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Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court on behalf of Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, the Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel; Al Meezan Association for Human Rights; and in its own name,...

Today, Adalah submitted an important medical research report to the official Commission of Inquiry on the danger of using rubber bullets (rubber-coated steel bullets) and requested that it be...

On 31 May 2002, the Supreme Court ordered the State to respond to a motion for a temporary injunction and a petition filed by Adalah on 30 May 2002 seeking to urgently freeze the Israeli...

Yesterday, 29 May 2002, Adalah appeared before the Supreme Court to announce the decision to withdraw a petition filed two days earlier against the Knesset. On 27 May 2002, Adalah's General...

Yesterday, 28 May 2002, the Knesset House Committee voted 12 to 5 in favor of restricting MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi's freedom of movement for the remainder of his term as a Member of Knesset. The Knesset...

On 21 May 2002, the Supreme Court heard a petition submitted by seven human rights organizations, asking that the Court order the Israeli government and army to stop using Palestinian civilians as...

Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal recently published an essay in Panim, a Hebrew-language journal published by the Israel Teachers Union that focuses on culture, society and education. Entitled...

On 12 May 2002, during a hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office announced that the Government Press Office (GPO) would reinstate the press credentials of Ms. Layla...

Last night, 7 May 2002, the Attorney General's Office submitted a response to a request for an immediate injunction, filed to the Supreme Court by seven human rights organizations, to stop the...

Artas Village, 29 January 2002: The Israeli army entered the village between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. Israeli soldiers took Ahmad al-Yas 'Aysh, 37, and his brother Hamdi from their house and held them...

On 29 April 2002, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the office of the Attorney General demanding that he address the inhumane conditions of Ansar III Detention Center ("Ketziot"). The conditions...

Today, Adalah submitted a petition to the Supreme Court asking for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Jamal Mustafa Khueil, a resident of Jenin refugee camp who was detained by the Israeli army...

On 18 April 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court heard a petition regarding the legality of Military Order 1500, which permits the detention of Palestinians by senior army and police officers for 18...

The Stanford Journal of International Law recently released the Winter 2002 issue, containing "Free Speakers and their Repression: American Lessons to Israel" by Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal....

On 15 April 2002, Adalah filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court on behalf of Mr. Abd el-Rahim Masarweh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel from Taibeh, who is currently jailed at Ayalon prison....

On 19 April 2002, Adalah Staff Attorney Jamil Dakwar submitted a pre-petition to the Attorney General demanding that he immediately order the Ministry of Interior to permit the entrance into Israel...

Today, Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal sent a letter to the Attorney General's office demanding that the office compel the Israeli army to cancel the demolition of a four-story residential...

Today, seven human rights organizations submitted a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court against Itzhak Eitan, Commander of the Israeli Army in the West Bank. The petition demanded that the army...

Today, Adalah Staff Attorney Marwan Dalal sent a pre-petition to the Attorney General's office demanding that the office compel the Israeli army to stop using Palestinian civilians as human shields...

Yesterday, Adalah submitted a pre-petition to the Legal Advisor of the Israeli Army and the Attorney General's Office demanding that the military immediately cancel the curfew imposed on...