Ref: 44/2016 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli forces decision to prevent Nadia Abu Nahla (al-Bakri) (52), a cancer patient, from travelling via Beit Hanoun "Erez" crossing to receive medical treatment in Tel Hashomer Hospital.According to information available at PCHR's Legal...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (08 – 21 September 2016) [caption id="attachment_8395" align="aligncenter" width="331"] Hebron: Israeli Forces Close Entrances to Beit Ommar Village Photo by: Mohammed Elayan[/caption] Israeli forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt8 civilians were killed in the...
Ref: 33/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report as part of the series of the monthly "Closure Reports" addressing the latest developments of the state of the Gaza Strip border crossings in August 2016. The report documents the impact of the...
Ref: 32/2016On 19 September 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a field tour for a delegation from Trócaire to show them the remnants of houses and property destroyed by Israeli forces during the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza in Summer 2014. The...
Ref: 31/2016 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) received today morning representatives from Palestinian human rights organizations and community-based organizations who met with a delegation from Human Rights Watch comprised of Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division, and...
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...
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights wishes you a blessed Eid.It should be mentioned that all PCHR offices will be closed from Sunday morning 11 September until Sunday morning 18 September 2016.Note: for emergency communication, Please contact us on: 0599608811 or 0599397927 ...
Ref: 43/2016 Ramallah High Court decided to temporarily suspend the local council elections scheduled on 08 October 2016. The decision was taken on grounds of a lawsuit demanding the suspension of the elections because they will not be held in Jerusalem and because of the approval...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (01 – 07 September 2016) Israeli forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt A Palestinian civilian was killed in Shu'fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem. 6 Palestinian civilians, including a woman, were wounded in the...
Ref: 42/2016 On 01 September 2016, Internal Security Service officers arrested Mohamed Ahmed Othman, who works as a journalist at al-Monitor Newspaper. Mohamed stated that he was exposed to torture in an attempt to force him to unveil the source of a non-confidential document headed with...
