In light of the Israeli occupation authorities’ continued attacks on Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, especially the violation of their right to freedom of movement and their right to life and physical safety, the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” strongly condemns the actions of the settlers and the occupation army […]
Call on international organizations, legal associations, and bar associations to take action and intervene to halt war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinian detainees and prisoners by the Israeli occupation authorities In the context of the comprehensive aggression and the policy of reprisal against the Palestinian people, Israeli launched an unprecedented armed aggression […]
Introduction Since the beginning of the ongoing war on Gaza Strip, the lives of civilians have been clearly targeted by continued bombings and airstrikes launched by the Israeli war machine on Gaza Strip. The power of the bombs that have been thrown on Gaza are estimated to be stronger than the nuclear bomb that hit […]
In a letter sent to many international civil and official bodies and organizations, the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” called on the international community to take urgent action to stop the war of genocide against more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and called on the Secretary-General of the […]
Over the past 6 days, the Israeli Occupation Forces (“IOF”) have employed indiscriminate, excessive and disproportionate force in densely populated residential areas in the Gaza Strip, resulting in at least 1200 Palestinians killed and 5000 injured, as of 10:00 p.m., on 11 October 2023. Israel, the Occupying Power is continuing its 56-year illegal occupation and […]
Civil society organizations (CSOs) and different media and human rights associations followed, with great concern, the Council of Ministers’ move to ratify a bill to regulate the right of accessing information in a confidential manner, without allowing anyone other than ministers to review its provisions. This draft law, whose copy was obtained by the civil […]
Isolation and Control Israel’s denial of foreign nationals to the oPt By Rafaël Rutten, May 23, 2023. In December 2022, Israel implemented a series of new guidelines for foreigners applying for a visa for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The 62 page document titled ‘Procedure for Entry and Residence of Foreigners in the Judea and […]
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 […]
