Press Releases

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...

Adalah: The Israeli military attack violates international law as it targeted civilians and civilian targets, and involved the use of disproportionate force. According to media reports from...

On 25 May 2010, Adalah briefed a joint delegation of 15 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) at a meeting held in East Jerusalem. Adalah's representative to the meeting, Adalah Attorney Sawsan...

We, the undersigned, express our opposition to Israel's policy of unlawful transfer and deportation from the West Bank, which has escalated in the form of the Order regarding Prevention of...

Yesterday, 28 April 2010, nineteen members of Knesset, led by Ronit Tirosh of the Kadima party, submitted a new bill to amend the Law of Associations, entitled "Amendment of Restrictions on an...

On 13 April 2010, the Supreme Court of Israel accepted Adalah’s petition and instructed the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to permit children of prisoners classified as “security prisoners” to...

Adalah and Al Mezan: “Closing the military investigations in this manner demonstrates contempt for the victims and their rights. These cases demand an impartial, independent criminal...

On 8 April 2009, Adalah in cooperation with Al-Mezan in Gaza, sent a letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak and the Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, demanding that the AG immediately...

On 11 February 2010, an expanded nine-justice panel of the Supreme Court of Israel struck down article 5 of the Criminal Procedures (Detainees Suspected of Security Offences) (Temporary Order) Law...

Adalah: Attorney General's response represents an unacceptable delay to individuals and families living in extreme poverty in Gaza On 21 January 2010, the Attorney General (AG) submitted his...

UN Committee Poses 30 Tough Questions to Israel on Torture, Indefinite Detention of Prisoners, Human Shields, and ISA Medical Coercion of Gaza Patients at Erez Crossing

Israeli Supreme Court: Family visits to prisoners are not a basic humanitarian need. It is a government decision to prohibit the visits; we will not interfere Israel has placed a total, sweeping...

Following the Goldstone Report: Adalah, Al Mezan and Al Haq Submit New Complaints and Demands to Israel for Criminal Investigations into Suspected War Crimes in Gaza

On 5 November 2009, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, Justice Minister and Attorney General demanding that they implement the recommendation of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the...