Urgent Intervention Immediate Release of Palestinian Political Prisoner Walid Daqqa Diagnosed with Bone Marrow Cancer and Facing Imminent Deteriorating Health Conditions due to Israeli Prison Services Policy of Deliberate Medical Neglect Date: 22 May 2023 Walid Daqqa, a 61-year-old Palestinian writer, activist, intellectual, and political prisoner from the Palestinian city of Baqa Al-Gharbiya, colonized in […]
By Rafaël Rutten, May 10, 2023. In a worrying recurring trend, the holy month of Ramadan and its coincidence with the Jewish holiday of Passover has once again been characterised by violent Israeli domination over the Al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Over the course of Ramadan, Israeli security forces have restricted and […]
Closure of Huwara By Rafaël Rutten, April 11, 2023. Amidst continued escalation of violence against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), the West Bank village of Huwara has become an epicentre of attacks on Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers and military personnel. Part of the occupying power’s systematic violence and sparked by attacks on […]
The Center of Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” documents an increase in the number of sick detainees with cancerous tumors and diseases, as the number rose to 23 detainees, many of which are serious cases, such as that of the prisoner Nasser Abu Hmaid. Hurryyat holds the Israeli prison administration responsible for those […]
In light of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, (“U.S. Ambassador”), current visit to Israel, Palestine and Jordan, and following statements reporting that the Ambassador will not meet with representatives of the six targeted Palestinian Civil Society organizations (“CSOs”), and the pledged normalization by the U.S. Ambassador, the undersigned organizations […]
In yet another attempt at disrupting the work of human rights organizations, Likud MKs Avi Dichter, Mattan Cohen and others proposed a bill to amend Article 114C of Israel’s Penal Law, broadening the definition of foreign agents. Article 114A o the Penal Law imposes a 15-year prison sentence against anyone who knowingly contacted a foreign […]
The Palestinian Disability Coalition, Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” welcome the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (CRPD or ‘the Committee’) List of Issues on Israel, published on 17 September 2020, which highlighted Israeli policies and […]
Mr. Maher Al-Akhras, a 49-year-old Palestinian administrative detainee in Israeli jails, is currently facing an imminent threat to his life at Kaplan hospital following the increased deterioration and severity of his health condition after 73 days of hunger strike. Mr. Maher announced an ongoing open hunger strike the day of his arrest, on 27 July […]
On Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 13 Palestinian and regional human rights organisations submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the imminent threat of forcible transfer/deportation of Salah Hammouri, a Palestinian-French human rights defender and a lawyer at Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association for “breach of allegiance” to […]
Apartheid is a crime against humanity, giving rise to individual criminal responsibility and State responsibility to bring the illegal situation to an end. In May 2020, a large number of Palestinian civil society organisations called on all States to adopt “effective countermeasures, including sanctions, to end Israel’s unlawful acquisition of Palestinian territory through use of […]
The Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC) is following, with concern, the recent decline in human rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PHROC is particularly concerned about violations of the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly under the unconstitutional state of emergency, as dozens of citizens have been summoned, arrested, […]
