Press Releases

(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 4 October 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected Adalah's appeal on behalf Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and ordered her deportation. In doing so, the Court, by...

Ms. Maguire Remains in Detention for Six Days and in Failing Health Supreme Court Hearing in Jerusalem Tomorrow Monday 4 October 2010 at 9:00 AM (Haifa, Israel) This morning, Sunday 3 October 2010,...

Central District Court Will Conduct Full Hearing on Friday 1 October 2010, 11:00AM – Maguire Remains in Detention (Haifa, Israel) Just after midnight on Wednesday 29 September 2010, Israeli...

(Haifa, Israel) This morning, Tuesday 28 September 2010, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ms. Mairead Maguire from Ireland was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and refused entry to Israel. Adalah will...

(Haifa, Israel) In response to petitions submitted by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Adalah, the Israeli Supreme Court decided on 15 September 2010 that Amendment 146 to the Income...

Media reports and testimonies from passengers reveal only the partial return of personal belongings to owners. Bags were returned unmarked and items were missing. No electronic devices have been...

UN Human Rights Committee urges Israel to ensure detainees immediate access to counsel, repeal Unlawful Combatants Law, reinstate family visits to Gaza prisoners, lift blockade on Gaza, launch...

(Amman, Jordan) On 29 July 2010, Adalah's General Director Attorney Hassan Jabareen and Adalah Attorney Fatmeh El-‘Ajou appeared before the Independent Experts Committee appointed by the UN High...

(Haifa, Israel) Following a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians held on 12-15 July 2010 in Geneva, the Committee issued a number of...

Report reveals deteriorating status of the civil and political rights of the Arab minority in Israel through the further enactment of Discriminatory Laws, Restrictions on Human Rights Defenders and...

Joint Report by Adalah, Al Mezan and PHR-Israel to UN on Torture, Prisoners, the Lack of Investigations into Cast Lead and the Siege on Gaza including the Denial of Health Rights The UN Human...

On 27 May 2010, Adalah and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights sent a letter to the Israeli Attorney General (AG) and the Military Attorney General (MAG) demanding the opening of a criminal...

A new position paper by three human rights organizations, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-IL), Al-Mezan and Adalah, reviews Israel's exit policy at the Erez Crossing regarding Gaza patients...

Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah: “The decision is dangerous for all Palestinians in Jerusalem since Israel can easily revoke their residency and deport them based on...

The GSS Must Cease Coercion of Palestinians Medical Students to Provide Information as a Condition for Granting them Permits to Practice in East Jerusalem Hospitals

Defense Team Examines Possible Appeal (Haifa, Israel) This morning, Thursday, 3 June 2010, the Ashkelon Magistrates' Court decided to release a group of Arab political leaders — Mr. Muhammed...

Legal defense team: “The court’s decision to detain the Arab political leaders who took part in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is discriminatory and constitutes selective prosecution. They...

Tonight, 2 June, at close to 17:00, Adalah received a supplemental response from the Attorney General's office to the petition for habeas corpus and demand for information concerning the passengers...

(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 1 June 2010, the Attorney General's Office submitted its response to the extraordinary petition for habeas corpus and demand for information concerning the passengers on...

(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 31 May 2010, Adalah, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) submitted an extraordinary petition for habeas...