Freedom of expression

Adalah and ACRI: "Decision enables MKs from the majority to impose political punishments on MKs from the minority because of their political views."

Petitioners: Decision is serious violation of MK Zoabi\'s right to freedom of expression and political participation; Ethics Committee acted without legal authority and with double standards.

On 15 September 2014, Adalah sent a detailed letter to the Attorney General (AG) Yehuda Weinstein demanding the opening of investigations into the practices of Israeli police against Palestinian...

Adalah: Police violently assaulted and suppressed demonstration without justification; restrictive conditions placed on detainees intended to deter them from participating in political activities...

Adalah: High number of arrests marks the largest wave of imprisonment of Palestinian demonstrators in Israel since October 2000 events. Four appeals filed in Nazareth and Beer el-Sabe courts.

Adalah and partner lawyers represent protestors throughout the country

Attorney Zaher: 'It is very unfortunate that Haifa University forced us to go through this long and complex judicial process to reach a decision that meets the basic principles of freedom of...

Attorney Zaher: \"Prohibiting Arab student club activities on campus constitutes a serious violation of the right of Arab students to freedom of expression, to punish them for holding a protest...

The Haifa District Court decided to cancel Haifa University's decision to expel Palestinian Arab students Tarek Yassin and Ahmad Masalha for organizing political activity on campus on the...

Tuesday 20 May: Haifa District Court hearing on Adalah's motion to cancel the suspension of the students and an internal regulation of the University that allows the Dean to expel students

Attorney Khoury: \"The Facebook post that Munair was arrested and interrogated for is nothing but an expression of a personal opinion against the activities of the people he posted about.\"

An expanded judicial panel of nine justices focused on the legal question of whether the law harms freedom of political expression

Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel filed a petition on behalf of leading human rights organizations in Israel

On 26 November 2013, Adalah sent a letter to WHO at the University of Haifa demanding the cancellation of its decision to ban students from raising the Palestinian flag during demonstrations held...

On 17 June, Adalah wrote to the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni, demanding that the Prevention of Libel and Defamation Bill, also known as...

On 26 February 2013, the Tel Aviv Magistrates’ Court acquitted three Palestinian citizens of Israel on charges stemming from their participation in a demonstration against the Israeli offensive...

On 13 February 2013, an expanded panel of Supreme Court judges rejected Arab Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi’s petition to cancel the Knesset’s removal of some of her parliamentary privileges....

(Haifa) On 4 February 2013, an expanded panel of the Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by Adalah in 2011 on behalf of MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi against the Presidency of the Knesset. In a...

Yesterday evening, 15 January 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel in a unanimous judgment by an expanded panel of five justices ruled to overturn a decision made by the Chair of the Central Elections...

(Jerusalem) Tomorrow, 14 January 2013 at 4:30 pm, the Supreme Court of Israel will hold a hearing on a petition submitted by Adalah on 11 January 2013 to overturn a decision by the Chair of the...