Human Rights Issues

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In the meantime, to learn more about human rights issues in Palestine, you can visit these websites:

• Human Rights Watch
• Amnesty International

Members in Palestine

• Al-Haq
• Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)
• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
• PLC Speaker, Dr. Aziz al-Dwaik, Released from Israeli Detention
• Defense of Universal Jurisdiction. Speech Presented to Conference in Madrid on Behalf of PCHR Director, Raji Sourani
• Policemen Fire on Peaceful Demonstration Injuring Three Civilians
• Outcome of Al-Haq's Investigation into the Incident of 31 May 2009 in Qalqiliya Resulted in the Killing of Six Palestinians
• Infant Dies as Israel Prevents Him from Leaving Gaza Strip to Undergo Medical Treatment in East Jerusalem, Al Mezan Calls for Immediate Lifting of the Siege on Gaza
• PCHR Is Concerned Over Arrest Campaigns against Fatah Activists in Gaza and against Hamas Activists in the West Bank
• PCHR Condemns Attacks by Israeli Settlers in Northern West Bank and Warns of Escalation of Such Attacks under New Israeli Government
• PCHR Condemns Gaza Security Services' Prevention of Women's Rights Activists from Traveling to Ramallah
• Military Court in Gaza Sentences Three Accused Persons to Death, Al Mezan Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty
• The ratification of death sentences by any party other than the President is intentional murder.
• Annexation Creeps On: 61 years after the Nakba, colonisation of Palestinian land continues
• PCHR Condemns Arrests of Supporters of Islamic Movements in the West Bank
• Al Mezan Warns against Exploiting Gazans Entitled to Benefits from Israeli National Insurance
• PCHR Press Conference Announces Publication of 2008 Annual Report; Details Human Rights Violations Committed by Palestinians and Israelis
• Al Mezan Issues a report on 'The Impact of the Israeli Offensive on the Right to Water in the Gaza Strip'
• Gaza: Hamas Should End Killings, Torture
• Israeli Refusal to Cooperate With United Nations Investigation Represents an Attempt to Shield Alleged War Criminals from Justice
• 4 Persons, Including a Child, Killed in Two New Crimes Related to "Family Honor”
• PCHR Condemns Attack by Israeli Settlers and Soldiers on Kherbat Safa and Warns of Potential Increase in Attacks under New Israeli Government
• Letter to Prime Minister Haniyeh on the torture and killing of detainess in Hamas detention facilities
• Military Court in Gaza Sentences 4 Palestinians to death
• Al Mezan Calls for Investigation into the Causes of Wastewater Basin Collapse near Bedouin Village and Calls on International Community to Intervene to Stop the Israeli Siege on Gaza
• PCHR Contests Distortion of Gaza Strip Death Toll
• Al Mezan Center Demands Inquiry into Death in Custody of Zayid Jaradat
• PCHR Warns of Gaza Patients’ Being Denied Treatment Abroad
• PHR-IL and Human Rights organizations in a joint position paper on the Decision to stop covering Palestinian's medical Care in Israel.
• Al Mezan Director Participates in Human Rights Council Meeting and Continues his Tour to Strengthen International Efforts to Prosecute Israeli War Criminals
• Confirmed figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Gaza Strip; Israel’s offensive resulted in 1,434 dead, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers, and 235 fighters.
• Obstruction of Access to Healthcare, Yet Another Child Casualty Due to Israel’s Closure Policies, 18 March 2009
• Military Court in Gaza Sentences 3 Palestinians to Death
• On International Women’s Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women Continues
• PCHR Calls for Investigation into Gaza City Murder
• Al Mezan Center Calls on International Community to Act to Stop Collective Punishment against Gaza’s Civilian Population and to Ease Reconstruction Efforts
• PCHR Condemns Continued Detention of Journalists by Preventive Security Service in the West Bank
• PCHR Special Report, February 2009. Inter-Palestinian Human Rights Violations in the Gaza Strip
• PCHR Annual Report 2007

News on Palestine

• Open Letter on the occasion of the EU/PA Joint Committee Meeting
• PLC Speaker, Dr. Aziz al-Dwaik, Released from Israeli Detention
• Defense of Universal Jurisdiction. Speech Presented to Conference in Madrid on Behalf of PCHR Director, Raji Sourani
• Policemen Fire on Peaceful Demonstration Injuring Three Civilians
• PCHR Is Concerned Over Arrest Campaigns against Fatah Activists in Gaza and against Hamas Activists in the West Bank
• Outcome of Al-Haq's Investigation into the Incident of 31 May 2009 in Qalqiliya Resulted in the Killing of Six Palestinians
• Infant Dies as Israel Prevents Him from Leaving Gaza Strip to Undergo Medical Treatment in East Jerusalem, Al Mezan Calls for Immediate Lifting of the Siege on Gaza
• PCHR Condemns Attacks by Israeli Settlers in Northern West Bank and Warns of Escalation of Such Attacks under New Israeli Government
• The ratification of death sentences by any party other than the President is intentional murder.
• PCHR Condemns Gaza Security Services' Prevention of Women's Rights Activists from Traveling to Ramallah
• Military Court in Gaza Sentences Three Accused Persons to Death, Al Mezan Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty
• Annexation Creeps On: 61 years after the Nakba, colonisation of Palestinian land continues
• PCHR Condemns Arrests of Supporters of Islamic Movements in the West Bank
• Al Mezan Warns against Exploiting Gazans Entitled to Benefits from Israeli National Insurance
• PCHR Press Conference Announces Publication of 2008 Annual Report; Details Human Rights Violations Committed by Palestinians and Israelis
• Al Mezan Issues a report on 'The Impact of the Israeli Offensive on the Right to Water in the Gaza Strip'
• Israeli Refusal to Cooperate With United Nations Investigation Represents an Attempt to Shield Alleged War Criminals from Justice
• Gaza: Hamas Should End Killings, Torture
• EMHRN delegation denied permit to enter Gaza
• PCHR Condemns Attack by Israeli Settlers and Soldiers on Kherbat Safa and Warns of Potential Increase in Attacks under New Israeli Government
• 4 Persons, Including a Child, Killed in Two New Crimes Related to "Family Honor”
• Letter to Prime Minister Haniyeh on the torture and killing of detainess in Hamas detention facilities
• Military Court in Gaza Sentences 4 Palestinians to death
• PCHR Contests Distortion of Gaza Strip Death Toll
• Al Mezan Calls for Investigation into the Causes of Wastewater Basin Collapse near Bedouin Village and Calls on International Community to Intervene to Stop the Israeli Siege on Gaza
• PHR-IL and Human Rights organizations in a joint position paper on the Decision to stop covering Palestinian's medical Care in Israel.
• Al Mezan Director Participates in Human Rights Council Meeting and Continues his Tour to Strengthen International Efforts to Prosecute Israeli War Criminals
• Al Mezan Center Demands Inquiry into Death in Custody of Zayid Jaradat
• PCHR Warns of Gaza Patients’ Being Denied Treatment Abroad
• Military Court in Gaza Sentences 3 Palestinians to Death
• Confirmed figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Gaza Strip; Israel’s offensive resulted in 1,434 dead, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers, and 235 fighters.
• Human rights defender’s freedom of movement and right to a fair trial violated
• On International Women’s Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women Continues
• PCHR Calls for Investigation into Gaza City Murder
• Al Mezan Center Calls on International Community to Act to Stop Collective Punishment against Gaza’s Civilian Population and to Ease Reconstruction Efforts
• PCHR Condemns Continued Detention of Journalists by Preventive Security Service in the West Bank
• Aid agencies call for suspension of enhanced EU-Israel agreements
• Gaza: Human rights Defenders in prison?
• Middle East Quartet is failing
• The United Against Torture Coalition and the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network call upon the European Union for urgent action on the closure of the Nafha Society for the Defense of Prisoners and Human Rights in Nablus
• EMHRN Mission to the OPT
• PCHR office severely damaged during air raid by Israeli forces
• Israel disregards its own commitments
• The Euro-Mediterranean Human rights Network condemns attacks against civilians
• Mission of Solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli members
• Deep concern about the situation in Lebanon and Gaza
• Escalating Violations against Civilians
• Severe violations of human rights in the Gaza Strip
• Should the Palestinians be punished?
• The Gaza Strip Is Still Occupied,
• Tightened Spaces for Human Rights
• International Legal Consideration of the Barrier/Wall
• International HR Groups decry harassment of monitors
• Ill-treatment and detention of Marwan Barghouti
• Azmi Bishara Trial
• Also Palestinians have Rights!
• EU Abstention of Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
• Exclusion of Human Rights Lawyers from the Palestinian Bar Association