On 22 June 2015, the UN-established Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict (CoI) issued a report on its findings of serious international law violations that took place during the course of military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 13 June 2014. In light of the report, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council […]
Administrative detainee Khader Adnan is entering his 48th day of hunger striking while his health is deteriorating and he is not getting any significant medical treatment or supplements. He is still cuffed to his hospital bed in “Assaf Harofeh” Medical Center, while the prisons are witnessing a state of flux and are on the verge […]
The Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” held an important meeting with several institutions namely the Security Bodies, the human rights organizations, women organizations, members of parliament, along with the coordinator of the National and Islamic Forces Dr. Wasel Abu Yousef, executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Abdul […]
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) expresses its deep regret concerning United Nations Secretary General’s decision to exclude the Israeli Occupation Forces from the child rights violators list in armed conflicts, also known as “the List of Shame.” The Council regards this step a protection for the occupation forces against accountability and prosecution for […]
Dear Khalida Jarrar, We announce our solidarity with you and demand your immediate release along with the release of all political Palestinian prisoners. You were arrested in the Israeli Occupation prisons since the 2nd of April under administrative detention that was renewed indefinitely. This type of detention was legislated during the British Mandate on Palestine; […]
Felicia Langer – Honorary Chiarman of the European Alliance in Defense of Palestinian Detainees. An open call for solidarity with MP Khalida Jarrar: Dear Khalida Jarrar, You are politically detained by the “only democracy in the Middle East.” You are a member of the Palestinian Parliament and you are detained for politically supporting your brothers […]
The Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” condemned the Israeli Government’s endorsement of a force-feeding bill referred to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation to be ratified by the Knesset in its second and third reading. This bill is considered a dangerous measurement against the rights of hunger striking prisoners threatening their […]
The report of May and early June issued by the Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” about the visits conducted by attorney Ibtissam Al-Anati to Prisons Ofer, Hadarim, HaSharon, Megiddo, and Ramla showed a considerable increase in the numbers of sick prisoners and particularly children. In her visit to Ofer, Al-Anati […]
The Center for the Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” holds the Occupation Authorities accountable for the life of Sheikh Khader Adnan who is in his 31st day of the open hunger strike refusing to take any nutritional support or medical care thus threatening his life. This Heroic hunger strike comes to shed light […]
Sick Prisoner Mo’tassem Raddad detained on 12/01/2006 for 20 years of imprisonment, has addressed a letter to the Palestinian people in the name of all the sick prisoners in the Ramla Prison Clinic through Hurryyat’s attorney, Ibtisam Al-Anati. The letter read as follows: “We the sick prisoners in the Ramla prison Clinic write this letter […]
The European Alliance in Defense of Palestinian Detainees announced the conclusion of the works carried out by the Second European Conference in Support of Palestinian Prisoners, which took place in Berlin on May 30 and 31, 2015. The Conference was carried out simultaneously with the commemoration of the 67th anniversary of the Palestinian Al-Nakba and […]
The Palestinian Human Rights Organization Council (PHROC) is troubled by the increase in the numbers of administrative detainees in the Israeli occupation prisons while detainees are exposed to violations and deteriorating living conditions. The Council condemns the continuous policy of administrative detention against Palestinian activists as a blatant violation of the International Humanitarian Law and […]
