Ref: 120/2013 In 1999, the UN designated 25th November of each year as the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This designation comes as part of the UN efforts to curb violence against women in the world. Over the past years, Palestinian women have been extensively subjected...
Following disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, Israel unilaterally and illegally established a so-called “buffer zone”, an area prohibited to Palestinians along the land and sea borders of the Gaza Strip. The precise area designated by Israel as a “buffer zone” is not...
Ref: 81/2013 On Thursday, 21 November 2013, Mr. Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Centre for human Rights (PCHR), received Mr. Benjamin Saoul, Deputy British Consul General and Head of the Political Department and the accompanying delegation in PCHR’s head office in Gaza City. During the past two days, Sourani met with international...
Ramallah – A Palestinian house burnt by Israeli settlers Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces launched 8 air strikes on the Gaza Strip.3,500 chicks and 15 sheep died in Israeli raids on poultry and sheep farms in...
Ref: 71/2013 On Wednesday, 20 November 2013, the Training Unit of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded a training course in human rights and democracy for students of the Faculty of Law at al-Azhar University in Gaza City. The 20-hour training course was held in PCHR’s head office...
Ref: 70/2013 On 19 November 2013, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) held a meeting with representatives of a number of international and local organizations working in the humanitarian and relief fields in PCHR’s head office in Gaza City. The meeting sought to discuss the consequences of the closure...
Field Update This morning, unknown gunmen fired at the car of Dr. Sufian Abu Zaida, Member of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah Movement, when it was parked in Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in Ramallah. The car was heavily damaged. This attack is part of the phenomenon of misuse of weapons and violations...
Ref: 119/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly arresting a patient from the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces at Beit Hanoun "Erez" while he was heading to al-Muttale' Hospital in Jerusalem for medical treatment. PCHR is concerned that the arrested patient may be tortured, especially as he must undergo...
Ref: 118/2013 In another new incident in only one week, on Sunday, 17 November 2013, Israeli naval forces arrested two fishermen and confiscated their boat and 10 fishing items while they were fishing approximately one and a half nautical miles off the al-Waha Resort shore, northwest of Beit Lahia in...
Ref: 117/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is deeply concerned over the lives of the Leukemia and Rheumatoid patients in the Gaza Strip, because they have not received the necessary medications for more than 11 months. PCHR is concerned that these patients will suffer severe complications that may lead...
