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Member Releases
- Hamas must release Gilad Shalit immediately and unconditionally
- Open Letter to the Spanish Government
- Morocco: Narco-Traffic Whistleblower Unfairly Sentenced
- Today the Spanish Appeals Court voted 14-4 in favor of closing the Spanish Audencia Nacional’s (National Court) investigation into the Al-Daraj attack of July 2002.
- Israel: Misuse of Drones Killed Civilians in Gaza
- In Algiers, the FEMED urges the authorities to open a dialog on enforced disappearances !
- United Kingdom: ARTICLE 19 Welcomes Judgment on Confidentiality of Journalistic Sources
- Adalah and HR Partners to Attorney General: Detention Conditions of Women Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Ward of Neve Tirtza are Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading and Illegal
- Italy: Senate must stop controversial bill
- Grant the rejected Iraqi asylum seekers in Denmark humanitarian residency permit
- Libya : The security services are threatening of death the families of the disappeared
- EU-Jordan Subcommittee on Human rights: briefing note.
- New online film marking two years of Gaza closure: It’s not a reality show - It’s reality
- Defense of Universal Jurisdiction. Speech Presented to Conference in Madrid on Behalf of PCHR Director, Raji Sourani
- Syria: Acquittal of Mr. Walid Al Bunni
- Adalah to Attorney General and Custodian of Absentee Property: Israel's Sale of Palestinian Refugee Property Violates Israeli and International Law
- Lives in danger as European governments deny refugees protection
- PLC Speaker, Dr. Aziz al-Dwaik, Released from Israeli Detention
- Syria: Reveal Fate of Hariri-Case Detainee
- Arab States Drag Human Rights Council to the Brink of Disaster: Lead unprecedented attacks on independent human rights experts and Sudan mandate
- CIR: Libya should respect its international obligations for the protection of refugees
- Policemen Fire on Peaceful Demonstration Injuring Three Civilians
- Alarming rise of the extreme right in the European Parliament
- Adalah, Al-Mezan and Al-Haq Demand Investigation into Killing of Two Girls, Suad and Amal Abed Rabbo, at Close Range by Israeli Soldiers During Operation “Cast Lead” in the Gaza Strip
- Comments of the Jordanian Network of Civil Society Organizations on the Society Law
- Israel: Stop Demolishing Palestinian Homes
- Update on the Case of Al-Haq v. UK Governmen
- Israeli human rights organizations to the EU: Use Association Council meeting to stop settlements and open Gaza
- Gaddafi visit to Italy amid protest against countries' 'illegal migration' agreement
- Cast Lead Offensive in Numbers, Al Mezan Publishes Statistical Report on Persons Killed and Property Destroyed by Israeli Occupation Forces during Operation Cast Lead
- Update on the case of Bil'in v. Green Park in Canada
- New Legal Developments: The New Israeli Government Launches a Flood of Legislation in Violation of the Rights of Palestinian Arab Citizens of Israel
- Incommunicado detention of Mr. Ikrami Saad Hajjaj
- Letter to the Jordanian government
- Bring Ze’ev Braude, the shooter from Hebron, to justice
- Lithuanian parliament supports banning discussion of homosexuality in schools
- Outcome of Al-Haq's Investigation into the Incident of 31 May 2009 in Qalqiliya Resulted in the Killing of Six Palestinians
- PCHR Is Concerned Over Arrest Campaigns against Fatah Activists in Gaza and against Hamas Activists in the West Bank
- Italy/Libya: Gaddafi Visit Celebrates Dirty Deal
- Paris Witnesses the Launching of the First International Documentation Center on Human Rights In the Arab World
- 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
- Egypt/US: Obama Should Press Mubarak on Rights
- On Wednesday 3 June 2009 at 9 am, the Israeli Supreme Court will hear the petition to reopen the Big Mosque in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) to worshippers
- UN Human Rights Council: ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS Call on States to Protect Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
- PCHR Condemns Attacks by Israeli Settlers in Northern West Bank and Warns of Escalation of Such Attacks under New Israeli Government
- Peace activist Ms. Yuksel Mutlu and Trade Union Members must be released
- An open letter from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies To President Barack Obama On the occasion of his Cairo speech to the “blacks” of the twenty-first century
- High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel to the Prime Minister: Arab citizens will oppose all illegitimate, racist legislative bills such as the proposal to ban commemoration of the Nakba,
- The asylum crisis and the rise of racist violence in Greece
- Jordan: End Administrative Detention
- PCHR Clarify Confusion Regarding Spanish Parliament Proposal Concerning Universal Jurisdiction Legislation
- The Government supports the draft bill to prohibit Commemoration of the Nakba
- B'Tselem and ACRI demand investigation of officers who testified to a policy of routine use of violence against Palestinian civilians
- The Draft Law on Establishment of Human Rights Council of Turkey must be immediately withdrawn
- Military Court in Gaza Sentences Three Accused Persons to Death, Al Mezan Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty
- International Week of the Disappeared :Justice, Truth and Memory for all the disappeared !
- Syria: FIDH welcomes the release of Michel Kilo and calls for the respect of fundamental freedoms.
- Libyan activist dies in hospital in Jordan
- PCHR Condemns Gaza Security Services' Prevention of Women's Rights Activists from Traveling to Ramallah
- The ratification of death sentences by any party other than the President is intentional murder.
- Harassment against the Journalists National Union (In French)
- Morocco/Western Sahara: Investigate allegations of torture of Sahrawi human rights defender
- AEDH takes action for the 2009 European Elections
- Committee Against Torture’s Findings Highlight International Community’s Inaction in the Face of Israel’s Widespread and Systematic Violations of International Law
- Lebanon: Death of Odette Salem
- Adalah Petitions District Court against Israel Prison Service Decision Banning the Entry of Books into Prisons
- UN Committee Against Torture Found 'Numerous, Ongoing and Consistent Allegations' of Torture and Ill-treatment by Israeli Interrogators, in particular, against Palestinians and Calls for Independent Investigation into Israeli Military Offensive 'Cast Lead' in Gaza
- Annexation Creeps On: 61 years after the Nakba, colonisation of Palestinian land continues
- Pressure on human rights defenders increasingly go on
- South African Study Finds Israel Practicing Apartheid
- Police Blockades at Entrances to Arab Bedouin Village of Tarabeen al-Sana (‘Amra) in the Naqab are Illegal
- Pictures of the migrants sent back to Libya
- 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
- An Taoiseach invited to eat his own words
- Libya/US: Investigate Death of Former CIA Prisoner
- Attorney General's Office to Israeli Supreme Court: We will not Investigate Suspicions of War Crimes Committed in Gaza in 2004
- Palestinian and Israeli Human Rights Organisations Release Joint Fact Sheet Calling for an End to International Donor Complicity in Israeli Violations of International Law
- Lebanon: 7 June elections a key opportunity for human rights
- Morocco: New Charges Against Detained Activist
- PCHR welcomes the Spanish National Court’s decision to continue investigating suspected Israeli war criminals
- The Foreign Minister of France should not receive Avigdor Lieberman
- Turkish trade unionists once again banned from Istanbul central square
- Israeli Supreme Court to Hear Test Case on Wed. 6 May 2009 at 9 am on the Question of Opening Criminal Investigations against Israeli Military Commanders and Political Leaders Responsible for Killings and Extensive Home Demolitions in Gaza in 2004
- Palestinian and Israeli Human Rights Organisations Release Joint Fact Sheet Calling for an End to International Donor Complicity in Israeli Violations of International Law
- The Lebanese Justice does not respect Lebanon’s commitments to the United Nations
- Adalah to AG: Open a Criminal Investigation into Israeli Soldiers' Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields during the Recent Military Offensive on Gaza
- PCHR Press Conference Announces Publication of 2008 Annual Report; Details Human Rights Violations Committed by Palestinians and Israelis
- Call for the release of prisoners from the mining Region of Gafsa in Tunisia
- Syria: UN Rules Dissident’s Detention Illegal
- Israeli army must make public findings of its probe into Gaza conflict
- Letter from Civil Society Organizations in the Arab Region about Reelecting The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Human Rights Council
- Syria: Judicial harassment against Mr. Khalil Maatuq
- Israel/Gaza: Israeli Military Investigation Not Credible
- Al Mezan Issues a report on 'The Impact of the Israeli Offensive on the Right to Water in the Gaza Strip'
- Geneva – ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS Welcome Agreement on the Final Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference
- Violations of Freedom of Expression are going on
- Gaza: Hamas Should End Killings, Torture
- Israeli Refusal to Cooperate With United Nations Investigation Represents an Attempt to Shield Alleged War Criminals from Justice
- Widespread judicial repression of Kurdish political activists
- Security forces demolish house of family of perpetrator of attack in Jerusalem
- Report on the fifth Individual military judge in Damascus
- Geneva: Withdrawal by States from Durban Review Major Setback for Freedom of Expression
- Tunisia: Honor Pledge on Prison Access
- Israel Review Conference concludes on the eve of the Durban Review Conference
- Joint Civil Society Declaration on Participation to the Durban Review Conference
- Results of Israeli military investigations published today of alleged violations in Gaza are very problematic – the only way to truly investigate is through an external mechanism
- Al Mezan Calls for Efforts to Expose Israeli Violations, Secure the Release of Prisoners and Defend their Human Rights
- Last Operations against DTP are Attacks on Freedom of Expression and Organisation
- Call for the release of prisoners from the mining Region of Gafsa in Tunisia
- Egypt: Police officers who tortured must be kept off duty
- Adalah to Israel Railways Company: Decision to Fire Arab Railway Workers on the Grounds of No Military Service Violates the Equal Opportunities Employment Law
- 4 Persons, Including a Child, Killed in Two New Crimes Related to "Family Honor”
- Austria: Racism in police and the justice system
- PCHR Condemns Attack by Israeli Settlers and Soldiers on Kherbat Safa and Warns of Potential Increase in Attacks under New Israeli Government
- Israel/Gaza: Cooperate With Goldstone Investigation
- Warning: Freedom of Expression and Association should be Respected, the Rule of Law should be Abided regarding Ergenekon Investigation
- Syria: Reveal Fate of 17 Held Incommunicado
- Letter to Prime Minister Haniyeh on the torture and killing of detainess in Hamas detention facilities
- Excessive Force Used by Security Forces Has Been Turned Into Hate
- Release to the attention of Euromed Platform members
- Switzerland/Sweden: Expulsion from Switzerland to Sweden of an Iraqi citizen seeking international protection, despite risk of being returned to Iraq where his life might be endangered
- Military Court in Gaza Sentences 4 Palestinians to death
- France: Police above the law?
- Al-Haq position paper on “Operation Cast Lead and the Distortion of International Law”
- B'Tselem: Israel and the Palestinians must assist the UN mission investigating human rights violations during the fighting in Gaza
- Leaving the fatal trap set at the European borders is the challenge set by the recent shipwrecked people in the Mediterranean, causing hundreds of deaths.
- Israel Closes Investigation into Alleged War Crimes Committed in the Gaza Strip
- Testimony: Members of Abu Halima family killed and burned in army’s bombing of their house, 3 January 2009
- PCHR Contests Distortion of Gaza Strip Death Toll
- Syria: Flawed Court Resumes Prosecutions
- Human Rights Council: ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS Condemn Adoption of Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions
- 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
- Algeria: Stop the denial, disclose the truth
- Greece: Policing demonstrations responsibly
- Morocco: Free Rights Activist
- Human Rights Organizations Withdraw Supreme Court Petition Challenging Harsh Law for Palestinian Security Suspects following Illegal Decision by Justices to hear Secret GSS Evidence Withheld from Them
- Prisoners are on hunger strike in Erzurum H Type Prison
- A Culture of Repression: Israeli authorities ban Palestinian Cultural Festival in East Jerusalem
- ARTICLE 19 Applauds UN Experts’ Decision on Arbitrary Detention of Egyptian Blogger Kareem Amer
- CIHRS: War Crimes committed in the Gaza Strip Requires Direct & Immediate Action to be taken by a multiplicity of Actors and Organizations | 24/03/2009
- Lebanon: Investigate Syrian Opposition Figure’s Fate
- Al Mezan Director Participates in Human Rights Council Meeting and Continues his Tour to Strengthen International Efforts to Prosecute Israeli War Criminals
- Israeli Human Rights Organizations Call on the Attorney General: “Stop whitewashing suspected crimes in Gaza"
- The Human Rights Violation Report 2008 Proves that Our Serious Concerns about the Human Rights Situation in our Country are Right
- PCHR Warns of Gaza Patients’ Being Denied Treatment Abroad
- Al Mezan Center Demands Inquiry into Death in Custody of Zayid Jaradat
- PHR-IL and Human Rights organizations in a joint position paper on the Decision to stop covering Palestinian's medical Care in Israel.
- Since Operation “Cast Lead”: Sharp rise in reports of military and police violence towards Palestinians
- 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.
- EU: Demand Accountability for Gaza Conflict Laws of War Violations
- Following Adalah’s Petition Supreme Court Orders State to Respond as to Why Admissions Committees, which Overwhelming Exclude Arab Citizens of Israel from Living in “Community Towns”, are Legal
- Human Rights Council: ARTICLE 19 Urges Amendment of Proposed Resolution on Freedom of Expression
- Military Court in Gaza Sentences 3 Palestinians to Death
- Demands regarding the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against the President of Sudan
- Tunisia: Revolving Door Shows Intolerance for Dissent
- The Geuzenpenning 2009 Dutch Prize for Human Rights Defenders Al-Haq & B’Tselem
- Solving the current crisis with economic and social rights
- Middle East and North Africa: More protection and guarantees needed for people defending human rights
- Libya: Two Political Prisoners Freed
- International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances urges Morocco to ratify the Convention on enforced disappearances
- Egypt: Hundreds Still Held Over Gaza Protests
- France: Migrants hunt, when humanity becomes a crime...
- Geneva: ARTICLE 19 Campaigns for a “No” Vote on Religious Defamation at Human Rights Council
- Pressures on human rights defenders, who want justice for children, are going on!
- Palestinian patients should not be used as political tools by either the PA or the Israeli government
- March 8: Financial crisis harms women more
- The Legal Experts: The Citizenship Law, which Bans Family Unification, Violates the Right to Family Life, is Discriminatory and Unconstitutional
- « Africa for Women’s Rights – Ratify and respect! »
- Tunisia: Authorities must lift travel ban on Mohamed Abbou
- On International Women’s Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women Continues
- Human rights organizations to Defense Minister: Stop impeding freedom of movement of director of Palestinian human rights organization
- A Historic Day for Justice: Restoring Justice for Victims in Sudan and the Arab World
- Kurdish: A language that can be free or prohibited depending upon officials wish
- Israel/Gaza: Donors Should Press Israel to End Blockade
- PCHR Calls for Investigation into Gaza City Murder
- Egyptian family threatened by police for complaining of torture
- Lebanon: Special Tribunal insufficient without wider action to combat impunity
- Seizure of Lebanese Ship by Israel Bound for Gaza Violates International Law which Prohibits Prevention of Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Civilians
- B'Tselem petitions the High Court to enable its staff to enter the Gaza Strip
- Germany: Headscarf Bans Violate Rights
- Al Mezan Center Calls on International Community to Act to Stop Collective Punishment against Gaza’s Civilian Population and to Ease Reconstruction Efforts
- The Sudanese Government launches an extensive media campaign against the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Independent Press!
- Law Lords give go-ahead for deportations, including that of Abu Qatada
- Al-Haq commences legal proceedings against UK government over breach of legal obligations in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Adalah to Justice Minister: Holding Court Hearings on Prisoners’ Cases inside Prisons Violates the Prisoners' Rights
- ACHRS holds a training session on the "Right of access to Information"
- Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Evidence of misuse of US-weapons reinforces need for arms embargo
- Morocco: Rights Activist Detained
- End Ban on Human Rights Monitors
- Adalah to Minister of Health: Excluding MRI Scans for Breast Cancer from Basket of Health Services Violates National Insurance Law and has Particularly Harmful Effect on Arab Women
- Executive Summary about the Suggested Priority Recommendations of the Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
- UN urged to extend Gaza investigation
- The CIR (Italian Committee for the Refugees) opens an office in Tripoli
- Joint written statement to Tenth Session of UN Human Rights Council by Al-Haq and Defence for Children International
- Egypt: Concerns with Draft Broadcast Law
- PCHR Condemns Continued Detention of Journalists by Preventive Security Service in the West Bank
- Israel/Egypt: Choking Gaza Harms Civilians
- Egypt: AHRLA finally authorised to be officially re-registered!
- Tunisia: Independent online newspaper attacked, Its content completely destroyed
- Europe must not turn a blind eye to the deteriorating human rights situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Harassement against a human rights defender in Tunisia (In French)
- Open letter to Mr Bouteflika
- Review the trial of Saber Ragoubi and Imed Ben Ameur
- Crackdown on Syrian activists continue
- Syria must stop repression against human rights defenders
- Assessment and implementation of the UE-Morocco Action Plan in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Involvement of the Moroccan civil society
- The office of lawyer Ayachi Hammami damaged by arson
- Turkey: Judiciary harassment against Osman Baydemir
Recent Member News
- Hamas must release Gilad Shalit immediately and unconditionally
- Open Letter to the Spanish Government
- Morocco: Narco-Traffic Whistleblower Unfairly Sentenced
- Today the Spanish Appeals Court voted 14-4 in favor of closing the Spanish Audencia Nacional’s (National Court) investigation into the Al-Daraj attack of July 2002.
- Israel: Misuse of Drones Killed Civilians in Gaza
