Ref: 45/2008Date: 15 May 2008Time: 07:30 GMT 60 Years of the Palestinian Nakba60 Years of Ethnic CleansingMay 15, 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, when Palestinians were forced from their homes and ethnically cleansed en masse in a premeditated and organized campaign...
Handuma Rashid Najjar Wishah spends as much time as she can in her garden in Gaza, maintaining her “intimate love of the land.” “I am not sure what year I was born. But it was around 78 years ago, in Palestine.”...
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · 13 Palestinians, including 2 civilians, were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip. · A Palestinian civilian was killed by the guards of “Ofra” settlement in Ramallah. · 2 Palestinian children died from...
News Release – For Immediate Release – May 13, 2008Human Rights Groups Petition Supreme Court:Israel is Preventing Fuel Supply to Gaza Strip,Violating Supreme Court Decision• Israel is blocking even the insufficient fuel supply required by the court; is harming vital humanitarian services – in violation...
Ambulance Driver Asad Daoud (left) and Nursing Director Saleh Al Hams work at the Emirates Hospital in Rafah. Ten days ago the hospital's sole ambulance ran completely out of fuel. As the gruelling Gaza fuel crisis continues, so does...
Date: 11 May 2008PCHR and Al-Dameer Condemn Gaza Police Ban on Annual Bada’el Centre Conference The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights condemn the ban of the Palestinian Bada'el Media Research and Studies Centre annual conference by the police...
Ref: 44/2008Date: 11 May 2008Time: 08:00 GMT PCHR Condemns Detention of 3 Journalists and a Columnist by the Palestinian General Intelligence in the West Bank PCHR strongly condemns the detention of 3 Palestinian journalists and a columnist by the Palestinian General Intelligence Service (GIS) in Bethlehem...
The State of Gaza Strip Border Crossings 1 April - 7 May 2008 Summary The closure imposed on the Gaza Strip crossings continued, and life was extremely difficult in cities, villages and refugee camps across the Gaza Strip....
The State of Gaza Strip Border Crossings 1 April - 7 May 2008 Summary The closure imposed on the Gaza Strip crossings continued, and life was extremely difficult in cities, villages and refugee camps across the Gaza Strip....
Ref: 43/2008Date: 08 May 2008Time: 11:00 GMT IOF Kill Mother in front of her Children inside their House in Khan YunisThe Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the killing of a mother in front of her children yesterday, during an IOF incursion into...
