Ref: 58/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with concern the security chaos in Nablus, the latest of which were the clashes between Palestinian security services and a number of armed persons today morning. These latest clashes resulted in the killing of a...
Ref: 41/2016The Women's Rights Unit at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized two training courses on security and wellbeing last week. The first course targeted 65 women, including the administrative staff and prisoners, in the Interior Ministry's women's prison in Gaza while the...
Field Update Yesterday evening, a civilian from al-Shati’ refugee camp, west of Gaza city, was shot dead by an unknown armed person. This incident is part of the state of proliferation of weapons and assault on the rule of law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).According...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (03 – 09 November 2016) Israeli forces continued to use excessive force in the oPtPalestinian civilian killed at the entrance to "Ofra" settlement, northeast of Ramallah and al-Bireh. 6 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a photojournalist,...
Ref: 57/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the sentence issued by the Israeli Military Court in occupied Jerusalem on Monday, 07 November 2016, against Ahmed Manasra (14) to 12 years of actual imprisonment in violation of the international humanitarian law, mainly conventions pertaining...
Ref: 56/2016Deep concerns have arisen over the independence of the Palestinian judiciary after waves of interferences with its work and structure, initiated by the executive authority in the Palestinian Authority (PA), aimed at exercising further control over the judicial system. The Palestinian Center for Human...
Field UpdateOn Sunday, 06 November 2016, a 9-year-old male succumbed to wounds he sustained during a family dispute, in which firearms were used, in the west of Gaza City. This incident is part of the state of proliferation of weapons and assault on the rule...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (27 October – 02 November 2016) [caption id="attachment_8523" align="aligncenter" width="300"] On Wednesday, Israeli bulldozers demolished a 2-storey building belonging to the family of Thalji Soliman in Beit Hanina neighborhood in the center of occupied Jerusalem under...
Ref: 55/2016On Tuesday, 01 November 2016, Israeli gunboats chased and opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats. They then arrested 6 fishermen, including a child, and confiscated two fishing boats and nets on board. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) noticed that Israeli forces have...
