Ref: 121/2019 144 Palestinian civilians, including 53 children, 3 women, 2 paramedics and a journalist, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at the 81st Great March of Return (GMR), this Friday, 01 November 2019. The increased number of injuries in...
Ref: 120 / 2019Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched an arrest campaign across the West Bank at dawn on Thursday, 31 October 2019, targeting a number of political activists. Among the arrestees were Khaleda Jarar, former member of the dissolved Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and writer/journalist...
Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory 24 - 30 October 2019 97 civilians shot and injured by IOF, including 44 children, a woman 2 volunteer paramedics and 2 journalists at Great March of Return in Eastern Gaza Strip;West Bank: 6 civilians shot and...
Ref: 119/2019 PCHR views with satisfaction the outcomes of the latest meetings held by the Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman to discuss holding general elections in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), and the political factions' acceptance "to the principle of holding unsynchronized elections, starting with the...
Ref: 118/2019On 28 October 2019, an Israeli Military court convicted an Israeli soldier of disobeying orders that resulted in the death of a Palestinian child in Gaza while participating in the Great March of Return (GMR) protests last year. The court sentenced the soldier to...
Ref: 50/2019 On 29 - 30 October 2019, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) participated in a conference titled: "Israel’s Collective Punishment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt): Escalated Measures, Impacts, Legal and Advocacy Frameworks," via video conference. The conference was organized by the Community...
Field UpdateA child was shot and killed in Tulkarem Refugee Camp, northern West Bank, on Tuesday, 29 October 2019, in an incident that exemplifies the proliferation of weapons and assault on the rule of law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).According to PCHR investigations,...
Ref: 117/2019 The Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip summoned a number of activists and opinion makers on grounds of freedom of expression and claims of planning protests against the living conditions in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) confirms that...
Field Update On Friday, 25 October 2019, a young man was killed during a shooting at Nablus Municipality crews who were removing structural encroachments of commercial shops onto the public street in Rafidia, Nablus. This incident is part of the proliferation of weapons and assault...
Ref: 116/2019 Ninety-five Palestinian civilians, including 43 children, a woman, 2 paramedics and a journalist, were shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fire against peaceful protestors at the 80th Great March of Return (GMR), this Friday, 25 October 2019.IOF continued to use excessive force...
