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Adalah's Newsletter Volume 71, April 2010

01/04/2010

Volume 71, April 2010

Criminalization of Political Activity

Adalah will petition Supreme Court against Tel Aviv Court decision to reject defense motion concerning illegality of joining four different charges in one indictment against Arab MK Mohammed Barakeh

Ala Hlehel

In landmark ruling on Adalah petition, Israeli Supreme Court permits Arab author Alaa Hlehel to travel to Beirut to receive prestigious literary prize

Case commentaries

Ameer Makhoul, "Akka (Acre) and Beirut – A Relationship beyond Israeli Law"

Antwan Shalhat, "Do We Have the 'Luxury' Not To Seek Legal Achievements, No Matter What?"

Marzuq Halabi, "The 'Hlehel' Case: The open door in Tel Aviv is closed in Beirut!"

Restrictions on Freedom of Movement

Ameer Makhoul

Adalah to Interior Minister: Cancel travel ban imposed on Ameer Makhoul, director of Ittijah

Prisoners' Rights

	Supreme Court rules: children under eight may embrace parents, defined as ‘security prisoners’, during family visits
	Adalah briefing note to EU parliament: Palestinian prisoners' rights- new Israeli Supreme Court decisions and UN recommendations
	Joint position paper of human rights organizations: Israel should ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture as an effective means of eliminating torture

Political Participation Rights

Adalah and ACRI submit Supreme Court petition to cancel law allowing Interior Minister to postpone local elections to Arab Bedouin Abu Basmah Regional Council in the Naqab indefinitely

Housing Rights

Admissions committee of Moshav Nevatim rejects Arab Bedouin family request to move into house rented from Jewish family

The Right to Work

Court rejects Haifa Municipality’s request to close Arab-owned Azad Restaurant for refusing to serve uniformed soldiers

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