Ref: 62/2013 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the Attorney General to seriously investigate the circumstances of an attack against a Palestinian citizen by a number of persons on Saturday, 8 June 2013. The Palestinian citizen in question left a conference held in Bethlehem in the north...
“In occupied Palestine, there’s no distorting the facts on the ground” – UN Special RapporteurGENEVA (6 June 2013) – “Neither Israel nor its proxies can justify the facts on the ground in occupied Palestine,” said United Nations Special Rapporteur...
Ref: 60/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls for an investigation into the events that took place in Beit Lahia on Thursday, 6 June 2013, during a law enforcement mission by the Palestinian police which resulted in the killing of Wissam Abu Sitta and the injuring of...
Ref: 60/2013 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli forces’ attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses deep concern over the rise in such attacks. In the latest attack, Israeli forces arrested 2 fishermen and held their boat while they were fishing approximately 6...
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 clear and this Israeli...
Large areas of Palestinian agricultural land burnt by Israeli settlers in Bourin village near NablusIsraeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces have continued to open fire at the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip border area.A Palestinian worker...
Baraa’ Abd al Rahman Badawi Baraa’ Abd al Rahman Badawi is an 11 year old Palestinian boy who lives in Gaza City with his mother, Dima Badawi. On 7 January 2009, at approximately 18:30, during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed ‘Operation Cast Lead’, Baraa’s father, Abd...
Ref: 59/2013 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) denounces the summoning of a number of activists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and the beating of one of them by the Internal Security Service (ISS) and the General Investigation, in the Gaza Strip. These measures...
Ref: 39/2013 On Thursday noon, 30 May 2013, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) received a high profile Swiss delegation comprises of: Axel Wernhoff, Consul General of Switzerland; Radoslav Zikovic, former Political Officer; and Lena Skotlund, the new Political Officer. Members of the delegation met with Mr. Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy...
Jerusalem – Israeli forces demolished 2 houses belonging to al-Salayma family in Beit Hanina Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank. 3 civilians, including a Palestine TV...
