Press Releases

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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...

The Institute of International Education (IIE) announced today that Attorney Hassan Jabareen, the founder and General Director of Adalah and Attorney Dan Yakir, the Chief Legal Counsel at the...

(Haifa, Israel) On 12 June 2012, Adalah sent a position paper to the Levy Committee, which was established by the Israeli government to consider how to retroactively legalize unrecognized...

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), Adalah, Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) submitted a briefing paper to the UN Human Rights...

14 June 2012 marks the fifth year of Israel’s closure – by land, air and sea – of the Gaza Strip. The closure, also widely referred to as a ‘blockade’ (1), has had a major impact on all...

(Strasbourg, France) Yesterday, 13 June 2012, senior Adalah Attorney Suhad Bishara provided an in-depth briefing to the European Parliament’s (EP) Working Group on the Middle East on the Israeli...

14 June 2012 Dear representatives of The COHOM working group; The MaMa working groups; Members of the Israel, OPT, Human Rights Desks and Middle East Division of the EEAS; EU Delegation, Ramat Gan...

(Haifa, Israel) On 11 June 2012, Adalah submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) to assist it in preparing a “List of Issues” for Israel in July 2012. The UN HRC...

(Haifa, Israel) Adalah recently received several complaints about violent and humiliating strip searches from security guards and members of the special guard unit of the Israel Prison Service...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) During a hearing held in the Magistrate Court of Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) on 5 June 2012, the police prosecution announced the withdrawal of the indictment against Attorney...

An expanded panel of seven Israeli Supreme Court justices sat on 5 June 2012 to hear the petition brought by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) on behalf of MK Haneen...

On 17 May 2012, Adalah sent a letter the Director-General of Ministry of Education (MOE), Dalit Stauber, urging her to extend the current school year and activities of the Arab special education...