Ref: 116/2013The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the decision of the Israeli government to approve the “National Park” plan, which would confiscate 740 dunums of Palestinian lands in the villages of al-Tur and al-Issawiya in East Jerusalem. While stressing the legal status of East Jerusalem as an...
Ref: 114/2013 On Wednesday, 13 November 2013, the Gaza Court of First Instance issued a death sentence in absentia against A.D., 26, who is currently outside the Gaza, after convicting him in accordance with the Palestinian Penal code of committing a murder. According to PCHR’s documentations, 12 death sentences have been issued in...
Jerusalem – A Palestinian family sitting near the debris of their home that was demolished by Israeli forces Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) · 2 Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli forces at military checkpoints in the West Bank. · 2...
Ref: 113/2013 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the abduction of Sha'ban Meimah, a photojournalist at al-'Arabiya News Channel and MBC Channels, and the theft of the outside broadcasting van yesterday by an unknown armed group in Gaza City. This attack is part of the...
Ref: 114/2013 On Wednesday, 13 November 2013, the Gaza Court of First Instance issued a death sentence in absentia against A.D., 26, who is currently outside the Gaza, after convicting him in accordance with the Palestinian Penal code of committing a murder. According to PCHR’s documentations, 12 death sentences have been issued in...
Ref: 115/2013 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the incident of shooting by a person inside Nablus District Court during the proceeding of the trial of a person charged of killing the shooter's relative last August. The defendant was moderately injured by shrapnel. PCHR calls upon the...
Ref: 12/2013 Tomorrow, 14 November 2013, marks the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense,” which lasted for 8 days. This offensive, like the preceding one, was characterized by brutality and the perpetration of systematic serious violations of international humanitarian law and war...
Ref: 111/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned over the summons and arrest campaign launched by the Internal Security Service (ISS) against dozens of persons, including members of Fatah movement and children, in the Gaza Strip in the past few weeks. This campaign included sometimes torture and...
Factsheet Israeli Naval forces continued to carry out attacks on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip during the reporting period[1] (01-31 October 2013), including 10 shooting incidents, and 1shelling incident. Neither injuries nor damages were reported. The issuance of this factsheet coincides with the aggravation of Palestinian...
Ref: 109/2013 In an excessive use of force, on Thursday evening, 07 November 2013, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians at Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus, and the Container checkpoint, northeast of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately...
