Ref: 45/2014 On Tuesday, 29 April 2014, the Court of First Instance in Khan Yunis was convened by Judge Mahmoud Barakah, acting as president, and Judges Soliman al-Ghalban and Khalil al-Gharabli as members. The Court sentenced B. E. A., 30, from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, to death...
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Field Update On Friday early morning, 25 April 2014, the Palestinian police found the corpse of Fadel Ahmed al-Astal (53), a moneychanger from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, as he had been missing since Wednesday, 23 April 2014. There were bullet signs found on his head. This incident...
Israeli warplanes raided farmland and livestock barn, west of al-Nusairat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, due to which thousands of birds and cattle died Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) An Israeli drone targeted 2 members of...
Ref: 44/2014In an extra-judicial execution attempt, Israeli forces targeted 2 members of an armed group on a motorbike wounding them and another 13 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, in a densely-populated area in the northern Gaza Strip. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at...
Bethlehem – Israeli soldier pointing his gun at demonstrators in 'Ayda refugee camp. (AFP) Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) A Palestinian woman from 'Ayda refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, died of tear gas inhalation at home. Israeli forces continued to...
Ref: 43/2014 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the sentence issued by the Military Court in Gaza convicting 12 persons, who work in the Ramallah government’s security services of charges of “undermining the revolutionary unity” as stipulated in the 1979 Revolutionary Penal Code. PCHR believes...
Ref: 42/2014 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) denounces imposing permits by the General Police Command prior to holding private meetings like seminars and workshops, as verbal instructions in this regard were received by a number of restaurants and hotels in Gaza City in the past few days. PCHR...
Ref: 16/2014 On Monday, 14 April 2014, PCHR organized a meeting to present a report titled "Under Fire" that was jointly issued by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The meeting was held in PCHR's head office in Gaza City, where...
Field Update On Sunday, 13 April 2014, Tariq Abu Hamdah sustained shrapnel wounds to his abdomen and lost his left hand fingers due to the explosion of a suspicious object he was playing with in his family's house in Khan Yunis. This incident is part of the phenomenon of the...
