Press Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY - (Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel) An expanded panel of seven Israeli Supreme Court justices will convene tomorrow, Tuesday 5 June 2012 at 9 am to hear the petition filed by Adalah and...

Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I), Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) conducted an advocacy visit to Brussels to push for...

In a letter sent to the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Knesset, the Attorney General and others on 22 May 2012, Adalah urged them to reject proposed bills that seek to retroactively legalize...

On 14 May 2012, the Knesset passed a new amendment to the law governing the Israel Prison Service (IPS), according to which the IPS Director will be able to limit the number of lawyers visiting...

Last night, 22 May 2012, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a judgment accepting eight separate petitions filed in 2005 by local municipal authorities, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel...

On 16 May 2012, Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) sent an urgent letter to the President of Haifa University, Professor Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, and the Dean of Students, Hanan...

On 8 May 2012, Adalah sent a letter to the Registrar of Universities in Israel in the name of Mr. Gabi Mansour, the president of the Arab Students' Union in Safed College requesting that the...

On 16 May 2012, Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) sent an urgent letter to the President of Haifa University, Professor Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, and the Dean of Students, Hanan...

On 14 May 2012, Adalah sent a letter to the Minister of Education Gideon Sa'ar and the Chairman of the Knesset's Educational Committee Alex Miller urging them to maintain freedom of political...

Adalah will hold a professional training course for lawyers in Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) on the subject of "Representing Detainees during Arrest and Investigation." The training is designed for...

(Haifa, Israel) Yesterday, 6 May 2012, Adalah submitted an urgent complaint to the Head of the Police Investigation Unit in the Israeli Ministry of Justice ("Mahash") following the arrest and...

Adalah recently sent two letters to the Israeli authorities demanding the reduction of water prices and access to water for Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel living in the Naqab (Negev) desert.

In a letter sent to Housing Minister Ariel Atias, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Israel Lands Administration (ILA) Chairman Benzi Lieberman, and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, Adalah urged...

Israel Prison Service IPS to Adalah, Human Rights NGOs: New Guidelines Require Prisoners Confirm Meetings with Lawyers; New Policy Announced in Response to Demand that IPS Allow Palestinians Hunger...

Following Adalah's petition, the Israeli Supreme Court affirmed on 6 April 2012 that the "Afikomen" program, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sport could continue, although Arab children...

(Beer el-Sabe, Israel) On 18 April 1012, Adalah sent a letter to Ms. Amira Haim, Director of the Southern District Ministry of Education (MOE), demanding that the MOE hire more Arab employees in...

(Haifa, Israel) The trial of Knesset Member (MK) Mohammed Barakeh, head of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality ("Hadash" or "Jabha"), begins tomorrow, Wednesday 18 April 2012 in the Tel...

On 2 April 2012, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court Israel against the Ministry of Culture and Sports demanding that it offer free cultural programs to all children - Jewish and Arab...

Adalah demands the Abu Basma Regional Council to find an immediate solution to the problem of sewage running through the center of the Arab Bedouin village of Umm Batin in the Naqab (Negev). The...