Jerusalem – Part of the destruction left behind by Israeli bulldozers that demolished 3 commercial stores in Ein al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan. Photo by: Mahmoud ElayanIsraeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in occupied Jerusalem in excessive use of force. Israeli...
Date: 21 May 2015 On Wednesday, 20 May 2015, in excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian when his car deviated at al-Tour neighbourhood intersection, east of the old city in East Jerusalem and hit 2 policewomen. The Palestinian sustained several bullet wounds from a close range,...
Ref: 21/2015 On Monday, 18 May 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop titled "Protection of Children's Rights in Armed Conflicts" in the context of a project implemented by PCHR in cooperation with the Italian Cooperation Association – Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud (CISS) on the protection of children's...
Field Update On 16 May 2015, a girl was killed in Balatah refugee camp, east of Nablus, as a bullet hit her in the head when a person celebrating the wedding of his relative fired in the air. Moreover, a young man was killed in Majdal Bani Fasel village,...
Ref: 22/ 2015 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the competent authorities to seriously and urgently investigate the circumstances of an explosion that occurred in a paramilitary training site established in the center of a populated area in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. As a result of...
Beit Hanina Village: Under-construction Building Belonging to Hussein 'Alqam was Demolished by Israeli Forces Under the Pretext it was not Licensed.Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces wounded 18 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, in the West Bank...
Field Update On Wednesday, 13 May 2015, two children from al-Zaitoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City were injured as they played with a suspicious object in front of their houses. This incident is part of the state of security chaos, proliferation of weapons and assaults on the...
For Palestinians, 2015 marks the 67th year of forced displacement from, and within, their ancestral homeland. This ongoing Nakba (‘catastrophe’) continues to be perpetuated through Israel’s denial of the Palestinian refugees’ Right of Return, the right to self-determination, and various other Israeli policies, which give rise to forced displacement, including...
Ref: 20/2015 On Wednesday, 13 May 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop for a group of journalists and bloggers on the death penalty and extra-judicial execution in the Palestinian Authority. The workshop was organized in cooperation with Palestinian Institute for Communication and Development and was attended...
Ref: 19/2015 On Monday, 11 May 2015, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop for a group of young activists on the death penalty and extra-judicial execution in the Palestinian Authority. The workshop targeted a group of university students and civil society activists in cooperation with Youth and...
