Ref: 20/2020The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights is closely monitoring the precautionary measures adopted by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Gaza Strip in the face of Coronavirus (VOCID-19), including the medical exam procedures and quarantine policies for Palestinians returning from abroad via Rafah...
Ref: 20/2020PCHR closely follows up latest incidents in al-Nasser village, eastern Rafah, including Police handling of the peaceful protests and injury of several citizens. PCHR urges citizens to obey civil authorities’ orders in emergencies.According to PCHR’s follow-up, security officers forcibly dispersed a protest organized by...
Ref: 19/2020The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes Beit Lahia Municipality decision to withdraw its previous decision to lease public utility for a private project. PCHR calls upon municipal councils and other local bodies to act in the same manner with issues pertaining to...
Ref: 18/2020 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights continues to monitor, with great pain, the consequences of the catastrophic fire at Nusairat camp that took place on 05 March 2020 in a densely populated area at the heart of Nusairat refugee camp market. As a result...
Ref: 17/2020 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights strongly condemns Palestinian citizens’ assault on a physician and an administrative assistant at Gaza European Hospital and the destruction of some hospital equipment. PCHR calls upon the Public Prosecution to open a serious investigation into the assault and...
Field UpdatesOn Saturday, 14 March 2020, unknown gunmen opened fire at 2 civilians in central Gaza City, wounding both, and kidnapped one of them, forced him to step into a vehicle and dropped him to at al-Zaytoun neighborhood area, south of Gaza City, where they...
Ref: 16/2020Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, a Palestinian child and wounded 14 other civilians, including a journalist during its suppression of civilian gathering on al-‘Arma Mountain, southeast Bita village, Nablus, Northern West Bank. Two of the wounded were deemed in...
Ref: 10/2020 With participation of 24 members representing 7 community-based organizations (CBOs) active in Rafah City, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) concluded on Thursday, 05 March 2020, a 20-hour training course on women rights and means of intervention and protection to combat violence against...
Ref: 10/20208th of March marks the International Women's Day (IWD) which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1977. This day symbolizes women’s ongoing fight and struggle for their rights, justice and equality and to ensure Women’s exercise of their rights codified in...
Date: 4 March 2020 On 2 March 2020, six Palestinian and regional human rights organisations submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the abuse of Palestinian citizen, Muhammad Al-Na’em, by an Israeli bulldozer and the injury of Palestinians by the...
