Press Releases

On 18 April 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court heard a petition regarding the legality of Military Order 1500, which permits the detention of Palestinians by senior army and police officers for 18...

The Stanford Journal of International Law recently released the Winter 2002 issue, containing "Free Speakers and their Repression: American Lessons to Israel" by Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal....

On 15 April 2002, Adalah filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of Mr. Abd el-Rahim Masarweh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel from Taibeh, who is currently jailed at Ayalon prison....

On 19 April 2002, Adalah Staff Attorney Jamil Dakwar submitted a pre-petition to the Attorney General demanding that he immediately order the Ministry of Interior to permit the entrance into Israel...

Today, Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal sent a letter to the Attorney General's office demanding that the office compel the Israeli army to cancel the demolition of a four-story residential...

Today, seven human rights organizations submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court against Itzhak Eitan, Commander of the Israeli Army in the West Bank. The petition demanded that the army...

Today, Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal sent a pre-petition to the Attorney General's office demanding that the office compel the Israeli army to stop using Palestinian civilians as human shields...

Yesterday, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Legal Advisor of the Israeli Army and the Attorney General's Office demanding that the military immediately cancel the curfew imposed on...

On 8 April 2002, the Israeli police went to the Kufr Kanna residence of Mr. Basel Said with a warrant to search his house for a photograph of Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese...

Today, Adalah and LAW requested that the Supreme Court of Israel establish procedures to be followed by the Israeli Army, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Palestine Red...

The Israeli Supreme Court today ordered that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) be allowed to accompany and assist the Israeli army in locating the bodies of Palestinian fighters...

Tomorrow, Sunday, 14 April 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court will hear petitions calling for the cessation of the burial of bodies of Palestinian fighters and civilians in mass graves in the Jenin...

esterday, Adalah submitted a motion to the official Commission of Inquiry into the October 2000 protest demonstrations (hereafter "the Commission") on behalf of Member of Knesset (MK) Dr. Azmi...

This afternoon, Adalah and LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment filed a motion for an injunction and petition to the Israeli Supreme Court seeking to...

Today, in the Magistrate Court of Beer el Sebe (Beer Sheva), the local prosecutor filed an indictment against five Palestinian community leaders and political activists, charging them with...

Today, Adalah filed a pre-petition to the Attorney General and the Israeli Army's Legal Advisor for the West Bank on behalf of a Palestinian journalist, Mr. Carlos Yousef Handel, seeking a permit...

On 5 April 2002, Adalah filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of Layla Odeh, a Palestinian journalist working for Abu Dhabi Television, and I'lam Media Center for Palestinian...

Today, LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), and Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court...

the Israeli Supreme Court dismissed an urgent petition filed yesterday by Adalah and LAW-The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment against the Chief Commander...

On 8 April 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court dismissed a petition challenging the Israeli army's prevention of access to medical treatment for the sick and wounded in Jenin and Nablus; restriction of...