Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)(14-20 March 2019)Israeli warplanes launch dozens of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for five hours. Two million Palestinians are victims of collective punishment policy amid a tide of incitement at political and military...
Ref: 44/2019In two separate crimes of killing in cold blood, the Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians in Nablus and Bethlehem and seriously wounded a fourth one in the afternoon of yesterday and the day before. Those two new crimes came in light of the...
During the reporting period (February), the Israeli authorities continued to impose tightened restrictions on the movement of the Gaza Strip population as most of them are not allowed to leave or return to the Gaza Strip via the Beit Hanoun Crossing "Erez." However, the Israeli...
Introduction On 22 December 2018, the Palestinian President declared that the Constitutional Court decided to dissolve the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and called for legislative elections, confirming he will be committed to implement the decision. The following day, the Minister of Justice, Mr. ‘Ali Abu Diak,...
Ref: 43/2019The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows with deep concern the serious repercussions of incidents occurring in the Gaza Strip since Thursday, 14 March 2019, on grounds of peaceful protests. These protests were organized upon calls by the “we want to live” popular...
Ref: 42/2019On Monday evening, 18 March 2019, unknown gunmen physically assaulted Dr. ‘Atef Talal Abu Saif, Spokesperson of Fatah Movement, fractured his limbs, and stole his car and cell phone. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns with the strongest terms this assault and...
Field UpdateOn Sunday evening, unknown armed persons opened fire at a house belonging to ‘Azzam Solhob, the Deputy of the Change and Reform Bloc in the dissolved PLC, in Hebron. No injuries among the residents were reported. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns...
After Interrogating them and taking their affidavits, Shija’iyah Police released the fieldworkers, who were arrested and identified as Sabreen Al-Tartour, a fieldworker at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza City; lawyer Samir Al-Mana'mah and Fieldworker Khaled Abu Sbitan from Al Mezan Center...
Ref: 41-2019The Palestinian police in Gaza is now detaining Sabreen Al-Tartour, a fieldworker at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza City, and three of her colleagues who were identified as lawyer Samir Al-Mana'mah and Fieldworker Khaled Abu Sbitan from Al Mezan Center...
Ref: 40/2019The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the security services and police’s attacks against the participants in the peaceful protests, which came out for the second day consecutively in several areas in the Gaza Strip, as the security services...
