The Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” followed up the strike of the Palestinian public sector teachers to demand their legitimate rights agreed upon by the government since years but never applied. Hurryyat affirmed that the demands of the teachers are legitimate and fair and that abiding by these demands will reflect positively upon the teachers, the students and the Palestinian society in general.
The mobility of the Palestinian public sector teachers claiming their rights through democratic methods consistent with the basic rights of the Palestinian citizen, the Palestinian Basic Law and all international legislation, is a legitimate act and a right that no Palestinian commission or citizen should be deprived from. The attempts to adumbrate the fair demands of the teachers calling it a political movement is a blatant attempt to do away with the benefits of such a vital Palestinian society.
Hurryyat Center is outraged due to the detention of some teachers as a result to exercising their democratic right and it calls for releasing them immediately and calls this act a violation of a fundamental right of the Palestinian citizens.