2 February 2012
NGO Monitor unapologetically smeared leading Palestinian human rights defender using an incorrect translation. Read more about NGO Monitor used misleading translation to smear human rights defender
18 January 2012
Israeli courts have begun to impose a NIS 20,000 ($5,200) “guarantee” on Palestinian victims who have brought cases related to “Operation Cast Lead,” Israel’s 27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip which killed 1,400 people and injured and displaced thousands of others. Read more about Israeli courts impose $5,200 "guarantee," blocking cases by victims of Gaza massacre
11 August 2011
The Israeli Prison service has implemented harsher conditions on Palestinian prisoners at the instigation of Prime Minister Netanyahu. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights calls for international action. Read more about Netanyahu imposes harsher conditions on Palestinian political prisoners
Gaza City 8 July 2011
According to Hassan Saifi, a representative of the ministry for religious affairs in Gaza, a quarter of the Gaza Strip’s 800 mosques were damaged or destroyed in the Israeli attack on Gaza in winter 2008-09. Read more about Cash shortage hampers rebuilding of mosques destroyed by Israel
Gaza City 12 July 2011
A month ago, Oliva, the first boat to monitor human rights violations in the Palestinian territorial waters, was launched. Read more about Solidarity at sea on board the Oliva
Gaza City 20 June 2011
Year by year, the warnings of Gaza’s health crisis grow more dire, with the latest warning from Gaza’s Ministry of Health stating the Strip is at emergency levels of medical supplies. Read more about Medical supplies at crisis level, Gaza health ministry warns
Gaza City 1 June 2011
A gleaming new memorial towers over the center of Gaza City’s battered port, bearing the names of the Turkish solidarity activists who died one year ago when Israeli commandos firing machine guns air-dropped onto the Freedom Flotilla. Read more about Second flotilla set to sail one year after massacre
16 May 2011
As leaders of the Hamas and Fatah factions meet in Cairo to discuss a Palestinian Authority (PA) “national unity government,” the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, a leading independent organization, has condemned the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas for violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-o Read more about Palestinian Authority violently dispersed Nakba Day march in Hebron
2 May 2011
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued the following press release on Saturday, 30 April following the Israel high court’s rejection of an appeal to extend the two-year statute of limitations imposed on filing compensation cases. According to PCHR, this ruling “epresents a serious setback for the victims, and their legitimate quest for accountability and redress.” Israel’s High Court of Justice Dismisses Petition Filed on Behalf of More Than 1,000 Victims of Operation Cast Lead Read more about Israeli high court decision a serious setback for Gaza war crimes victims
2 May 2011
Yesterday marked International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day and Labor Day. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has issued two statements related to this annual commemoration. The first outlines Israel’s violations of Palestinians’ right to work, and the other condemns the Interior Ministry in Gaza’s banning of an assembly of workers to mark International Workers’ Day. On Israel’s labor rights violations: Read more about Long struggle ahead for Palestinian workers