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Despite his deteriorating health condition and the escalating risks to his life, administrative detainee Khalil Awawda said he is ongoing the hunger strike for the 161 day, demanding canceling the Administrative…
As a continuation of its targeting of select Palestinian NGOs, Israeli forces raided, ransacked, confiscated materials, and welded shut their office doors. The raid was part of a series of…
Ref: 105/2022 – Date: 19 August 2022 Time: 17:30 GMT – The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Today morning, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian after opening fire at him during…
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 11-17 August 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Two Palestinians were killed and 19 others, including…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Thursday dawn, 18 August 2022, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) raided and closed 7 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ramallah and confiscated some of…
On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation authorities forced two Palestinian families to demolish their homes in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said members of the Shweiki family in…
On Sunday evening, Israeli forces invaded the home of the governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, in the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This is the second time…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, August 14, 2022 (WAFA) – Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on hunger strike for 154 days in protest of his prolonged detention without charge or trial…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, August 13, 2022 (WAFA) – Despite his critical health condition, Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh, 40, has been on hunger strike for 153 days in protest of his prolonged…
On Thursday, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession and ceremony of a Palestinian woman who died in Israeli prisons 41 days earlier due to medical neglect and mistreatment…
On Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a child died from serious wounds she suffered during Israel’s recent onslaught on the Gaza Strip. The al-Makassed Hospital in occupied Jerusalem, in…
The three following videos were posted by the Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) in occupied Jerusalem. Silwanic said the three children were transferred from Gaza to the Al-Makassed…
On Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that a child died from serious wounds she suffered on August 6th, after the Israeli army bombarded the Um an-Nasr village in Beit…
On Sunday afternoon, in a new wave of Israeli airstrikes, 12 civilians, including children, were killed. According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, On 07 August 2022, 4 Palestinian…
Date: 06 August 2022, Time: 14:00 GMT: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): In light of the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate,…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Initial Update: Gaza under Attack … In New Israeli Offensive on Gaza Strip: 10 Palestinians Killed, including 3 Civilians: Woman and Girl, and…
On Thursday evening, the Palestinian Detainees Committee confirmed that the Israeli occupation authorities slapped a female Administrative Detainee with another four-month detention order without charges or trial. The Committee said…
On Friday, Palestinian political prisoner Raed Rayyan ended the hunger strike, which lasted for 113 days, after reaching an agreement limiting his Administrative Detention orders before releasing him. The Palestinian…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Two Palestinians were killed and 16 others, including 3 children, a person with disability and…
On Thursday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the cancer-stricken detainee, Nasser Abu Hmeid, 49, is in a serious health condition, adding that his health is gradually declining, an…
On Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli army transferred the corpse of a Palestinian, who was killed by the soldiers earlier this month, to his family in Jenin, in the northern part…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – 26 July 2022: Under its collective punishment policy against families of Palestinians accused of conducting attacks against Israeli occupation forces (IOF) or settlers, IOF…
In an act of collective punishment directed toward the families of two Palestinian men imprisoned for the murder of an Israeli colonial settler, Israeli forces invaded the town of Salfit…
RAMALLAH, Monday, July 25, 2022 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today condemned the inhuman treatment of and abuse by the Israeli occupation authorities and the Israel…
RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 24, 2022 (WAFA) – Some 75 Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started today an open hunger strike in solidary with the two striking administrative detainees Khalil Awawda…
At least seventy-five Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel have decided to launch an open-ended hunger strike in solitary with two hunger-striking Administrative Detainees imprisoned by Israel without charges or…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): (This weekly report covers 2 weeks due to ‘holidays) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Eighteen Palestinians, including 3 children,…
In a meeting with a lawyer of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, hunger-striking detainee Raed Rayyan, held at the Ramla prison clinic, said he is facing several serious complications after 103…
On Saturday morning, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two detainees held by Israeli under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing their hunger strike. It said…
GENEVA, July 14, 2022 (WAFA) – UN human rights experts today urged the Israeli occupation authorities to immediately release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian detained in Israeli prisons since he…
Two Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders continue the hunger strikes, protesting their continued detention without charges or trial. Ra’ed Rayyan, 28, from Beit Duqqu town,…
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 (WAFA) – The Department of Human Rights and Civil Society in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) today called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations,…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two detainees held by Israel under the illegal, arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial are ongoing their hunger strikes. The Committee…
GENEVA, Saturday, July 9, 2022 (WAFA) – In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on July 8th, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca appealed for Biden’s attention…
Palestinian political prisoner Raed Rayyan, 27, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, is continuing the hunger strike for the 95th day, while detainee Khalil Awawda, 40,…
Al-Haq Human Rights Organization: During the 50th session of the Human Rights Council taking place from 13 June – 8 July 2022, Al-Haq, along with Palestinian Civil Society Organizations (‘CSOs’),…
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli occupation authorities’ ongoing ban of the Gaza Strip’s patients from traveling for treatment at the Palestinian hospitals in the West…
On Tuesday, an Israeli court released the Israeli colonialist settler who stabbed a Palestinian to death near Salfit, in the central West Bank, on June 21st. The army detained the…
Early on Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers beat a Palestinian worker to death near a breach of the illegal Annexation Wall in Tulkarem, in the northern part of the occupied West…
On Saturday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that the Palestinian woman, the oldest female detainee imprisoned by Israel, died in an Israeli prison less than seven months after Israeli…
Palestinian political prisoner, Raed Rayyan, held by Israeli under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, is continuing the hunger strike for the 86th day, protesting his continued…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): (Weekly Update 23 – 29 June 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian child was killed and 23 Palestinians,…
The Israeli government filed papers to register a swath of land adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in a move which Palestinians say is a blatant attempt to take over and…
Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs spokesperson, said that Administrative Detainee Raed Rayyan, 47, held by Israel without charges or trial, is continuing the hunger strike for…
Report By Peace Now: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This report shows that despite its explicit commitment to a status quo with all matters related to the occupation, a year after the government is…
Just two days after suspending his hunger strike that lasted for 111 days, Israeli reneged on an agreement to release a Palestinian Administrative Detainee, held without charges or trial, and…
Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision charity, ignoring compelling facts: the total budget for 10 years was under $23 million; El Halabi’s alleged…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights: (Weekly Update 16-22 June 2022): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinians were killed; 4 of them by Israeli Occupation Forces…
By Kathryn Shihadah – Palestine Home: A young Palestinian man was the target of an apparent (failed) assassination attempt by Israeli soldiers last week. His name is Mohammad Fadel Tamimi,…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR – (Weekly Update 09 – 15 June 2022) Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: A Palestinian was killed and another…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the health condition of prisoner Ahmad Manarsa (21), who has been arrested in “Eshel Prison” in Beersheba and…
On Thursday, the family of Jamal Zaid, 64, said that he has decided to refrain from undergoing dialysis in Israeli prisons to protest his continued arbitrary Administrative Detention without charges…
BDS Movement: Indigenous Palestinians call on documentary filmmakers to show meaningful solidarity with our struggle The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) – a founding…
PARIS, June 16, 2022 (WAFA) – The French Foreign Ministry is mobilizing all its powers to provide Palestinian-French prisoner Salah Hammouri with all possible assistance, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry,…
GAZA CITY, Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Fifteen years of life under blockade has left four out of five children in the Gaza Strip reporting that they live with…
An Israeli court denied an appeal against the demolition orders of Palestinian residential tents for Bedouins in the Khirbat Ibziq village, north of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank. The…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, June 11, 2022 (WAFA) – A Palestinian family from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan celebrated today their daughter’s wedding on the rubble of their home, which…
On Friday evening, a squadron of heavily-armed Israeli soldiers invaded the Palestinian “Al Majaz” community in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and conducted a census of residents. The census was…
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded an apartment building in the Wad Qaddoum neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, and measured an apartment building in…
On Monday, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee reported that two detainees, held by Israel under the arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, continue the hunger strike despite their deteriorating…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): In Separate Incidents off Northern Gaza Strip Shore: Israeli Naval Forces Confiscate Fishing Boat, Damage 4 Others, Wound 3 Fishermen and Arrest 4…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Khalil Awawda, 40, and Raed Rayyan, 27, are continuing the hunger strikes they started 94 and 59 days ago, protesting their continued…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) (Weekly Update 26 May – 01 June 2022) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity Three Palestinians, including a woman and…
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 (WAFA) – Khalil Awawda, 40, from the Ethna town west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, has been on hunger strike for three…
Beginning at 7 am on Sunday, dozens of right-wing Israeli paramilitary settlers, led by the extremist Itamar Ben Gvir and accompanied by squadrons of Israeli soldiers, stormed the courtyards of…
Israeli troops attacked the weekly non-violent protest in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, in the central West Bank, wounding four young Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets. Dozens more suffered from…
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian child on Friday while invading the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. The child, Zaid Mohammad Ghneim, 15 years old, was shot by…
On Friday afternoon, Israeli troops attacked non-violent Palestinian-led peace marches in 4 separate villages in the Nablus area, in the northern West bank, wounding 28 civilians with both live and…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) – Weekly Report: Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Nineteen Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were injured by Israeli Occupation…
Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Submit File to the ICC, Urge Prosecutor to Open Cases from Attack on Palestinians in Gaza in May 2021 – The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)…
Human Rights Watch: Undue Interference with Rights to Free Expression and Assembly. This week, Palestinians and their supporters across the globe marked Nakba Day, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two political prisoners held by Israel are continuing the hunger strikes for the 81st and 46th days, protesting their continued Administrative Detention without…
A comprehensive report on Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder, and why it played out the way it did. Her story, like that of the Palestinian people, is one of courage in…
JERUSALEM, Monday, May 16, 2022 (WAFA) – A Jerusalem hospital is considering the possibility of prosecuting Israeli police over the recent attack on the funeral procession of slain veteran journalist,…
NABLUS, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (WAFA) – A Palestinian cancer-stricken former prisoner Monday evening died due to complications from Israeli medical negligence at the time of his detention, according to…
On Friday, Israeli soldiers attacked the funeral procession of slain Palestinian-ِAmerican journalist Shirin Abu Aqla, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers assaulted the Palestinians…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) – (This weekly report covers two weeks due to holidays): Violation of right to life and bodily integrity: Five Palestinian civilians, including a…
After the Israeli occupation soldiers deliberately targeted Palestinian American journalist Shirin Abu Aqleh, we started hearing various condemnations around the world, which is, in fact, the very least that can…
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in the al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Local nonviolent activist Ibrahim Awadallah said several army jeeps and…
Israeli soldiers abducted Wednesday evening, three Palestinians during a vigil for the slain Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, in Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem. The soldiers and many…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of journalist Shireen Abu ‘Akleh, Al-Jazeera Channel’s reporter, and injury of her colleague by the Israeli…
On Wednesday morning, 11 May 2022, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian boy during clashes in al-Bireh city in Ramallah, after chasing Palestinian protestors in the area. This crime…
Israeli troops attacked Palestinian civilians near Nablus, shooting thirteen with rubber-coated steel bullets and one with live ammunition near dawn on Tuesday. The confrontation took place when Israeli soldiers invaded…
In pre-dawn raids on Monday, Israeli forces abducted 11 Palestinians from different parts of the West Bank. In Jenin, Israeli forces abducted four young men from the town of Rummana,…
In the second killing on Sunday evening, Israeli forces shot and killed Mahmoud Sami Khalil Arram, 27, near the Jabara military checkpoint, south of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.…
Date: 7 May 2022 – Time: 17:00 GMT: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Under its collective punishment policy against Palestinians accused of conducting attacks against Israeli occupation forces (IOF) or…
Date: 07 May 2022: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli decision to build thousands of settlement units in the West Bank. This announcement coincided with the Israeli…
HEBRON, Thursday, May 05, 2022 (WAFA) – Israel’s top court Wednesday gave the army the green light to forcibly expel the residents of Masafer Yatta communities in the southern West…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the Israeli authorities transferred a hunger-striking detainee from a hospital to the infamous Ramla prison clinic despite his deteriorating health. Hasan Abed-Rabbo, the…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has confirmed that a hunger-striking detainee was moved from the Ramla prison to the Assaf Harofeh Israeli Medical Center after suffering a serious health setback.…
The Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Theodosios Attallah Hanna, saluted the Palestinian people in occupied Jerusalem for remaining steadfast in defending their city, holy sites,…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Ref: 51/2022 – Date: 1 May 2022: Time: 10:00 GMT: The first of May is celebrated annually worldwide as the International Workers’ Day in…
Dozens of Israeli paramilitary colonial settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles at the Za’tara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, on Saturday evening, hurling rocks at the vehicles and vandalizing and damaging them.…
RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 30, 2022 (WAFA) – Two Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons currently remain on hunger strike for 58 and 24 days in a row in protest of…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that a cancer-ridden Palestinian detainee imprisoned by Israel was transferred from the Ramla prison clinic to Tal HaShomer Israeli medical center due to…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR: Weekly Update 21- 27 April 2022) Violation of the right to life and bodily integrity: Two Palestinians were killed and another succumbed to…
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ref: 50/2022 – Date: 27 April 2022: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the ongoing Israeli naval forces’ chasing of Palestinian fishermen in…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights – PCHR: Ref: 49/2022 – Date: 27 April 2022. Time: 10:00 GMT: Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed 2 Palestinians and wounded 6 others, including 2 children, in two…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that the health condition of a Palestinian who was shot in the spine, causing paralysis, before the soldiers abducted him is profoundly serious. After…
Joint Press Release by The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah): The Israeli air force…