Press Releases

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 9 August 2012, Adalah sent a legal letter to the Israeli Attorney General, the Minister of Culture and Sports, and the Municipality of Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) demanding...

In its response to Adalah’s petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, the Ministry of Culture and Sports announced at the end of July 2012, a new program called “Holiday of the Holidays,” which...

In response to a letter sent by Adalah on 13 March 2012, the Israeli Justice Minister announced that Palestinian prisoners were moved out of Section 4 of Nafha Prison, and that the section was shut...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 26 July 2012, Adalah sent letters to the Director of the Southern District of the Ministry of Education, Amira Hamim, and the head of the Abu Basma Regional Council in the...

Adalah submitted two administrative appeals to the Magistrate Court in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) on 26 July 2012 seeking permission for an independent doctor to visit two detainees, Wa’il Kamil...

(Haifa/Tel Aviv/Jerusalem) Friday, 27 July 2012, in a statement issued by the EU-Israel Association Council, the European Union (EU) sharply criticized Israel for a wide range of human rights...

In June 2012, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) posed 59 questions to Israel regarding its compliance with the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

Yesterday, 16 July 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that family visits for Gaza prisoners incarcerated in Israeli prisons have resumed, and that 40 persons will...

On 5 July 2012, the European Parliament (EP) passed a historic resolution (291 to 274, with 39 abstentions) strongly condemning Israeli policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including...

(Haifa, Israel) On 2 July 2012, Adalah sent a letter to members of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee demanding that they reject another extension of a sweeping exemption for...

Adalah congratulates Adalah Attorney Sawsan Zaher, Director of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unit, for being named today, 4 July 2012, as one of Israel’s most promising young talents...

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Tomorrow, Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 8:30 a.m. the trial of MK Sa’id Naffaa will resume in the District Court of Nazareth. The prosecution is charging MK Naffaa with illegal travel to an enemy...

Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights are pleased to announce the publication of our journal, “On Torture”. “On Torture” is an edited volume of...

Following the Interior Ministry’s decision to establish a commission to examine jurisdictional boundaries of local regional councils, localities and Arab Bedouin towns and villages in and around...

On 18 June 2012, Adalah sent a letter to the director of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), Mr. Aharon Franco, demanding that the IPS comply with its agreement with Palestinian political prisoners...

On 20 June 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court issued an order nisi (an order to show cause) instructing the Speaker of the Knesset to explain in full by 30 July 2012 why the Knesset Presidium did not...

On 5 June 2012, the National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) issued a decision in which it rejected objections filed by Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel, residents of the unrecognized...

Adalah was informed on 19 June 2012 that the Israeli Ministry of Justice has translated several “Concluding Observations” issued by United Nations human rights treaty bodies into Hebrew, and...

Tomorrow, Wednesday 20 June 2012 at 9 am, the Israeli Supreme Court will hear the petition of MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi (Ra'am-Ta'al), against the Speaker of the Knesset, MK Reuven Rivlin, for prohibiting...