Adalah's Newsletter Volume 61, June 2009

 

Volume 61, June 2009 www.adalah.org
Palestinian Refugee Property
 
   
   
  New internet-based Interactive Map and Database on land expropriations by Israel since 1948 launched by Adalah
 
 
  Adalah to Attorney General and Custodian of Absentee Property: Israel's sale of Palestinian refugee property violates Israeli and international law
 
 
  Supreme Court reprimands Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) municipality for its stubborn position against the opening of the Big Mosque to worshippers
 
 
    Al Jazeera video story: Israel sells Palestinian refugee property
 
Articles on Torture
 
 
    Interview with Attorney Lea Tsemel
Conducted by Salah Mohsen, Adalah's Media Coordinator
 
 
    Torture American-Style
By Professor Lisa Hajjar, Law & Society Program, UC Santa Barbara
 
 
Prisoners' Rights 
 
Solitary confinement wing of the Neve Tirtza women's prison must be closed as the conditions amount to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment
 
 
Following Adalah's petition, Israel Prison Service reverses its ban on books in prisons
 
Anti-Arab Legislation
 
Briefing Note by Adalah and the Arab Association for Human Rights:  The new Israeli government launches a flood of legislation in violation of the rights of Arab citizens of Israel
 
 
Adalah urges rejection of new bill relating to financing of private Jewish religious schools that discriminates against private Arab Christian and Muslim schools 
 
 
Adalah to AG: Proposed new bill to retroactively legalize “individual settlements” in the Naqab violates the rights of Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel
 
Military Attacks on Gaza
 
Seven human rights organizations present the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Gaza, headed by Richard Goldstone, with a grave report into alleged violations of the laws of war
 
 
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 Gaza 
 
Economic and Social Rights
 
Following Adalah and Sawt el-Amal’s petition: Supreme Court orders state to explain why car owners and users should be denied income support payments
 

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