Ref: 07/2019In a petition submitted by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and signed by 50 NGOs and human rights organizations and activists, the Signatories called upon Sheikh Dr. Hassan al-Jojo, Head of Sharia Supreme Court and Higher Sharia Court Council, to issue a...
Ref: 54/2019On Friday evening, 05 April 2019, in excessive use of force against peaceful protesters on the 53rd Friday of the March of Return and Breaking the Siege, Israeli forces wounded 109 civilians, including 30 children, six women and two journalists, in eastern Gaza Strip....
Ref:16/2019Raji Sourani, Director of Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), gave his testimony before the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), which was held in New York City, via video conference as he was not allowed to enter...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (28 March – 03 April 2019)Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against the peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. Five Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were killed during the 52nd week of the...
Ref: 53/2019The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the attack on three doctors, including a female doctor, during their work. The first incident occurred the day before yesterday, 01 April 2019, when a police officer beat up a doctor and another female doctor...
Ref: 51/2019PCHR follows up with concern Palestinian prisoners’ conditions in the Israeli prisons following the statement of Gilad Ardan, Minister of Public Security, on 30 March 2019, threatening that there will be no negotiations with the Palestinian prisoners if they go on a hunger strike. Associations...
Ref: 52/2019The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is following up with concern the investigations into the death of Mahmoud Rashad al-Hamalawi (32), on 27 March 2019, at Bitoniya Police Station, west of Ramallah, after 13 days of his arrest. PCHR is awaiting the results...
Field UpdateOn Thursday, 28 March 2019, three civilians, including a child, were killed and two civilians, including a woman, were wounded in three separate shooting incidents in Jenin, Gaza and al-Nuseirat. These crimes are part of a series of incidents which reflect the ongoing state...
Ref: 50/2019 On Saturday, 30 March 2019, in excessive use of force against the peaceful protesters in the 1st anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege, Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, and wounded 364 others, including 74 children, 12...
Ref: 49/2019On 1st anniversary of Return and Breaking Siege March,PCHR Warns of Further Targeting of Civilians by Israeli forcesThe Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the Israeli forces’ military reinforcements along the border fence with the Gaza Strip, coinciding...
