Ref: 30/2017Today, 17 April 2017, marks the Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Over 6,500 Palestinian and Arab prisoners have been detained in the Israeli jails and detention centers under cruel and inhumane conditions.The Palestinians commemorate this day since 1979, supporting the cause of prisoners detained in the...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (06 – 12 April 2017) A Palestinian young man from al-Jalazoun refugee camp succumbed to his wounds.Israeli forces continued to target the Gaza Strip border areas, but no casualties were reported.Israeli forces conducted 49 incursions into...
Hani Amer is a 59-year old father of four sons and two daughters, whose family is deeply rooted in Kafr Qasim, which is located on the western side of the annexation wall that is separating Palestine from Israel. When Kafr Qasim was declared state land...
Ref: 29/2017Officers of the Palestinian Internal Security Service (ISS) raided the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Department for Refugee Affairs in Gaza City. They attempted to confiscate the office contents and close it before many parties intervened to stop them. Those officers then...
The term "buffer zone" in land and at sea is used for land and sea areas, which were unilaterally and illegally declared by Israeli forces as areas with no access along the eastern and northern borders and in the sea of the Gaza Strip...
Ref: 15/2017 On Monday, 10 April 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) launched its 2016 annual report. This report is the 21st of its kind, as PCHR has always published annual reports displaying the human rights conditions since 1997. The event was attended by...
Israel’s closure of the Gaza Strip entered its 10th consecutive year, continuing the collective punishment of Gaza’s entire population. Israeli control over the movement of people and goods into and from Gaza has severely damaged Gaza’s economy, hindered post-conflict reconstruction and affects the everyday life...
Ref: 15/2017On Sunday, 09 April 2017, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a workshop titled as, "Impact of Salaries' Deductions on Rights of Public Servants in the Gaza Strip." This workshop came in light of the National Unit Government's decision to apply the...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (30 March – 05 April 2017) Israeli forces killed a Palestinian from Nablus in occupied Jerusalem 22 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and a journalist, were wounded.Israeli forces continued to target the border areas in the...
Ref: 28/2017 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is deeply concerned over the demolitions in the American School neighborhood in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip that violates each person’s right to adequate housing. PCHR is concerned that the demolitions will target 250 other...
