VIDEO: Struggle of Al-‘Araqib Continues During Ramadan
Since the destruction of the cemetery compound in Al-‘Araqib on June 12, the residents of the village holds a persistent struggle and continue to stay in the area despite the…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 June – 2 July, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
PCHR Statement On Abduction And Murder Of Palestinian Child
In Heinous Crime by Israeli Settlers, Palestinian Child Kidnapped, Tortured and Killed and His Body Mutilated in Occupied Jerusalem.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible…
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Israeli Aggressions
Human rights groups have condemned the recent Israeli aggressions against Palestinians, which include, in addition to increased settler violence, the killing of a Jenin youth, the demolition of homes in…
PCHR Weekly Report: 6 killed, 14 wounded, 215 abducted by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 19-25 June 2014, Israeli soldiers killed 6 Palestinian civilians, including a child…
DCI Report: Growing Up Between Israeli Settlements and Soldiers
A new report published by Defence of Children International-Palestine brings to light the devastating impact on Palestinian children of growing up near increasingly violent Israeli settlements and Israeli military outposts.25…
Human Rights Organizations Call For an End to Israel’s Collective Punishment Against Palestinians
A number of human rights organization have called, in an official letter, upon the Israeli security and military commanders in the West Bank to refrain from collectively punishing the civilian…
PCHR: “Army Continues Use Of Lethal, Force, Mentally Challenged Man Killed”
Four Palestinians killed in the West Bank in 10 days. On Sunday morning, 22 June 2014, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian from ‘Ein Beit al-Maa’, northwest of Nablus in…
Force-feeding Bill Approved for 2nd & 3rd Reading
The Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee has ended its 2-day discussion of a controversial bill recently introduced to facilitate forced feeding of Palestinian hunger strikers. The bill has been approved for…
Army Threatens Man Who Recorded Nakba Day Killings
The Israeli army has threatened a Palestinian citizen in Beitunia, east of Ramallah, for his part in documenting the killing of two teens during the Nakba Day protest, last May.According…
PCHR Succeeds in 13-Year-Old Legal Battle
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has, after 13 years following the incident in question, succeeded in ensuring a remedy for the family of ’Ahed al-Telbani, from al-Maghazi refugee…
DCI-Palestine Calls Out PA on Child Abuses
According to affidavits collected by DCI-Palestine, children from Areas A and B who end up in PA custody are reporting threats, beatings and neglect by forces during arrest and detention.…
PCHR Demands Immediate Opening of Gaza Banks
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is deeply concerned over the continued closure of the banks in the Gaza Strip for 6 days, as former Gaza government employees prevented…
PCHR Weekly Report: One Palestinian killed, 4 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 29 May- 04 June 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
PCHR Gives Testimony Before UN Regarding Rights of Arabs in oPt
On Monday, 01 June 2014, Hamdi Shaqqura, Deputy Director for the Programs Affairs of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), gave his testimony before the UN Special Committee to…
Siam Nowarah’s Letter to the International Community
The father of 17-year-old Nadeem Nowarah, who was killed by an Israeli bullet during a protest organized in commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, has offered the…
Human Rights Organizations Request Immediate Intervention From EU
According to recent post by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), 18 Human Rights Organizations have signed a letter requesting immediate intervention from EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton in regard…
Tens of Thousands of Jerusalemite Palestinians Still Lacking Water
A statement recently released by Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has revealed that 60-80,000 Palestinian Jerusalem residents have been without running water for 3 months.According to the statement, several neighborhoods…
Ahrar: “Two Palestinian Killed, 370 Kidnapped By The Army In May”
[Sunday, June 1, 2014] In its monthly report on Israeli violations, the Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians in May,…
EU Announces Renewed Support for Palestinians
The European Union has made funds available to the figure of €200 million, in ensuring support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
US Radio Station Interviews Top Analysts on Palestinian Crisis
Portland, Oregon based community radio station KBOO has conducted on-air audio interviews, in recent days, with three of the most well-versed speaker/authors currently addressing the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Alison…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 22 – 28 May, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Amnesty Urges PA to Drop Criminal Charges Against Activists
Amnesty International has urged the Palestinian Authority to drop charges filed against four BDS activists detained since April. According to Ma’an News Agency, PA security officers and men in civilian…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 15 – 21 May, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Turkish Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained During Israel’s Attack On Solidarity Ship
After more than four years in a coma, a Turkish man has died of serious injuries he suffered after Israel’s navy attacked, in international waters, the MV Marmara solidarity ship,…
VIDEO: Interview With Haidar Eid
Palestinian Professor Haidar Eid discusses several of the most pressing topics of Palestinian national liberation, including the ongoing siege of Gaza, the apartheid nature of Israel, the BDS movement and…
Amnesty Condemns Israel’s ‘Reckless Killings’
International human rights group Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s military for the murder of two Palestinian youth during a protest on Nakba Day.Human rights group Amnesty International has condemned Israel’s…
Parents of Rachel Corrie Seek Justice in Jerusalem
Cindy and Craig Corrie, the parents of American human rights activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza in 2003 as she attempted to defend a Palestinian family’s home from…
Israeli Supreme Court to Hear Rachel Corrie Appeal
13th May 2014 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice | Occupied PalestineNine years after filing a civil suit against the State of Israel for the wrongful death of…
Gaza’s Ark Could Sail Again
12 May, 2014 Dear supporters, This weekend representatives of the Gaza’s Ark steering committee met with our Flotilla Coalition partners in London, England, and this morning we are standing together…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24 – 29 April, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Poverty Rate Among Arabs in Israel Highest in 35 Years
According to an Israeli think tank, more than 50% of the Arab population inside Israel is living below the poverty line.The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies states that the…
PCHR Calls for Investigations into Incidents in Yatta Town
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has called upon the Attorney General to open a serious investigation into incidents which took place in Yatta town, near Hebron, on Monday,…
Israeli Land Authority Issues Eviction Notices in Negev
Eviction notices for buildings in Wadi al-Niam were issued, on Wednesday, by representatives of the Israeli Land Authority, according to local and official reports. The notices were posted on a…
PCHR Weekly Report: 5 Palestinian Civilians Wounded by Israeli Soldiers and Settlers This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 24 – 29 April, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Human Rights Watch Calls on Israel to Stop Shooting at Gaza Civilians
Israel must stop shooting at Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch said Friday, noting four have been killed near the border fence since the beginning of 2014.…
VIDEO: Writers Witness Israel’s Apartheid System in Hebron
This week, Israel permitted Jewish settlers to take over the building of the Rajabi family in Hebron after a long legal dispute which Israeli courts decided in the settlers’ favor.Submitted…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Violations
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) based in Gaza published its weekly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinian people in the period between April 3 and April 9,…
Young Family Threatened By House Demolition
Hebron, April 8, 2014 – After just three weeks in their new home, the Slemiah family from the village of Ithna have received a demolition order from the Israeli army.The…
Thousands of Palestinians in Jerusalem Without Water
Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem have been without running water for more than a month, victims of a decrepit and overwhelmed infrastructure and caught in a…
PCHR Weekly Report: 8 Palestinian Civilians Wounded by Israeli Soldiers and Settlers This Week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 27 March – 02 April 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights…
More Than 1,500 Children Killed by Israeli Forces
Marking the occasion of Palestinian Children Day, on April 5, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) stated Thursday, in a press release, that in 2013 there were 2.08 million…
Ahrar: “12 Killed In First Quarter Of 2014, 1059 Kidnapped”
In a report published on April 1, 2014, the Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers have killed twelve Palestinians since the beginning of…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians Killed, 34 Wounded by Israeli Troops
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 20 – 26 March, 2014, the Israeli military killed a child and…
Al-Walaja Village Faces ‘Slow Death’ as Israel Takes Its Land
Anne Paq, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March, 2014 Sheerin al-Araj, a prominent Palestinian activist from al-Walaja described her village this way in her TedEx Ramallah talk in 2011: Al-Walaja is…
PCHR Weekly Report: Child killed, 7 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 13 – 19 March, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
From the Diary of Rachel Corrie
On March 16th, an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer two-stories high crushed to death 23-year-old Rachel Corrie, an American nonviolent human rights protestor. According to numerous witnesses and photographic documentation,…
Gaza Patients Demand Reopening of Rafah Crossing
Scores of patients and disabled Palestinians, on Saturday, staged a protest outside of the Egyptian embassy, in the Gaza Strip, to call for the reopening of the Rafah border crossing…
Toddler Dies at Rafah Crossing
A three-year-old child died, on Thursday, after he was unable to receive medical care abroad, due to the closure of the Rafah crossing, an activist group said. Spokesman for the…
Video: Israeli Soldier Interrogates Palestinian Boy at Gunpoint
Israeli Haaretz newspaper unveiled, Thursday morning, that an Israeli soldier pointed his gun at a handcuffed Palestinian boy, during an investigation after arresting him in Nabi Saleh village, near the…
Galilee: Demonstration Against Displacing Ramya Villagers
Scores of Ramya villagers and political activists organized, on Monday, in Galilee, a demonstration in front of the ‘Israel Lands Administration’ office in ‘Natzeret Illit’, protesting their displacement from Ramya…
Committee to Escalate Popular Protests Against Siege
The ‘National Committee to Lift the Siege’, on Friday, announced that it is planning to escalate its popular protests against the Israeli siege on Gaza.Photo: ‘National Committee to Lift the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 29 civilians wounded, 41 abducted by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 20 – 26 February, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
Children of the Occupation: Growing Up in Palestine
Nawal Jabarin wants to be a doctor when she grows up. For now, she lives in a cave with 14 siblings, in constant fear of military raids. We meet the…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Violations
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) issued its weekly reports on Israeli violations in the occupied territories for the period between January 30 to February 5, 2014.The PCHR stated…
PCHR and IDMC Issue Report on Israeli Violations in Access Restricted Areas
On 01 February, 2014, the report ‘Under Fire’ was issued by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) was launched in London. The…
Report: “Six Killed, 383 Kidnapped, By The Army In January”
[Saturday, February 01, 2014] The Ahrar Center for Detainees’ Studies and Human Rights has reported that Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinians, wounded dozens of others, and kidnapped 383, in January…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 civilian killed, 12 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 23-29 January, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that,…
They Killed Him, And Came Up With A Story
“There is no other way to describe his murder, but as a crime, a coldblooded crime, they shot him dead, claimed he tried to attack them, and thought they had…
Number of Palestinian Druze Refusing Israeli Service Increasing
A recent poll, conducted by the University of Haifa, has revealed that the number of Druze refusing to serve in the Israeli army is increasing. It also shows that a…
PCHR Weekly Report: “Two Palestinians Killed; Israeli Escalation Continues”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) issued its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories, for the period between January 16 – 22, 2014, and said that…
Hundreds Rally In London To Protest Gaza Blockade
On the 6th anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, carried out by the Israeli military in 2008, over 500 hundred people gathered, opposite the Israeli embassy in London, to protest against…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops injure 12 civilians and 2 fighters in attacks this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 09-15 January 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that,…
Protestors Clash Near Ramallah: UNRWA Update
Palestinians blocked major roads in Ramallah, on Sunday morning, in protest of a lack of public services resulting from the ongoing strike by UNRWA employees. Palestinians blocked major roads in…
I Am From Jaffa, Was Only Five When We Were Displaced
I was video chatting with my family back in Beit Sahour, in the West Bank district of Bethlehem, chatting with my mother and family members back there, despite the 10-hour…
Palestinian Man Crushed To Death At Israeli Checkpoint
A Palestinian man has died inside of an Israeli checkpoint, on Sunday, in the northern West Bank, while on his way to work in Israel.According to witnesses, 59-year-old Adel Muhammad…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 elderly men dead, 9 civilians wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 26 Dec. 2013 – 01 Jan. 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians killed, including 3-year old; 12 wounded by Israeli troops
In its weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, for the week of 19 – 25 December 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
African Migrants March on Jerusalem
Hundreds of undocumented African migrants, on Monday [December 16, 2013], began a protest march to Jerusalem after fleeing a detention center in the south where they were being held.(Ma’an) The…
In Memoriam: Eyad Sarraj
Alternative Information Center (AIC) – Eyad Sarraj, a Gazan psychiatrist and leading Palestinian human rights defender, has died at the age of 69, after a long battle with leukemia.Sarraj was…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinians dead, 9 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 12- 18 December 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
“Jews Only” Vacant Apartment Ad Published In Social Israeli Website
Last week, an ad for a vacant apartment in occupied Jerusalem was published on a famous Israeli social website; after detailing the specifications of the property, the price and whatever…
Shortage of Supplies Critical For Gaza Health Services
[December, 2013] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concerns over critical shortages in medical supplies and electricity for Gaza health services — shortages which are putting Palestinian patients’ lives…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces kill one child, wound 4 people including a child
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 05- 11 December 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
International Human Rights Day, Palestinian People’s Suffering Continues
On 10 December, the world celebrates the Human Rights Day, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1950 to review the international achievements in the field of…
Approaching Winter Threatens Gaza With Worsening Power Crisis
An official from the Gaza Strip Power Authority (GSPA) expressed concerns, Sunday, that Gazans will have electricity for less than six hours a day, as winter approaches, the Ma’an News…
Summary Report On Human Rights Violations In 2013
It has been another busy year in PCHR and the attached report will tell you why. – Link to full PCHR report on Human Rights situation in 2013 attached.This year…
Deterioration of the Palestinian Disabled Persons’ Conditions Continues
December 3 2013, marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In 1992, at the conclusion of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons (1983-1992), the General Assembly proclaimed 3…
13 Palestinians Killed, 374 Kidnapped, In November
[Sunday, December 1, 2013] The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights has issued its monthly report revealing that Israel soldiers shot and killed 13 Palestinians in the West…
PCHR Weekly Report: 3 Palestinians killed, 12 wounded by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21- 27 Nov. 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Hamas government in Gaza working with rival Fateh party to restore electricity, end flood of sewage
The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, announced Monday that his government is working with the Fateh party which controls the West Bank to try to re-supply Gaza’s main…
33 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Violations This Year
Medical and legal sources in the West Bank and Gaza report that Israeli soldiers have killed 33 Palestinians since the beginning of this year; 23, including four detainees, have been…
Sewage floods Gaza City neighborhoods after treatment plant runs out of fuel
As a consequence of the recent Israeli and Egyptian clampdown on the tunnels under the border between Gaza and Egypt, fuel has become exceedingly scarce in Gaza, and a major…
PCHR Weekly Report: Two Palestinians killed, 7 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 07- 13 November 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
One Year Following the Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Justice for Palestinian Victims Still Denied
14 November 2013, marks the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense,” which lasted for 8 days. This offensive, like the preceding…
PCHR Denounces Killing OF Two Palestinians By Army Fire At West Bank Roadblocks
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, issued the following report denouncing the latest Israeli military violations leading to the killing of two Palestinians at military roadblocks in…
PCHR Weekly: “Five Palestinians Killed, Dozens Injured, By Army Fire”
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) based in Gaza published its weekly report on Israeli violations in the occupied territories, in the period between October 21 and November 6…
PCHR Calls for Investigation into Death Palestinian Prisoner in Israeli Hospital
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls for an immediate and independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of a Palestinian prisoner, Hassan al-Turabi, in Affoula Hospital inside…
Ahrar: “Four killed, Dozens Injured, Hundreds Kidnapped In October”
The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights published its monthly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinians, and said that soldiers killed four Palestinians, injured dozens and kidnapped…
Palestinian NGO statement on the World Bank-sponsored Red-Dead Sea Canal
The undersigned Palestinian NGOs call on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to halt all forms of cooperation with the World Bank-sponsored Red Sea –…
Israeli Forces Arrest 2 PLC Members and 20 Other Palestinians Affiliated to Hamas
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli forces’ detention of 2 Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from the Change and Reform Bloc of Hamas:…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 killed, 5 wounded in 103 invasions by Israeli forces this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 10- 23 October 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
PCHR Succeeds in Ensuring Compensation for Families of Children Killed by Israeli forces
Lawyers of the Legal Aid Unit at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) succeeded in ensuring remedy for the families of 3 Palestinian children, who were killed by Israeli…
UNICEF Publishes Report On Detained Palestinian Children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that Israeli violations against detained Palestinian children are still ongoing, despite an alleged Israeli decision to improve their conditions, and the methods…
Palestinian village continuously inhabited for 3,000 about to be destroyed by Israel
The Israeli High Court is set to rule on the forced expulsion of all of the residents of the village of Khirbat Zanuta, southwest of Hebron in the southern West…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops wound 7 civilians, abduct 47 in 51 invasions this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 03- 09 October 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
PCHR Weekly Report: 1 civilian killed, 23 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 26 Sep.- 02 Oct. 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)…
PCHR Denounces Israeli Use Of Lethal Force In Gaza
Israeli forces Use Excessive Lethal Force Killing Palestinian Civilian, Wounding, and Arresting another One in the North of the Gaza Strip.In an excessive use of lethal force, on Monday, 30…
PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli troops injure 14 civilians, including 4 children this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 19- 25 September 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian civilian killed, 3 children & 1 adult wounded by Israeli troops
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 12- 18 September 2013, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…