Ref: 21/2017Media has recently published statements attributed to officials from Hamas Movement about the latter's intention to form an administrative committee in the Gaza Strip. This came after the Change and Reform Bloc issued in August 2016 a law, without publishing it, to form a governmental administrative...
Ref: 20/2017The Palestinian Center for Human rights (PCHR) condemns the Palestinian security services' forcible dispersal of a peaceful protest in Ramallah yesterday. The dispersal was accompanied with arresting and attacking participants, including journalists, with sticks, heavily firing of tear gas canisters and shooting in the...
Ref: 47/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Palestinian security services dispersing a peaceful protest in Ramallah yesterday, which was organized by "Youth Movement", and beating a number of participants, including a lawyer at al-Dameer Association for Supporting Prisoners and Human Rights....
Ref: 32/2016 On Tuesday, 07 June 2016, Adel Nasser Jaradat (21), from Silet al-Harethiya village, northwest of Jenin, was killed by gunfire from Palestinian security services while they were conducting a security operation in the village, during which they used firearms. The Palestinian Center for Human...
Ref: 23/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) issued its 2015 annual report covering the period from 01 January to 31 December 2015. It should be noted that this is the 19th report of its kind, as PCHR has published annual reports since 1997.The report...
Ref: 14/2016For the 6th consecutive day, Dr. Najat Abu Baker, Member at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from Fatah Parliamentary Bloc, has continued her sit-in inside the PLC headquarter in Ramallah in the West Bank after the Attorney General had issued an arrest warrant against...
Ref: 13/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) denounces the Palestinian government's response towards the sit-in, which was organized by teachers at public schools on Tuesday, 23 February 2016, in front of the Council of Ministers in Ramallah. The sit-in was in protest at the...
Ref: 11/2016The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the Attorney General in Gaza to initiate an investigation in the death of the detainee Salem Eid (40) in Deir al-Balah Investigation Service facility yesterday, few hours after he was arrested, and to publish the...
Ref: 09/2016On 04 February 2016, Nablus Magistrates' Court issued a decision to extend the detention of Abdul Satar Qasem (67), lecturer at al-Najah University, for 15 more days pending investigation. This decision was issued after the Attorney General accused Qasem of slandering prominent figures and...
Ref: 01/2016On Sunday, 03 January 2016, Palestinian Internal Security Services (ISS) arrested two social media activists identified as journalist Ayman Ghazi Mustafa al-'Aloul (44), Editor in Chief of Arab Now Agency, and Ramzi Subhi Hasan Herzallah (27), who works in a currency exchange shop. The...
