Adalah :: Newsletter

Volume 92, April 2012

Prisoners' Rights

New statistics on prisoners and increase of inhumane punishment by Israel Prisons Service (IPS) for thousands of Palestinians classified as "security prisoners" in 2011

New Joint Position Paper: Denying the right to legal counsel as a way of exerting pressure on Palestinian detainees and prisoners

Land Rights

Adalah and ACRI submit an objection to the Israeli Government: Prawer Plan grossly violates the rights of Arab Bedouin in the unrecognized villages and must be cancelled

Understanding the Prawer Plan: A new briefing paper examining and analyzing the Prawer Plan Law

Arab Bedouin of the Naqab - Myths and Misconceptions

Economic and Employment Rights

Israeli Supreme Court permits the Ministry of Culture to sponsor programs for Jewish children only during the spring Passover/Easter holiday

Adalah demands that the Ministry of Education, Southern District take immediate measures to hire more Arab employees; today Arab workers are severely underrepresented

Health Rights

Sewage flowing through Arab Bedouin village in the Naqab poses health and environmental hazard to local population. Adalah demands that the local authority, the Abu Basma Regional Council, take action.

Photo story: Umm Batin's sewage problem is a danger to 5,000 Arab Bedouin residents

Interviews
The Last Liberty An interview by Salah Mohsen of Adalah with Anat Litvin of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel about the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike According to Palestinian organizations, about 1,600 prisoners went on strike, and according to the Israel Prisons Service (IPS), about 1,200 prisoners are striking. It seems that with every passing day, more prisoners join the strike. The prisoners have declared that the strike is open-ended, until their demands are achieved. Their demands include ending administrative detention, resuming family visits, stopping the practice of solitary confinement, gaining proper medical treatment, ending violent and humiliating body searches, and the protection of other aspects of their basic human rights. More… Why the EU Must Intervene to Stop the Prawer Plan A Conversation with Dr. Thabet Abu Rass In April 2012, Dr. Thabet Abu Rass, the Director of Adalah's Naqab Office, conducted an advocacy mission to Brussels co-hosted by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), of which Adalah is a long-standing, active member. The purpose of the mission was to call attention to the government-approved Prawer Plan, which threatens to forcibly displace the Arab Bedouin community in the Naqab (Negev) from their homes and ancestral lands. More ...
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