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Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Support Work and Recommendations of UN Fact Finding Mission: Demand Effective Judicial Redress and the Protection of Victims’ Rights

2009-09-16

As Palestinian human rights organizations, we welcome the report by the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Fact Finding Mission) , released on 15 September 2009 and...

Human Rights Groups in Israel Provide Initial Response to Goldstone Report: Israel Must Initiate Independent Investigation into 'Operation Cast Lead'

2009-09-15

With the publication of the Goldstone Committee report today , 15.9.09, human rights organizations in Israel are studying the report and its conclusions. They call upon the Israeli Government to...

Following Demand for Criminal Investigation by Adalah, Al-Haq and Al Mezan, Israeli Military Police Begin Probe into Killing and Wounding of Palestinians Carrying White Flags during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza

2009-09-03

The Israeli authorities open investigation into Abed-Rabbo On 2 September 2009, the Israeli military police interviewed Mr. Khalid Abed-Rabbo and his mother, Mrs. Su'ad Abed-Rabbo, at the Erez...

Al Mezan, Adalah and Others Petition Israeli Supreme Court to Order National Insurance Institute to Transfer Disability Payments Owed to Palestinian Workers in the Gaza Strip Immediately

2009-08-27

On 27 August 2009, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza and Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel against the freeze of “national insurance” disability...

Adalah to Defense Minister: The Right of Arab Citizens of Israel to Visit their Families in Gaza during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr is a Constitutional Right

2009-08-26

On 25 August 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Commander of the Israeli Army Southern Command, Yoav Galant, demanding that Palestinian Arab citizens...

Human Rights Organizations in Israel Present a Report to the Goldstone Committee: "It is Crucial to Investigate Alleged Violations of the Laws of War”

2009-06-30

This week, seven human rights organizations based in Israel presented a report to the UN Fact-Finding team investigating allegations of war crimes during “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza,...

Adalah and HR Partners to Attorney General: Detention Conditions of Women Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Ward of Neve Tirtza are Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading and Illegal

2009-06-29

Numerous Israeli media outlets have recently published news stories on a report prepared by expert lawyers from the Israeli Bar Association that contains a chilling description of the inhuman...

Adalah, Al-Mezan and Al-Haq Demand Investigation into Killing of Two Girls, Suad and Amal Abed Rabbo, at Close Range by Israeli Soldiers During Operation “Cast Lead” in the Gaza Strip

2009-06-14

In recent months, the Israeli army has continued to deny charges that its soldiers and officers allegedly committed war crimes during Operation “Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip (27...

UN Committee Against Torture finds 'numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations' of torture and ill-treatment by Israel against Palestinians and calls for independent investigation into operation 'Cast Lead' in Gaza

2009-05-27

UN Committee Against Torture finds 'numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations' of torture and ill-treatment by Israel against Palestinians and calls for independent investigation into operation...

Adalah to Defense Minister: Group of Palestinian Arab Journalists from Israel Must be Permitted to Enter Gaza for First-Hand Reporting

2009-05-26

On 21 May 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and the Commander of the Southern Division of the Israeli army, Yoav Galant, demanding that they...

Adalah to Military Advocate General and Defense Minister: Stop Attacking the Gaza Fishermen and Damaging the Palestinians' Natural Resources

2009-05-25

In recent months, the Israeli navy has escalated its harassment of and assaults on the fishermen in the Gaza Strip. Following Israel's unilateral disengagement in 2005, Israel restricted the...

Attorney General's Office to Israeli Supreme Court: We will not Investigate Suspicions of War Crimes Committed in Gaza in 2004

2009-05-06

During Supreme Court Hearing on Adalah Petition Seeking Criminal Investigations into Killings and Home Demolitions, Justices Make Political Comments Unrelated to the Merits of the Petition On...

Israeli Supreme Court to Hear Test Case on Wed. 6 May 2009 at 9 am on the Question of Opening Criminal Investigations against Israeli Military Commanders and Political Leaders Responsible for Killings and Extensive Home Demolitions in Gaza in 2004

2009-05-04

On Wednesday, 6 May 2009, at 9 am, the Supreme Court of Israel will hear a petition filed by Adalah together with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Al-Haq (West Bank) in April...

Adalah to Bank of Israel: Stopping the Transfer of National Insurance Disability Payments to over 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza is a Violation of their Right to Property

2009-04-30

Since January 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) in Israel has discontinued the transfer of disability payments to more than 5,000 eligible Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip....

Adalah to AG: Open a Criminal Investigation into Israeli Soldiers' Use of Palestinian Civilians as Human Shields during the Recent Military Offensive on Gaza

2009-04-23

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...

Adalah to Bank of Israel: Stopping the Transfer of National Insurance Disability Payments to over 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza is a Violation of their Right to Property

2009-04-23

Since January 2009, the National Insurance Institute (NII) in Israel has discontinued the transfer of disability payments to more than 5,000 eligible Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip....

Israel Prison Service Places Total Ban on Bringing Books into Prisons and Prohibits Broadcasting of Arabic Television Channels

2009-04-22

In April 2009 Adalah challenged two new Israel Prison Service (IPS) policies that created worsened conditions of confinement for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons: a total ban on bringing...

UN Human Rights Council HR Situation in Palestine - Gaza, March 2009: Combined Reports of UN Special Rapporteurs

2009-03-31

UN Human Rights Council HR Situation in Palestine - Gaza, March 2009: Combined Reports of UN Special Rapporteurs

Adalah to Justice Minister: Imposing Additional Restrictions on Palestinian Political Prisoners as Revenge for the Breakdown of Talks over the Release of Prisoners is Immoral and Illegal

2009-03-31

On 29 March 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann following recommendations made by the minister and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to impose additional...

Adalah to Attorney General: Imposing Additional Restrictions on Palestinian Political Prisoners and Turning Them into Hostages as Revenge for the Failure of the Prisoner Release Deal is Immoral and Illegal

2009-03-19

On 19 March 2009, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Attorney General demanding that he take immediate action to avert any attempt to impose further restriction on the rights of...