Ref: 30/2014 Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy Director of the Palestinian Center of Human Rights (PCHR) for Program Affairs, has concluded his visit to Germany, where he participated in an international conference about the annexation wall on the 10th anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the...
Ref: 76/2014 In the early morning of Tuesday, 08 July 2014, Israeli occupation forces escalated their military operations against the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes targeting many civilian objects, including houses. Since last midnight, Israeli warplanes launched 69 airstrikes, in which they fired 99 missiles. Targeting houses while...
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is shocked by Israel’s election as Vice-Chairperson of the Special Political and Decolonization/4th Committee in the UN General Assembly. PCHR emphasizes that this step constitutes a shock to the human conscience and justice everywhere, and denial and disregard...
Ref: 75/2014 Following kidnapping, torturing to death and brutally burning the body of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian Child from Shu’fat neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, by Israeli settlers, the settlers continued to commit more crimes against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights...
Gaza – Palestinians check the damage caused by Israeli airstrikes against various areas in the Gaza StripIsraeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli settlers kidnapped, tortured and killed a Palestinian Child from Shu’fat neighbourhood in Occupied Jerusalem and mutilated...
Ref: 74/2014 Date: 03 July 2014 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the crime of kidnapping, torturing, killing and burning a Palestinian child, Mohammed Abu Khudair, from Shu’fat neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, by Israeli settlers. PCHR believes that the Israeli...
Field Update On Tuesday morning, 01 July 2014, 6 persons were injured as a result of the use of firearms in a family dispute in al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. This incident is part of the phenomenon of misuse of weapons and violations of the rule of...
Ref: 73/2014 Following the declaration of finding of the bodies of 3 Israeli settlers who had been missing since 12 June 2014, Israeli forces have escalated their attacks against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Last night and this morning, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in Jenin refugee...
Ref: 72-2014 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) warns of the serious implications of Israeli efforts to pass a law granting powers to the Israeli prison authorities to forcibly feed Palestinian detainees. The bill will be presented to the Israeli Knesset on Monday, 30 June 2014, to be...
Ref: 29/2014 On Thursday, 26 June 2014, the Training Unit at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course in the field of the freedom of opinion and expression and human rights for members of the Youth Media Assembly in Khan Yunis. The 20-hour training course was held...
