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Rights Group Urges Israel to Immediately Release Cancer-Stricken Palestinian Prisoner
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association Addameer urged Israeli authorities on Monday to release cancer-stricken prisoner Walid Daqqa, saying that his health is deteriorating. In a statement published on […]
Rejecting NATO’s Peace Prize: Palestinian NGOs are True Nobel Laureates
By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle One person and two organizations received the Nobel Peace Prize this year. I respect all of them. Like so many others, I cannot feel but admiration for […]
Amnesty International: Repression of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations Must End
Amnesty International called on Thursday for an end to the repression of Palestinian civil society organizations at the hands of Israeli occupation authorities. After Israeli forces closed the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations […]
Israeli Occupation Army Raids Palestinian NGOs in West Bank, Orders Them to Shut Down
In the early hours of Thursday, Israeli occupation forces raided the headquarters of seven leading Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations in the occupied West Bank cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh and ordered the […]
Palestinian Human Rights Activists Blocked from Attending UN Civil Society Forum
The US and Israel have blocked leading Palestinian human rights activists from attending the UN Civil Society Forum in Mexico City, Quds Press reported on Wednesday. The Director of Addameer for Human Rights, Sahar Francis, […]
Intl. Law Expert Albanese Speaks to the Palestine Chronicle on the Banning of Six Palestinian NGOs
By Romana Rubeo Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on October 21 has de facto outlawed six prominent Palestinian human rights groups, by declaring them to be ‘terrorist organizations’, “secretly linked” to the Popular Front […]
Germany ‘Concerned’ over Israel’s Decision to List Palestinian NGOs as ‘Terror Organizations’
Germany is “very concerned” over Israel’s decision to list six Palestinian civil society groups as terror organizations, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. “We have, of course, taken note of the […]
UN Rights Commissioner: Israel’s Designation is Unjustified Attack on Palestinian Civil Society
Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian civil society organizations as ‘terrorist organizations’ is an attack on human rights defenders, on freedoms of association, opinion, and expression, and on the right to public participation, and should […]
US Congressman Carson Decries Israel’s Decision to Outlaw Palestinian Rights Groups
US Congressman André Carson has condemned Israel’s designation of six Palestinian rights groups as ‘terror organizations’, saying it will harm countless people who depend on these organizations for lifesaving support, the official Palestinian news agency […]
Including Addameer and Al-Haq: Israel Outlaws Six Major Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
By Hebh Jamal Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz declared on Friday six Palestinian human rights groups to be terrorist organizations, claiming they are “secretly linked” to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) […]
Palestinian Children’s Right to Education Denied in Israeli Prisons
Palestinian children from Jerusalem arrested by Israeli occupation forces are subjected to “a deliberate policy to de-educate”, reported prisoners’ rights group Addameer. According to Addameer, “Over 800 Palestinian children from Jerusalem were arrested in 2018”, and […]
Palestinian Prisoner Hossam Ruzza Ends Hunger Strike after More than Six Weeks
A Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention has ended a hunger strike after more than six weeks. Sixty-one-year-old Hossam Ruzza ended his hunger strike yesterday evening after occupation authorities agreed not to renew his administrative detention order. He […]
Israeli Forces Detain 10 Palestinians, Including Minors
Israeli forces detained at least 10 Palestinians, including minors, across the occupied East Jerusalem, on predawn Monday, Ma’an Agency reports. Israeli occupation forces arrest three children from the town of Azzun https://t.co/mrhE2ZGX1x — ?? GazaNews ?? (@MousaNews) […]
Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Israeli Punitive Measures
Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli prisons announced the launching of an open hunger strike to protest against the occupation’s attacks on them. The movement said in a statement signed by representatives of prisoners from Fatah, […]
Israel Intensifies Crackdown on Palestinian Prisoners
Israel has imposed heavy fines on Palestinian prisoners in Al-Naqab (Ketziot) and Ramon prisons as part of a series of crackdowns which have seen their cells raided and phone signals jammed. The Israeli Prison Service […]
Israel Subjects Palestinian Family to ‘Extensive Collective Punishment Campaign’
Prisoners’ rights group Addameer yesterday charged Israeli occupation authorities with subjecting a Palestinian family to “an extensive collective punishment campaign”. The statement came as an Israeli military court extended for a further nine days the […]
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Stealing, Sexual Assault at West Bank Checkpoint (VIDEO)
Two Israeli soldiers have been indicted for stealing money from Palestinians and sexually assaulting female tourists at Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. Indictments were filed against the pair – who belong to the […]
Israel Releases Palestinian Female after 15 Months of Imprisonment
Israeli authorities released, on late Thursday, a 20-year-old Palestinian female prisoner after 15 months of imprisonment. According to local sources, Israeli authorities released Amira Taqatqa, 20, after she ended her 15-month sentence in Israeli prisons. […]
Israel Places Addameer Legal Coordinator under Administrative Detention
A senior staff member of Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer has been placed under administrative detention by Israeli military court of Ofer, on Monday. According to the Palestinian Prisoners and Former Prisoners Affairs’ Committee, Ayman […]
Israeli Forces Arrest Addameer’s Senior Staff Member
A senior staff member of Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer has been detained by Israeli occupation forces, the NGO reported. Ayman Nasser, 48, the coordinator of Addameer’s legal unit, was seized by soldiers from his […]