PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 11:00 hours GMT 3rd December, 1998PCHR expresses its concerns with Presidential Anti-Incitement Decree Number 3 of 1998On November 19, 1998 Palestinian President Yasser Arafat issued Decree Number 3 of 1998 regarding “strengthening national unity and preventing incitement.” The decree specified a...
PCHR ‘s Involvement at the Meeting of UN Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights17 November, 1998On Monday 16th November 1998, the UN Committee for Cultural, Social and Economic Rights, that is responsible for ensuring that the High Contracting Parties of the IVth Geneva...
PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 12:00 hours GMT, 8th November, 1998The PA Arrests a Number of Supporters of the Secular Opposition in GazaAfter launching a massive wave of arrests of around 200 persons from the Islamic opposition in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has...
PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 12:00 hours GMT, 7th November 1998The PNA Imposes Additional Restrictions on the Freedom of Expression and PressThe Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its deep concern about the new measures adopted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) earlier this month to...
PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 11:00 hours GMT, 30th October, 1998Massive Wave of Arrests of The Islamic Opposition GroupsYesterday afternoon (Thursday 29th October 1998), the Palestinian security apparatus began a massive wave of arrests which included tens of leaders, members and supporters of the Islamic Resistance...
PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 12:00 hours GMT, 29th October, 1998Human Rights FirstThe Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its deep concern about the prospects of an escalation in human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). This concern comes in the aftermath of...
PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 12:00 hours GMT, 29th October, 1998The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its strong appraisal for the position taken by Mrs Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, with regard to the most recent development relating to the...
Report on the Convening of a Meeting of Experts Organised By the Swiss Government which Violates the Spirit and Letter of the UN Resolutions18 October 1998The Swiss government has decided that the period between 27th and 29th October 1998 will be the time for...
PRESS RELEASEReleased @ 12 hours GMT 24th October 1998Journalists’ Access To Opposition Leaders is DeniedAt the same time as the commencement of the signing ceremony of the Palestinian - Israeli agreement, Palestinian police took new measures to restrict freedom of expression and to prevent...
PREE RELEASERELEASED @ 10:00 GMT 10TH October, 1998Gaza Municipality Once Again Ignores High Court RulingIn defiance of a ruling from the Palestinian High Court of Justice, the Municipality of Gaza City demolished the house of Jamal Thalathini by bulldozer last Monday (5/10/98). Thalathini, who...
