Ref: 29/2021 Date: 22 April 2021 Lawyer Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), met with three international delegations and briefed them on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). On Thursday, 22 April 2021, Sourani met with Mr. Niko Fritscher, Head...
Ref: 42/2021Date: 22 April 2021Time: 11:00 GMTFacebook announced that it has disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Preventive Security Service (PSS) to spy on users' accounts, including persons opposing the Palestinian Authority, human rights activists and journalists. PCHR expresses its shock and calls upon the...
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 15 – 21 April 2021 IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem: 7 Palestinians wounded Four IOF shootings reported at agricultural areas (east) and six others on fishing boats in Gaza...
Ref: 41/2021 Date: 21 April 2021 Time: 09:30 GMT The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the delayed disbursement of social affairs dues "Cash Transfer Program" (CTP) to 115,000 families who live in abject poverty and have become unable to meet their basic...
Ref: 28/2021 Date: 20 April 2021 On Tuesday, 20 April 2021, lawyer Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), met with Mr. Don Sexton, Representative of Ireland in Palestine, and the accompanying delegation, at PCHR’s office in Gaza City. It is noteworthy that this...
Ref: 40/2021 Date: 18 April 2021 Time: 10:30 GMT On Saturday, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) banned a second meeting organized in occupied East Jerusalem by civil society organizations (CSOs) and several Jerusalemite candidates running for elections to discuss the Palestinian General elections. IOF also arrested four candidates and...
Ref: 27/2021 Date: 18 April 2021 On Sunday, 18 April 2021, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) organized an online workshop, via Zoom, titled: “Electoral Campaign during the State of Emergency”, with the participation of relevant decision-makers, representatives of electoral lists, political factions, lawyers, and representatives...
During March, the Israeli authorities continued its illegal and inhuman 14-year closure on the Gaza Strip. The consequences of the closure are most evident in the Gaza Strip’s weathered humanitarian conditions, exhausted health system and fragile economic situation, which negatively affected the provision of basic...
Ref: 39/2021 Date: 15 April 2021 Time: 09:45 GMT The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested another candidate running for the Palestinian Legislative elections on the Hamas-affiliated “Jerusalem is Our Destiny” electoral list, from his house in Ramallah, after raiding and searching it. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights...
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 08 – 14 April 2021 IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank: Palestinian child lost his eye by IOF's shooting while 4 other civilians were injured, including a journalist. Three IOF shootings reported at agricultural areas In 135...
