the Gaza Strip to a policy of closure since 1991. However, the current, most extreme form, of closure has been applied continuously since the 14 June 2007, following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip. Apart from depriving the 1.5 million inhabitants of Gaza of basic...
Field UpdateOn the morning of Sunday, 07 February 2010, two unknown gunmen fired at a doctor in Gaza City while he was on his way to his work. He was wounded by 3 bullets to the leg and foot. Three days earlier, unknown militants abducted, tortured and shot at a man...
Ref: 06/2010 On 5 November 2009, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) voted to endorse the Report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report), which investigated violations of international law committed during Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip...
Ref: 06/2010 On 5 November 2009, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) voted to endorse the Report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report), which investigated violations of international law committed during Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip...
Ref: 12/2010 During the last few days, the Democratic Development Unit (DDU) of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) organized four workshops on the concepts of democracy and political participation in different areas of the Gaza Strip in cooperation with civil society organizations (SCOs). The last of...
Field UpdateToday afternoon, unknown persons detonated a bomb near a convoy of vehicles belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) near Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip. A vehicle was damaged, but no casualties were reported. This latest attack is part of the state of security...
Ref: 11/2010 Khalil Shaheen, Director of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit (ESCRU) at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), delivered a speech before members of the European Parliament in a hearing held by the Parliament on 3 February 2010 in its headquarter in Brussels. He discussed the developments related...
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · A child was wounded in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. · IOF fired bullets and projectiles from the ground, air and sea at civilians and civil targets in the Gaza Strip. · IOF conducted 19 incursions...
Field Update On Wednesday morning, an explosion occurred in an apartment building in Gaza City, killing a member of the Palestinian resistance and injuring 5 persons, including a couple and their two children. According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 09:30 on Wednesday, a explosion from an unknown source...
Ref: 5/2010In a grave assault on the authority and independence of judiciary, Palestinian security services re-arrested two Palestinians after two court rulings ordered their release. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in the first case, the Court of First Instance in Nablus issued...
