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Volume 74, August/September 2010 Economic and Social Rights Following petitions by Adalah and ACRI: Supreme Court rules that Income Tax Law, which provides benefits solely to Jewish communities...

New submission to UN Committee Against Torture by Adalah, PHR-I and Al Mezan

Makhoul's defense team submitted a motion to the court on 11 July 2010, requesting that they be allowed to meet with their client confidentially, as required by law. His attorneys also demanded...

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...

(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...