Adalah's Newsletter Volume 53, October 2008

01/10/2008

Volume 53, October 2008

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Racism

AG refuses to use his authority to ban Yoel Lavi from running in the upcoming elections for the office of Mayor of Ramle despite his racist statements against Arab citizens

Adalah calls for an urgent criminal investigation into those responsible for publishing racist notices calling for the expulsion of Arab residents from Akka

Report on violent events in Akka (Acre) during October 2008, edited by Ala Hlehel, member of the Akka Residents Coalition

Health Rights

Adalah petitions District Court to compel Safad Municipality to connect Arab neighborhood to the town’s sewage system

Social and Economic Rights

In response to Adalah’s petition, AG states that the fact that no Arab farmers receive quotas and subsidies for producing and marketing eggs is inappropriate and incorrect

Occupied Palestinian Territory

State to Supreme Court: Israel not obliged to permit families from Gaza to visit their relatives incarcerated in Israeli prisons

Adalah’s Law Students’ Conference 2008

Human Rights Law in Action: Separation Wall, October 2000 killings and housing crisis in mixed cities take center stage at Adalah’s Third Annual Law Students’ Conference

Photos of the conference | The conference program

Organizational News

Adalah Holds Annual General Assembly Meeting

Adalah’s Annual Report of Activities
2006 | 2007
Half-Year Report 2008 Updated September 2008

Adalah’s Audited Financial Reports
2006 | 2007

International Advocacy

Delegation of Arab political activists and academics participate in course in South Africa on the struggle against Apartheid

Adalah’s Newsletter is a monthly publication issued in Arabic, Hebrew and English. It highlights Adalah’s main activities, provides analysis of human rights issues, and links to new reports. Suggestions, articles and commentaries from our readers are welcome. View previous volumes

Adalah's Newsletter Volume 53, October 2008

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