Report on the UN resolution that recognizes the 15th July, 1999 as dead line for the convening of the conference of the HCPs to the IV Geneva Convention of 1949 Ref.,: 25/99Date: 3rd March, 1999On February 8, 1999 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution...
PRESS RELEASEThe Palestinian General Intelligence Services Continue to Arrest Wae’l Faraj in Defiance of the Decision of the Palestinian High Court of JusticeRef.,: 23/99Date: 1st March, 1999For the ninth consecutive day, Palestinian General Intelligence Services continued to defy the order of the highest Palestinian...
PRESS RELEASEThe Palestinian General Intelligence Services Arrest and Hold 15-Year-Old BoyRef.,: 22/99Date: 1st March, 1999For the 18th consecutive day, Palestinian General Intelligence Services continued to hold Bilal Yehya Al-Ghoul, a 15-year-old child and student in the third class of the preparatory school. At the...
PRESS RELEASEThe Palestinian High Court of Justice Orders the General Intelligence Services to Immediately Release the Prisoner Wael Ali FarajRef.: 16/99Date: 20th February, 1999Today, February 20, 1999, the Palestinian High Court of Justice ordered the immediate release of Wael Ali Faraj, a 25-year-old student...
PRESS RELEASE Ref: 15/99Date: 14 February, 1999 This morning at 11:00 a.m., the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights hosted a press conference on the release of its 1998 Annual Report in Arabic. The press conference was attended by more than 30 Palestinian journalists, members of...
PRESS RELEASEOn PCHR’s 1998 Annual Report Ref: 14/99Date: 14th February 1999The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) published its 1998 Annual Report in February 1999. The report includes a narrative and financial report for the period from January 1-December 31, 1998. The report will attempt...
Press ReleaseRef.: 13/99Date: 10th February, 1999Today, February 10, 1999, Ms. Karin Roxman, the Consul-General of Sweden in Jerusalem, visited PCHR and met with Mr. Raji Sourani, the Director of PCHR. They discussed the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the recent...
PRESS RELEASE The release of the detainee Mahmoud Suleiman Salama El-SawarkaRef.: 12/99Date: 10th February, 1999 On Monday, February 1, 1999, the Israeli Release Committee decided to release detainee Mahmoud Suleiman Salama El-Sawarka (56 years old) from Al-Ariesh, Egypt due to his deteriorating health. Six unsuccessful surgeries...
PRESS RELEASEThree Palestinians Killed in Regrettable Events in Gaza Ref.,: 11/99Date: 2nd February 1999 Yesterday, February 1, 1999, regrettable events in the Gaza Strip resulted in the death of three citizens, including two children and an officer of the Palestinian Security Forces. The victims died...
PRESS RELEASEA Member of the Palestinian Security Forces Shoots Child Ref.,: 10/99Date: 26th January, 1999At about 8pm on Sunday 24th January, a member of the Palestinian security forces shot an 11-year-old child from Nuseirat refugee camp in the shoulder. Sami Abu Ibtihan was injured as...
