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The UAT Coalition, comprised of Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights NGOs who cooperate in the struggle to combat torture and abuse in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory...

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel * Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement * HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual * Physicians for Human...

On 20 September 2007, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Head of the Supreme Court Petitions Department in the Attorney General's Office, Attorney Osnat Mandel, stating that unless it received the...

On 5 August 2007, B'Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories on behalf of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) applied to the...

On 2 August 2007, late at night, the Israeli army arrested Mohammad Bsharat, Executive Director of Nafha Society for Defense of Prisoners and Human Rights, which is headquartered in Nablus. He was...

On 16 August 2007, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister, the Minister of Public Security, the Head of the General Security Services (GSS) and the Attorney General, following an...

On 9 July 2007, Adalah filed a second petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that the Karni Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip � which has essentially been closed for five...

On 7 July 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on two petitions, one filed by Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah, and the other filed by Attorney Awnie Bana from...

On 17 June 2007, the Supreme Court of Israel held a hearing on a motion filed by the state to extend the deadline for its implementation of the court's landmark ruling that the division of the...

On 24 June 2007 Adalah filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding that it issue an order for the immediate reopening of Karni Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip in order to...

Adalah: The Attorney General Office's response is unprofessional and indicative not only of a lack of understanding of the essence of human rights, but it also exploits human rights within the...

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Adalah � The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel submitted their legal opinion today, 9 May 2007, to the Supreme Court of Israel...

Today, 15 April 2007, Adalah together with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Al-Haq (West Bank) filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the opening of criminal...

Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah: “The Supreme Court's decision nullified one of the most racist laws legislated by the Knesset in the last five years. After this...

The law, which strips Palestinians of the right to sue for damages inflicted by the Israeli security forces, even those inflicted outside the context of a military operation, is a racist and...

The Court ordered the petitioners and the state to announce their agreement over an interim order, or the Court will rule on the motion to issue an interim order. A further hearing will be held on...

On 6 July 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), demanding that it resume broadcasts of Arabic language television channels for Arab prisoners incarcerated in Israeli...

On 6 July 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), demanding that it resume broadcasts of Arabic language television channels for Arab prisoners incarcerated in Israeli...

On 10 January 2006, Adalah sent a letter to the Deputy State Attorney demanding the opening of a criminal investigation against Israeli army commanders and soldiers responsible for the extensive...