Press Releases

(Haifa, Israel) Following a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians held on 12-15 July 2010 in Geneva, the Committee issued a number of...

Adalah and the Legal Clinic for Prisoners' Rights and Rehabilitation at Haifa University published position paper on 21 July 2010 which details numerous obstacles for prisoners regarding their...

In May 2010, Adalah submitted an amended petition to the Supreme Court of Israel demanding the cancellation of regional “admissions committees”, which select their residents from among...

Adalah: "Granting a pardon to Officer Mizrahi and not compelling him to serve his prison sentence is a green light for all police officers to use force illegally without fear of being held...

Close to seven billion eggs are produced in Israel each year. Egg production is a primary source of income for about 3,000 families living in the north of Israel, yet there are no Arab farmers or...

Close to seven billion eggs are produced in Israel each year. Egg production is a primary source of income for about 3,000 families living in the north of Israel, yet there are no Arab farmers or...

Atlanta, GA….The Carter Center expresses deep concern about the revocation of Jerusalem residency rights for three members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC): Muhammad Abu-Teir, Ahmad...

On 6 July 2010, Adalah submitted a special appeal to the appeals committee of the Israeli Government Press Agency following its refusal to issue a press card to Mr. Mahmud Ilian (pen name “Mahmud...

West Bank manufactured goods have been permitted into East Jerusalem for the past 16 years following the signing of the “Paris Agreements” which outline the trade relationship between...

Joint Letter of Palestinian Civil Society ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council

(Haifa, Israel) On 15 July 2010, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, at a press conference at the UN following its General Assembly in Geneva made...

(Haifa, Israel) On 12 July 2010, Adalah submitted a petition to the Haifa District Court on behalf of Dr. Yakoub Halabi to demand an official certificate to permit him to change his nationality in...

The plan reflects the state's discriminatory planning policies and practices towards Arab citizens of Israel. The plan violates basic principles of equality and distributive justice, as set out by...

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, released, today, a special report "Exposed" which discusses violations of detainee...

(Haifa, Israel) On 8 July 2010, the Magistrate Court in Nazareth sentenced Dr. Omar Saeed, aPalestinian Arab citizens of Israel, pharmacological researcher and a political activist, to seven months...

(Haifa, Israel) Today, 1 July 2010, the legal defense team representing Ameer Makhoul, the director of "Ittijah", a network of Arab NGOs in Israel, and a human rights defender, submitted a...

Report reveals deteriorating status of the civil and political rights of the Arab minority in Israel through the further enactment of Discriminatory Laws, Restrictions on Human Rights Defenders and...

Joint Report by Adalah, Al Mezan and PHR-Israel to UN on Torture, Prisoners, the Lack of Investigations into Cast Lead and the Siege on Gaza including the Denial of Health Rights The UN Human...

The use of the Arabic language by court and state bodies and in official fora remains very limited, despite its official status. The official status of Arabic in Israel, alongside Hebrew, was...

On 27 May 2010, Adalah and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights sent a letter to the Israeli Attorney General (AG) and the Military Attorney General (MAG) demanding the opening of a criminal...