Press Releases

On 12 May 2002, during a hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office announced that the Government Press Office (GPO) would reinstate the press credentials of Ms. Layla...

Last night, 7 May 2002, the Attorney General's Office submitted a response to a request for an immediate injunction, filed to the Supreme Court by seven human rights organizations, to stop the...

Artas Village, 29 January 2002: The Israeli army entered the village between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. Israeli soldiers took Ahmad al-Yas 'Aysh, 37, and his brother Hamdi from their house and held them...

On 29 April 2002, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the office of the Attorney General demanding that he address the inhumane conditions of Ansar III Detention Center ("Ketziot"). The conditions...

Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court asking for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Jamal Mustafa Khueil, a resident of Jenin refugee camp who was detained by the Israeli army...

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...