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PCHR Press Releases
31-Dec. 2008 Israeli Military Raids on Gaza Civilian Population Continues, and Humanitarian Crisis Exacerbates in the Midst of Shameful Silence of the International Community  
30-Dec. 2008 On the 4th Day of IOF Offensive on the Gaza Strip, the Number of Palestinians Killed Mount to 310, Mostly Civilians, Including 37 Children and 9 Women
29-Dec. 2008 9 Palestinian Children Killed Raising the Number of Children Killed Since the Beginning of the Current IOF Offensive against the Gaza Strip to 31
28-Dec. 2008 251 Palestinians, Mostly Civilians, Including 20 Children and 9 Women, Killed and 584 Others, Including 130 Children and 28 Women, Wounded
27-Dec. 2008 On the Bloodiest Day in the History of Occupation, Hundreds of Palestinian Civilian Deaths and Casualties in an Israeli Aerial Offensive against the Gaza Strip
21-Dec. 2008 PCHR Strongly Condemns Assault against Palestinian Detainees in Oufar Detention Center 
17-Dec. 2008 The Military Court in Gaza Sentences a Palestinian to Death; PCHR Calls upon President Mahmoud Abbas Not to Ratify the Sentence and Demands the Abolishment of Death Penalty from Palestinian Law
15-Dec. 2008 Israeli Occupation Authorities Denies Entry of UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories  
03-Dec. 2008 On the Anniversary of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, The Humanitarian Conditions of the Disabled in the OPT Are Deteriorating
02-Dec. 2008 Gaza Border Crossings are closed for 27th consecutive day
01-Dec. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigating the Death of Kamel Nofal at the Hands of Police in El-Maghazi Refugee Camp
30-Nov. 2008 The Two Governments in Gaza & Ramallah Must Work to Ensure Pilgrims’ Immediate Travel to Al-Hejaz
30-Nov. 2008 PCHR Condemns Attacking Journalists and Media Institutions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
30-Nov. 2008 After PCHR Filed a Lawsuit to the Israeli Supreme Court, IOF Release Three Confiscated Fishing Boats
27-Nov. 2008 PCHR Is Concerned Over Regrettable Incidents at Al-Aqsa University in Khan Yunis and Al-Azhar University in Gaza City  
25-Nov. 2008 On the Anniversary of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Suffering of Gaza Women Doubles due to the Siege and its Repercussions
20-Nov. 2008 IOF Prevent Representatives of 20 International Humanitarian Organizations from Entering Gaza to Witness Humanitarian Conditions
19-Nov. 2008 PCHR Warns of Further Deterioration to Humanitarian Conditions in the Gaza Strip
13-Nov. 2008 Military Court in Bethlehem Sentences a Palestinian to Death; PCHR Calls upon Palestinian President Not to Approve the Sentence, and for Abolition of Death Penalty in Palestinian Law
11-Nov. 2008 Gaza Border Crossings Have Been Closed for the 6th Consecutive Day; 30% of Gaza's Neighborhoods Plunges into Deep Darkness While Shortage of Flour Presages Closure of Gaza's Bakeries
10-Nov. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigations into Wounding 5 Palestinian Civilians by the Palestinian Police in Hebron
09-Nov. 2008 PCHR deplores Raiding the House of PLC Member Ashraf Juma'a and Arresting More than 30 Members of Fatah Movement By Members of the Internal Security Force in Rafah
05-Nov. 2008 IOF Violate Gaza Tahdi’a, Killing 6 Palestinians and Destroying a House
04-Nov. 2008 PCHR Welcomes Invitation to Dr. Ahmed Bahar to Visit European Parliamen
02-Nov. 2008 PCHR Welcomes Release of 18 Political Prisoners in Gaza
29-Oct. 2008 Gaza Court Upholds 4 Death Sentences: PCHR Calls upon Palestinian President to Act, and for Abolition of Death Penalty in Palestinian Law
29-Oct. 2008 PCHR Condemns Campaign of Arrests against Hamas Supporters in the West Bank
27-Oct. 2008 PCHR Calls upon the Palestinian Government to Reverse Decision to Dismiss Dozens of West Bank Teachers
26-Oct. 2008 IOF Prevent 100 International Academics and Human Rights Activists from Entering Gaza
23-Oct. 2008 Student Falls from 3rd Floor of a School; PCHR Calls for the Results of Investigation into the Incidents to be Published  
19-Oct. 2008 PCHR Condemns Eruption of Violence at Gaza City’s al-Azhar University
07-Oct. 2008 PCHR Calls for Disclosure of Circumstances of Palestinian Death in Custody in Jericho
06-Oct. 2008 TORTURE VICTIM SEEKS PROSECUTION OF FORMER HEAD OF ISRAELI GENERAL SECURITY SERVICES
05-Oct. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into the Killing of Mohammed al-Masri in Khan Yunis
05-Oct. 2008 PCHR Condemns Attack against Former PLC Member Ra’fat al-Najjar and Family by Palestinian Police
28-Sep. 2008 Palestinian Shepherd Killed by Settlers in Nablus
23-Sep. 2008 General Intelligence Service raids Hebron Office of PLC Member Samira al-Halaiqa
18-Sep. 2008 PCHR Director Denied Permit to Exit Gaza for International Human Rights Conference
18-Sep. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into the Death of a Palestinian Following Abduction by Unknown Militants
16-Sep. 2008 11 Palestinians, Including 2 Children and a Police Officer, Killed and 42 Others Wounded in Clashes between the Police and Wanted Persons in the Gaza Strip
14-Sep. 2008 General Intelligence Service Is Not above Law
11-Sep. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into Wounding a Palestinian Child by the Security Services in Bethlehem
02-Sep. 2008 PCHR Concern at ongoing Gaza Strikes
31-Aug. 2008 Girl Murdered by Relatives in Khan Yunis to “Maintain Family Honor”  
28-Aug. 2008 PCHR Calls upon the Two Palestinian Governments to Put an End for Political Arrests
25-Aug. 2008 PCHR Calls for Schools to be allowed to operate without Destructive Political conflicts  
25-Aug. 2008 PCHR Condemns Violence at al-Azhar University in Gaza
14-Aug. 2008 Israeli Response to Death of Reuters Cameraman   Makes Journalists Legitimate IOF Targets
10-Aug. 2008 PCHR Condemns Attacks on Civil Society Organizations and the Continued of Arrests against Hamas Members in the West Bank
07-Aug. 2008 PCHR Condemns Attacks on Civil Society Organizations and the Continued of Arrests against Hamas Members in the West Bank
07-Aug. 2008 PCHR Dismayed by the Handling of Partisan Media of its Publications
06-Aug. 2008 PCHR Concerned over Preventing its Lawyers from Visiting Clients in Gaza Prisons
04-Aug. 2008 PCHR Condemns the Dispersion of a Peaceful Assembly of the Hizb Ut Tahrir by Security Services in Tulkarm
03-Aug. 2008 11 Palestinians, Including 8 Members of the Helles Clan and 2 Police Officers, Killed and 103, including 17 children and 6 Women, Wounded in Armed Clashes between the Police and the Clan in Gaza
30-July 2008 PCHR Gravely Concerned over the Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
27-July 2008 PCHR Condemns Arrest Campaign against Hamas Supporters in the West Bank
26-July 2008 PCHR Condemns Gaza Beach Crime and the Response of the Government
24-July 2008 PCHR Condemns the Detention of PLC Member Mona Mansour
22-July 2008 Gaza Military Court Sentences Man to Death
21-July 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into Police Shooting of a Young Man
16-July 2008 As Palestinian Military Court Sentences 2 People to Death, PCHR Calls upon President Abbas to reject Ruling, and for Abolition of Death Penalty in OPT
14-July 2008 PCHR Condemns Interference of the Ministry of Interior and Security Forces in Election Affairs of the Women’s Arab Union in Nablus
08-July 2008 PCHR Condemns Attack on PNA Attorney-General
08-July 2008 PCHR Condemns IOF Measures against Nablus Charities
29-Jun. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into the Death of an Old Man in Suspicious Circumstances in a Police Station in Deir al-Balah
25-Jun. 2008 PCHR Submits Lawsuit against Israeli Officials via Spanish National Court
23-Jun. 2008 PCHR Commends UNICEF Stance Against Illegal OPT Settlements
16-Jun. 2008 PCHR Condemns Dispersing a Peaceful Assembly in Rafah by Police and Hamas Activists Using Force
15-Jun. 2008 Stop This Tragedy! PCHR Concerned Over Casualties Caused by Continuing Internal Explosions: 8 Palestinians, Including a Child, Killed and More than 40 Injured After Explosion in Beit Lahia
08-Jun. 2008 PCHR Opposes Anti-Democratic Council Appointments Policy in the Gaza Strip
04-Jun. 2008 Woman Murdered by Relatives to “Maintain Family Honor”
03-Jun. 2008 7 Injured, including 2 Children, by Palestinian Security Forces in Beit Foriek near Nablus
25-May 2008 PCHR Condemns Detention of 2 Journalists by Police in Gaza
25-May 2008 PCHR Warns against the Continued Militarizing of Society, Hamas Members Takeover the Khan Yunis Youth Club
21-May 2008 PCHR Seriously Concerned by Abductions and Interrogations of Palestinians by Al-Quds Battalions
20-May 2008 PCHR Concerned by Detention of Khan Yunis Governor and Fatah Activists by Gaza Internal Security Apparatus
19-May 2008 Man Killed by Palestinian Police in Rafah
15-May 2008 60 Years of the Palestinian Nakba 60 Years of Ethnic Cleansing
13-May 2008 Human Rights Groups Petition Supreme Court: Israel is Preventing Fuel Supply to Gaza Strip, Violating Supreme Court Decision
11-May 2008 PCHR and Al-Dameer Condemn Gaza Police Ban on Annual Bada’el Centre Conference
11-May 2008 PCHR Condemns Detention of 3 Journalists and a Columnist by the Palestinian General Intelligence in the West Bank
08-May 2008 IOF Kill Mother in front of her Children inside their House in Khan Yunis
07-May 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigating the Injury of 3 Palestinians in Qabatia incl. 2 Injured in an Armed Clash between Al-Quds Brigades
07-May 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigating Arbitrary Arrests and Torture by Security Forces in the West Bank
05-May 2008 PCHR Condemns Student Clashes in Al-Azhar University Yesterday
04-May 2008 Armed Clashes between El-Qassam Battalions and National Resistance Battalions Kill 1 Civilian in Rafah
28-Apr. 2008 Palestinian Military Court Sentences Emad Sa’ed to Death, PCHR Calls upon President Abbas to reject the Ruling, and Calls for Abolishing the Death Penalty in Palestinian Law
28-Apr. 2008 Mother and Four Children Killed by Israel Bombardment of their Home in Beit Hanoun
27-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls upon the Police to Rescind the Decision to Obtain Permits for Public Assemblies and Activities
20-Apr. 2008 PCHR Condemns Attacking a Journalist and Preventing Supporters of Fatah Movement from Organizing a Peaceful Demonstration in Rafah
20-Apr. 2008 PCHR is Concerned over the Ban of its Lawyers from Visiting Prisons in the Gaza Strip
17-Apr. 2008 IOF Kill 13 Palestinian Civilians, Including a Journalist and 8 Children, in Juhor al-Dik Village in Central Gaza Strip
17-Apr. 2008 PCHR Strongly Condemns Willful Killing of a Journalist by IOF; Reuters Cameraman Killed by an Israeli Tank Shell
16-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into Wounding 4 Civilians by Security Forces in Nablus
15-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls for Investigation into the Death of a Palestinian Following Abduction by Unknown Militants
14-Apr. 2008 Fuel Crisis Paralyzes 85% of the Transportation Sector and 50% of Education and Health Services
12-Apr. 2008 Israel Escalates War Crimes inside the Gaza Strip, 9 Palestinians Killed, 6 of them Civilians, including 2 Children
10-Apr. 2008 Gaza Strip is on the Verge of Humanitarian Catastrophe: Israeli Occupation Authorities Continue to Impose Collective Punishment Measures and Reduction of Fuel Supplies
07-Apr. 2008 High Military Court Sentences a Man to Death, PCHR Calls upon Palestinian President Not to Ratify the Sentence and Demands the Abolishment of Death Penalty from Palestinian Law
03-Apr. 2008 PCHR Condemns Police Attack against One of Its Field Workers and a Number of Journalists in Gaza
01-Apr. 2008 PCHR Calls for Keeping Universities and Educational Institutions Out of the Ongoing Power Struggle
13-Mar. 2008 PCHR Is Deeply Concerned Over Storming the Headquarters of Ramattan Press Agency by the PSS in Ramallah
08-Mar. 2008 On International Women’s Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Women Continues
05-Mar. 2008 PCHR Condemns Decision by Dismissed Government in Gaza to Prevent Correspondents of Palestine Television from Working in Gaza
05-Mar. 2008 PCHR Condemns Assault on Director of Gaza Community Mental Health Programme in Central Gaza 
03-Mar. 2008 As There Are Indications of Medical Negligence, PCHR Callas for Investigation into the Death of a Palestinian Prisoner in an Israeli Jail
03-Mar. 2008 IOF Commit more War Crimes over the Past 24 Hours: 8 New Victims Killed Raising the Total to 108 Killed, 54 of them Civilians
02-Mar. 2008 Another Bloody Day in Gaza: IOF Launches Fifth Day of Open War on   the Gaza Strip Death Toll Rises to 101, with Hundreds of Injuries
01-Mar. 2008 Bloody Day in Gaza….. 30 Palestinians Killed, including 14 Civilians, and 80 Injured
29-Feb. 2008 IOF Continue Perpetration of War Crimes in the Gaza Strip: 18 Palestinians, including 6 Children, Killed in 24 Hours
27-Feb. 2008 IOF Extra-Judicially Execute 5 Palestinians in Khan Yunis
25-Feb. 2008 PCHR Calls for Independent Investigation into Death of Detainee Subjected to Torture and Medical Negligence
24-Feb. 2008 In the Latest Israeli War Crime: Three Palestinians on a Picnic Killed by Israeli Bombardment in Beit Hanoun
21-Feb. 2008 Further Deterioration to Health Conditions in the Gaza Strip: 3 Patients Dies and Ambulances Stopped Operation Due to the Lack of Fuels
19-Feb. 2008 PCHR Condemns the Takeover of the Offices of the Financial and Administrative Control Bureau in Gaza
19-Feb. 2008 PCHR and Hickman & Rose: British police feared a “real threat of an armed confrontation” with armed Israelis at Heathrow Airport
18-Feb. 2008 PCHR & Al-Mezan Call for Investigating the Explosion in El-Bureij Refugee Camp
17-Feb. 2008 Patient Dies due to Inability to each a Hospital, IOF Impose Stringent Restrictions on the Movement of Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank
15-Feb. 2008 Unidentified Militants Attack YMCA Headquarters in Gaza City
07-Feb. 2008 IOF Bomb School in Beit Hanoun, Killing one Teacher and Injuring 3 Students: IOF escalation kills a total of 7 Palestinians in 4 Hours
06-Feb. 2008 Human Rights Groups: "Israel is Depriving Civilians in Gaza of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law".
28-Jan. 2008 PCHR Calls for International Resolution over Rafah Crossing Crisis
23-Jan. 2008 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights Call Upon Israel, Egypt and the International Community to Resolve the Crisis at the Rafah Border Crossing
19-Jan. 2008 Israeli Occupation Forces Escalate War Crimes in Gaza: 9 killed and 57 injured.
17-Jan. 2008 PCHR Concerned over the Detention of Munir Riziq, Director of Al-Hayyat Newspaper in Gaza 
16-Jan. 2008 IOF Kill 3 Palestinian Civilians and Wound 3 Others in Gaza 
15-Jan. 2008 IOF Escalate Attacks against the Gaza Strip: 17 Palestinians Killed and at Least 30 Others Wounded in Gaza City in Less Than 4 Hours
13-Jan. 2008 PCHR Condemns Use of Excessive Force to Disperse Peaceful Demonstration in Ramallah
03-Jan. 2008 Seven Killed and Dozens Injured in the Gaza Strip: Gaza Human Rights Organizations Condemn Violence between Fatah Supporters and Palestinian Police in the Gaza Strip
02-Jan. 2008 Gaza Pilgrims Remain on Board of Ferries and in the Open in El-Arish Waiting for their Return Home