2012 Press Releases

7 May 2012
Adalah Demands Criminal Investigation into Illegal Arrest and Abuse in Custody of 17 Demonstrators; Protest in Solidarity with Hunger-Striking Palestinian Prisoners

7 May 2012
Upcoming Lawyers' Training Course: "Representing Detainees during Arrest and Investigation", May and June 2012, Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva), organized by Adalah

6 May 2012
Israel Prison Service (IPS) to Adalah, Human Rights NGOs: New Guidelines Require Prisoners Confirm Meetings with Lawyers; New Policy Announced in Response to Demand that IPS Allow Palestinians Hunger Striking Prisoners to Meet their Lawyers Immediately

26 April 2012
NGO Partner Addameer: Update on Palestinian Prisoners' Hunger Strike

25 April 2012
Adalah Demands Education Ministry in the South Employ more Arab Citizens

25 April 2012
Israeli Supreme Court Permits Ministry of Culture-Sponsored Programs for Jewish Children Only during Spring Passover/Easter School Vacation

17 April 2012
MEDIA ADVISORY: Criminal Trial of MK Mohammed Barakeh Begins Tomorrow Wednesday 18 April 2012, Tel Aviv Magistrate Court, 10:30am

3 April 2012
Adalah Petitions Israeli Supreme Court to End Discrimination in the State Funding of Passover/Easter Holiday Cultural Programs for Children

2 April 2012
Adalah: Sewage Flowing in Arab Bedouin Village Severely Impacts Residents' Health

1 April 2012
Adalah and ACRI to the Government: Prawer Plan Grossly Violates the Rights of the Arab Bedouin in the Unrecognized Villages and Must Be Cancelled

29 March 2012
Adalah Submits Second Appeal for Arab Bedouin in the Unrecognized Villages in the Naqab for Access to Drinking Water

28 March 2012
Adalah and I'lam Media Center Lead Journalists' Tour in the Naqab in the Run-Up to Land Day

27 March 2012
Stop Home Demolitions and the Displacement and Dispossession of the Arab Bedouin in the Naqab on Land Day 2012

27 March 2012
Adalah Appeals District Court Decision Banning Palestinian Prisoner Rawi Sultany from Higher Education

27 March 2012
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, Adalah, PHR-Israel & Al-Mezan submit report to the UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE on Israel's lack of compliance with the Convention Against Torture

25 March 2012
Adalah, Bimkom, the RCUV and Arab Bedouin Living in the Naqab File Objection to Plans for Israeli Army "Intelligence City"

25 March 2012
Adalah to Minister of Public Security: Nafha Prison conditions endanger prisoners' health

15 March 2012
District Court Rules in Case of Rawi Sultany: Barring 'Security Prisoners' from Higher Education Studies is Part of "Discouraging Terrorism"

15 March 2012
UN Calls on Israel to End Racial Discrimination

15 March 2012
Leading Human Rights Organizations Petition the Israeli Supreme Court to Cancel the Anti-Boycott Law

8 March 2012
Adalah to AG: By Opening General Museum, Beer el-Sabe Municipality Violates Supreme Court's Ruling in the Big Mosque Case

8 March 2012
On International Women's Day, Adalah asks the Attorney General to implement the recommendations of UN human rights bodies on Arab women in Israel

28 February 2012
Israeli Supreme Court Voids Law Prohibiting State Income Support Recipients from Owning or Using Cars

28 February 2012
Update: Adalah's Legal Actions to Save the Unrecognized Arab Bedouin Village of Atir-Umm al-Hieran in the Naqab

28 February 2012
District Court Rejects Political Prisoner Walid Dakka's Request to Father Child Once Again, Citing Classified Evidence

24 February 2012
Adalah to Prime Minister and Attorney General: Stop Proposed 35% Tax Exemption on Donations to Settlements

22 February 2012
Human Rights Groups in Israel Call to Lift Travel Ban Against Palestinian Human Rights Defender

20 February 2012
Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the 1967 OPT: Khader Adnan, Administrative Detention, Gaza Blockade, Self-Determination

16 February 2012
NY Times Blog: Palestinian's Hunger Strike Challenges Detention by Israel

15 February 2012
Adalah Reveals Crucial Israeli Military Order about Entry to Gaza in Response to Right-Wing Petition Demanding Indictment of MK Haneen Zoabi for her Participation in the Flotilla

14 February 2012
80th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) NGO Briefing for the Committee

14 February 2012
UN Expert on Adequate Housing: Land Development model in Israel and OPT Excludes, Discriminates, and Displaces Palestinians

7 February 2012
+972 Magazine: Noam Sheizaf, "Court nixes building project, saves unique Nakba village (Lifta)"

7 February 2012
Adalah: The Syrian Regime is Committing War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity; Independent Investigation into the Homs Massacre and other Crimes against Civilians Must be Opened

January 2012
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel: Read a new paper on impunity, "Accountability Still Denied"

31 January 2012
MK Sa'id Naffaa's Legal Defense Team Rejects AG's Request to Hear Indictment before a Decision on his Parliamentary Immunity; Next Hearing 29 April 2012

30 January 2012
Human Rights Watch: High Court Rulings Undermine Human Rights

29 January 2012
Trial of Arab MK Sa'id Naffaa Opens in Nazareth District Court Monday 30 January 2012, 9 a.m, 29.1.2012

29 January 2012
Israeli Attorney General Supports Discriminatory Admission Committees Law

27 January 2012
Adalah Elects New Board of Directors; Dr. Hala Khoury-Bisharat elected as the first woman chair of the Board

26 January 2012
Adalah Appeals Court Decision Upholding Home Demolition Orders in Unrecognized Arab Bedouin Village of Umm al-Hieran in the Naqab

25 January 2012
Adalah to President Shimon Peres: Amnesty for Police Officer Shahar Mizrahi Creates Justification for Using Lethal Force against Arab Citizens

18 January 2012
New Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: On Commissions of Inquiry and Torture Investigations

17 January 2012
Open Letter from Adalah to our colleagues at Al Mezan in Gaza condemning the violent attacks against Mahmoud Abu Rahma

12 January 2012
Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Family Unification

11 January 2012
National Labor Court Approves Pensions Agreement that Discriminates against Arab Workers

10 January 2012
Adalah to Municipality of Be'er Sheva: Use of Big Mosque as a General Museum Violates Supreme Court Ruling

5 January 2012
Adalah and ACRI: Israeli High Court Ignored the Chilling Effect Already Caused by the "Nakba Law"