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Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
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IOF Detain 120 Residents Last Week International Press Center 10/30/2005 RAMALLAH, Palestine, October 30, 2005 (IPC) - - The Head of the Palestinian Prisoner''s Society (PPS), Easa Karaka stated that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), detained 120 residents in the West Bank last week and that Sharon''s government is waging a widespread detention''s campaign associated with a war of assassinations and imposing strict siege on the entire cities and towns. U.S. Justice Dept. Internet site: Pollard''s life term to end in 2015 Ha''aretz 11/1/2005 Jonathan Pollard, an American serving a life sentence for spying on behalf of Israel, is expected to be released from prison in 2015, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site. This is the first time a release date has been mentioned for Pollard. The prisons bureau, which falls under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Justice Department, has an "Inmate Locator" section allowing users to find out the actual or projected date of release by typing in the inmate''s name. Gaza may turn into prison camp - Palestinian leader ReliefWeb 10/31/2005 SEOUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa said on Monday that the Gaza Strip could turn into a prison camp if there was no solution to the problems of the area. Kidwa''s warning came as the region was gripped by the worst violence since Israel''s withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip in September. "Unless a range of problems in the Gaza Strip is resolved, it will turn into a huge prison camp," Kidwa, speaking through an interpreter, told a news conference during a visit to South Korea. Real Life: Ten very surprising things about Iran The Independent 10/30/2005 Most TV news reports about Iran depict religious revolutionaries who promote militancy abroad and suppress human rights at home. But this is only part of the story: 1. Art-house Iranian films by such directors as Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf wow foreign audiences. But the domestic film industry also churns out hundreds of more popular pictures. Last year''s big hit The Lizard, drew the clerics'' wrath for depicting a convict escaping prison disguised as a mullah. This year''s hit was Girls'' Dormitory, about a psychotic killer terrorising students... UN seeks Guantanamo interviews AlJazeera 11/1/2005 Three United Nations human rights investigators say they could only accept a US invitation to visit Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba if they are permitted to interview detainees. Nearly four years after the visits were first requested, Washington said on Friday the three envoys, including the UN rapporteur on torture, could visit foreign terrorism suspects because it had "nothing to hide". But although they could question US military officials, the envoys would not be allowed to speak to any of the some 505 detainees, the Pentagon said, adding that was the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Five Prisoners Poisoned by Moldy Food in Etsyon Prison International Press Center 10/26/2005 GAZA, Palestine, October 26, 2005 (IPC+Agencies)--Five prisoners were poisoned after they had been served spoiled food in Etsyon prison in Bethlehem city of the West Bank. Prisoners made clear to Ansar Al-Asra''s Lawyer, Tahani Amarna, that 5 prisoners were poisoned because they consumed the food and water which were served by the Prison''s administration, in turn they had sever colic in the stomach and vomit over the whole last week. Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (PDF) ReliefWeb 10/26/2005 ....5. The human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs in the occupied territories are referred to by the Security Council in its resolution 237 (1967) as “essential and inalienable human rights” and also find their legal basis in the protection afforded by international law, in particular in such circumstances as military occupation and, in the case of prisoners of war, capture. By resolution 3005 (XXVII), the General Assembly requested the Special Committee to investigate as well allegations concerning the exploitation and the looting of the resources of the occupied territories, the pillaging of its archaeological and cultural heritage and interferences in the freedom of worship in its holy places. Guantanamo man ''wants to starve'' BBC 10/26/2005 A Kuwaiti detainee on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay wants a judge to order the removal of his feeding tube so he can be allowed to die, his lawyer says. Fawzi al-Odah is ready to die "out of desperation" at his detention without charge, said his lawyer Tom Wilner. Mr al-Odah is one of about 26 detainees being fed by tube, against their will. Force-feeding is highly controversial. Campaigners in London on Tuesday said it was unethical and painful, but US authorities say they are saving lives. Special army force attacks under-age detainees in Ofer International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 The Palestinian Prisoners Society reported on Tuesday that a special Israeli military force attacked several child detainees in Ofer detention facility, and confined some of them to solitary. The society stated that the masked soldiers attacked a section in the facility which is used to confine child detainees, searched it, and attacked several children who were screaming and crying after being terrified by the sudden attack of the under-cover unit. 14 detainees receive extended remand International Middle East Media Center 10/19/2005 Israeli military court extended the remand of 14 Palestinian detainees from Jenin area, north of the West Bank. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the military court in Al Jalama detention facility extended the remand of four detainees to 17 days, and a fifth resident was remanded for additional five days. Also, nine detainees received extended remands after being transferred to Salem Israeli military court. [end] Site dedicated to minister''s killers YNetNews 10/20/2005 Popular Front activists erect site in honor of minister Rehavam Zeevi killers, currently serving jail time -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has dedicated a site for four of its members who assassinated MK Rehavam Zeevi in 2002. Dozens of PLFP activists attended an opening ceremony near the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. The site contains pictures of the men, who are currently detained in a PA prison in the West Bank town of Jericho, as well as the picture of the organization''s former general secretary who was killed by Israel at the beginning of the intifada. Urgent Appeal: End Closures of the Gaza Strip Palestine Monitor 10/18/2005 Gaza Community Mental Health Program and Physicians for Human Rights -- After the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip, a new situation emerged, where the fate of the Rafah crossing and other major Palestinian ports of entry and exit are in the hands of the Israeli forces. The Israeli forces imposed a strict and comprehensive closure on all of its borders with the Gaza Strip, putting 1.4 million Palestinians under complete siege for indefinite period. This situation is converting the Strip into a closed prison, where no access to the outside world is allowed. Thousands of patients, students, and other traveling citizens are stranded at the border for weeks. U.S. lawyers say Israel tortured alleged Hamas man Ha''aretz 10/18/2005 CHICAGO - Attorneys for a Palestinian man accused of laundering millions of dollars for terrorist activities want prosecutors to be blocked from using a confession he claims he was tortured into making by Israeli authorities. Muhammad Salah is charged with taking part in a 15-year racketeering conspiracy to provide money and weapons to Hamas. He and others are accused of using bank accounts in several states to launder money used for murders, kidnappings, assaults and passport fraud. Salah, who was born in Jerusalem and lived for a while in a Palestinian refugee camp before coming to the United States in 1970, has said he has no connection with Hamas. 331 new detainees transferred to Ofer detention facility International Middle East Media Center 10/15/2005 Detainees Media Center reported on Saturday that the Israeli Prison Authorities transferred 331 detainees to Ofer detention facility, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. 124 detainees of the 331 were transferred to administrative detention, without trial, a few days after they were arrested. Charges were filed against 41 detainees, and 131 detainees are still detained without charges and were not transferred to administrative detention. ''Israel using AIDS against us'' YNetNews 10/17/2005 A PA series aired over Ramadan contains "incitement-charged" scenes which portray Israel as willing to use drugs and AIDS against Palestinians -- ‘The Canaanite,’ a new television series broadcast on Palestinian television over the holy month of Ramadan, depicts the suffering of a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails. Among other things, the fictional series shows an Israeli security personnel ruthlessly hitting Pilpil, the series'' hero, shortly before his release from jail, in a bid to persuade him to work for the Shin Bet as an informer on members of his cell. The Israeli official is seen pushing another Palestinian prisoner’s head into a bucket of water. Detainee suffering complications as a result of medical neglect International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 Detainees Information Center reported that detainee Wael Abdullah Tahaina, 35, detained in the Negev Detention Camp, is suffering serious complications in the “Seventh Cranial Nerve” causing convulsions in his eye, ear mouth and right cheek. Tahaina is from Sielet Al Harithiyya village, near the West Bank city of Jenin. Tahaina said that he suffered severe pain in his facial muscles which lead later on to convulsions in his face, while prison administration rejected to provide him with the needed medical treatment. Report: "Detainees, legal Status and Facts" International Middle East Media Center 10/13/2005 Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association – Ad Dameer, reported that ending the military rule over the Gaza Strip should include the release of all of the Gaza Strip detainees since the Israeli withdrawal and “ending the occupation” cannot be considered complete if the detainees remain imprisoned. Ad Dameer said that Israel is misleading the world by claming that it withdrew from the Gaza Strip, while in fact it is avoiding to implement its obligations and continues to violate the International law and Human Rights agreements. Detainees facing bad treatment, and conditions, at Qidar detention facility International Middle East Media Center 10/14/2005 Prisoners Supporters Society reported that Palestinian detainees are facing bad living conditions and treatment in Be’er Shiva detention facility. The detainees are deprived of proper medical treatment, and are not provided with proper and sufficient food, the society reported. Ahmad Siam, lawyer of the society reported that the detainees are also abused and humiliated by the soldiers who repeatedly attacked them in their rooms. US opposes Guantanamo contacts AlJazeera 10/15/2005 The US government has told a judge that suspects on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be allowed to speak, in person or even by telephone, to relatives and friends because of the security risks such contacts would pose. As of late on Thursday, 24 detainees were rejecting food and drink, said Terry Henry, a lawyer for the US Justice Department. Seven had been hospitalised and were being force-fed through nose-to-stomach tubes. P.A demands Israel release Barghouthi and Quntar International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Palestinian Cabinet Minister Dr. Saeb Erekat, demanded Israel to add the names of the jailed legislator and Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi, and Sameer Quntar, a Lebanese fighter who was captured by Israel on April 2, 1978, to the list of detainees the Palestinian Authority demands Israel to release. The Israeli Radio interviewed Erekat on Tuesday morning. Erekat said that liberating Palestinian and Arab detainees is one of the important demands in order to hold the summit between Abbas and Sharon; the summit is most likely to take place November. Russian-Palestinian Female Prisoner Rejects being Deported, Prefers Living in Palestine WAFA 10/11/2005 NAZARETH, October 11, 2005 (WAFA)- A Russian-Palestinian female prisoner rejected on Tuesday an Israeli resolution to deport her to Russia. Al-Ramlah prison informed Irena Sarahna 27, living in al-Dhesheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem, that she will be expatriated to Russia for three months. The Prison Administration demanded Irena to have NIS3000 ($700) in her bank account to buy a ticket for the trip to her country, once she is deported. Resident sentenced to two life-terms, and 30 years International Middle East Media Center 10/11/2005 Salem Israeli military court sentenced on Tuesday a resident of Qalqilia, in the West Bank, to two life-terms and additional 30 years. The detainee, Karim Hasan, was charged of carrying attacks against Israeli targets. In a separate incident, Israeli Prison Authorities transferred Dr. Nasser Ed Deen Al Sha’er, the dean of Islamic Law and Study “Shari’a” from Qadumim detention facility, near Qalqilia, to Petah Tikva detention facility in Israel. Prisoners'' Condition in Israeli Jails Worsens, MPA Pledges to Free them WAFA 10/12/2005 RAMALLAH, October 12, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian Prisoners'''' Society said Wednesday that Palestinians imprisoned in "Etsion" Israeli jail suffer exceptionally bad conditions. In a press release, PPS said that the prisoners are subjected to regular practices that would absolutely lead to health problems. "They are targeted physically and psychologically by being denied needed attention, and by practices of oppression, humiliation and physical torture," said the press release. 96 hours for Torture Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 10/11/2005 Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided on Sunday to toughen conditions for non-Israeli nationals to allow them to be held for 96 hours without access to a Judge. The new security measures are being requested by Israeli security services, Shin Bet, for those held on what Israel claims are “security” offences.The Israeli plan will allow the security services, who have a long standing record of state-sanctioned torture, to hold suspects for 96 hours before appearing before a Court, a change from the current 24 hours.The Bill also proposes to stop suspects from seeing legal representatives for 50 days, as opposed to the current 21 days. [1] PM Qurei: Launching Credible Peace Process Necessary WAFA 10/10/2005 RAMALLAH, October 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei stressed on Monday the necessity to launch a credible peace process that gives hope to the Palestinian people. Qurei said, in a press release following seperate meetings with French Consul General in Jerusalem Alain Remy, the Swedish Consul General in Jerusalem Nils Eliasson and the UNRWA Commissioner General Karin AbuZayed, that the situation is very dangerous due to the Israeli practices which aim at turning the Gaza Strip into a big prison. Ministers approve tougher conditions for security suspects Ha''aretz 10/10/2005 The Ministerial Committee for Legislation decided Sunday to accept the request of the Shin Bet security services on a bill to toughen conditions for noncitizens being held on suspicion of security infractions. The bill proposes to permit a suspect to be held for 96 consecutive hours without being brought before a judge. The bill would amend the Arrests Law, under which detainees must be brought before a judge within 24 hours of their arrest....Another clause in the bill would all for the possibility of preventing security suspects from seeing legal counsel for up to 50 days (as opposed to the present Arrest Law, which allows for the prevention of suspect-attorney meetings for up to 21 days). Addameer: Temporary Order Prevents Separating Prisoner Mother from her Two-year-old Child WAFA 10/10/2005 RAMALLAH, October 10, 2005, (WAFA)- Prisoners'''' Support and Human Rights Association "Addameer", said that it succeeded in pulling out a temporary order prevent the Israeli prison authorities from separating a mother from her two-year-old child. In a press release issued Monday, Addameer revealed that according to the order the separating of the two at this time is illegal, adding that we hope the immediate release of the mother and her child as soon as possible. Prisoners'' Families Calls for Releasing their Sons International Press Center 10/10/2005 GAZA, October 10, 2005 (WAFA)- Prisoners'' families called on Monday all international organizations to pressurize Israel to release the Palestinian prisoners from the Israeli jails. During a sit-in before the office of the International Red Cross Society in Gaza Strip (GS), the families demanded to stop the Israeli violations against their sons, and to allow them to visit them in these jails. They called on the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to put the prisoners'' issue on the top of their priorities, hoping the immediate release of them. SOLIDE reports successful two-week trip to U.S. to plead detainees'' case Daily Star 10/11/2005 Aad says sit-in demonstration had desired effect -- BEIRUT: Ghazi Aad, president of the Support of Lebanese in Detention and Exile (SOLIDE) organization, has returned to Beirut from a two-week trip to the United States, where he and a small delegation had gone to plead the case of Lebanese detainees in Syria before the UN and the U.S. State Department. Emerging jetlagged but upbeat from the plane, Aad declared the trip a success...."Terje Roed-Larsen was very frank...He suggested we talk directly with America and France, which drafted 1559, in hopes of it being amended to demand the release of the detainees." FCLD, PA prisoner affairs minister meet with UN officials Daily Star 10/7/2005 The Follow-Up Committee for the Support of Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons (FCLD) met UN officials at UN House in Beirut. Also present was Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoner Affairs Ziad Abu Ein. FCLD chief Mohammad Safa declared the meeting a success, saying the UN representatives had expressed their full support for the Palestinian detainees. They agreed with the FCLD to step up the Red Cross'' activity in Israeli prisons and prepare a special, first-of-its-kind report to the UN on the detainees. Female Prisoner Narrates Details of Israeli Oppression in ''Talmond'' Jail International Press Center 10/6/2005 GAZA, October 6, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Palestinian prisoner Omaia Al-Domj, 27, from Jenin refugee camp, who has been imprisoned in ''Talmond'' prison for four years reported to Hanan Al-Khateeb; the Lawyer of the PalestinianPrisoner''s Society (PPS) how she and others were oppressed brutally by the Israeli prison guards. She reported how she and prisoners Nisreen Abu Zaina, Abeer Nada and Rawia Sheikh Mousa were beaten violently in diffirent organs of their bodies especially on heads, backs and stomachs; pointing out that the jailors had beaten them one by one after removing their head covers then led them to solitary imprisonment; ending at a small room doesn''t hold one person. Shalom: Terrorists to remain in custody YNetNews 10/6/2005 Foreign minister says Israel will not and cannot release prisoners with blood on their hands; publicly announces for first time that Israel has ties with Indonesia -- Israel cannot and will not release terrorists with blood on their hands, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday. "There will be no more unilateral steps. The prime minister''s word cannot be interpreted in two ways," he said. He added that Israel would refuse to recognize upcoming elections in the PA, should Hamas participate. Weisglass set to meet Erekat YNetNews 10/7/2005 Senior aides to meet Friday morning ahead of conference between Sharon and Abbas -- Less than a week before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set to meet Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, aides to the Israeli and Palestinian leaders are expected to meet on Friday morning. Dov Weisglass, special advisor to the prime minister, will meet with senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. In the meeting between Sharon and Abbas, the two leaders are expected to agree on a set of proposals to ease conditions on the Palestinians, including a release of prisoners. Israeli in Uruguay jail breakout BBC 10/5/2005 An Israeli wanted by the United States for questioning about allegations of drug-trafficking has escaped from a top security prison in Uruguay. Guards were reportedly tricked by men claiming to be intelligence officers, who said they had to move Yeroham Alal and another inmate to a different jail. Earlier this year, he was caught trying to escape while dressed as a woman. New Rights Body Gets More Powers Arab News 10/7/2005 JEDDAH, 7 October 2005 — The Saudi Council of Ministers has granted the Human Rights Commission the right to rectify and review all systems in the Kingdom related to human rights. According to Al-Watan, the Human Rights Commission will also have the right to access prisons and detention centers at any time and submit reports to the prime minister without the need to obtain official permission. The newspaper also said the commission would be active 60 days from the date of inception. Palestinian Prisoners: Israel Offered us Exile in Exchange for Continued Imprisonment International Press Center 10/5/2005 GAZA, October 5, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Palestinian prisoners spent more than two years as administrative detainees in Negev prison in Israel mentioned that the Israeli judiciary suggested that the Palestinian prisoners are to be voluntarily exiled instead of remaining inside prisons. Prisoner Waleed Hanatsha, 36, told Agence France Press (AFP) through a telephone call from inside the prison that the Israeli military prosecution suggested officially he spend two years outside the Palestinian territories instead of spending them inside prison, but he declined roundly to their proposal. Detainee sentenced to one life-term and additional ten years International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 An Israeli military court sentenced on Monday, a Palestinian detainee from the West Bank city of Qalqilia, to one life-term and additional ten years. The court indicted detainee Mohammad Mustafa of firing at a settler’s car in the West Bank on June 2003; one Israeli child was killed. On December 2004, the court sentenced detainee Tareq Hussein to one-life term and additional twenty years, after indicting him on the same charges. [end] Campaign in Solidarity with Detainee Manal and her Child Nour International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association along with the family of Manal and Nour Ghanem have launched a campaign to demand the Israeli government immediately release Manal Naji Mahmoud Ghanem, 29, and her son Nour, 1.5, who were arrested on the 17th of April, 2003, and are currently being held in Telmond Central Prison. Manal (who suffers from thalassemia) and her son, Nour, who was born away from his family, need special medical treatment not provided by the Israeli Prison Services. 200 detainees transferred to administrative detention International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Ofer Israeli military court transferred 200 out of 500 Palestinian detainees to administrative detention without trial; the court said it does not have the time to prosecute them. 500 Palestinians were arrested over the last few weeks in several West Bank areas; the detainees were placed in several detention facilities without granting them the right to meet with their lawyers, or enjoy legal representation.The Palestinian Prisoners Society slammed the arrests, and the mistrials which violate the international law. Soldiers break into cells in Al Maskobiyya International Middle East Media Center 10/4/2005 Israeli under-cover military units, members of the Nahshon division, broke on Tuesday afternoon, into the cells of Al Maskobiyya detention facility, and attacked the detainees. Detainee Khalil Hoshiyyah, who was transferred to Al Maskobiyya 327 days ago, said that soldiers forced the detainees to undress, and threw their clothes in the toilets. Soldiers searched the rooms and cells at the detention facilities, and searched the beds and belongings of the detainees. Egyptian returnee ''faces torture'' BBC 10/4/2005 Human rights lawyers in the US have criticised the Pentagon''s decision to send a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp back to his native Egypt. Sami al-Laithi was transferred at the weekend after being held without charge at the camp for more than three years. Lawyers for the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights said there was a risk he could be jailed or tortured in Egypt. The Pentagon said Egypt had guaranteed he would be treated humanely. 23 residents arrested in Hebron International Middle East Media Center 10/3/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested on Monday at dawn, 23 residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the surrounding villages of Yatta, Al Shiokh, Sa’ir and Kharsa. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers broke into dozens of homes and searched them after forcing the families out for several hours. The society stated that soldiers used excessive violence against the residents and their homes after breaking into them, causing damage to the furniture and properties. Total Closure on OPT WAFA 10/3/2005 GAZA, October 3, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed on Monday a total and full closure on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) as Israelis prepared for "Rosh Hashanah", the Jewish New Year. The Israeli decision came on time the Palestinian citizens are suffering hard conditions in Rafah International Crossing Point because of the Israeli refusal to find a solution to them. Meanwhile, Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said that Israeli soldiers arrested 23 citizens in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron. |
Abeer and a story of three years in detention By Amin Abu Warda, International Middle East Media Center 10/29/2005 "The moments of my release from Hasharon detention facility, and heading back home to Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, were the most touching moments in my life”, Abeer Nada, 19, said after she was released from Hasharon detention facility. At her parents home, Abeer was received by dozens of residents, neighbors and relatives, who came to congratulate her for her release after three years in Israeli prisons. She sat there at her parents’ home, and remembered that hard moments when she was arrested, forced out of her home while she was still in her pajamas, and was taken to Huwwara military camp. “The shouts of my father and his attempts to bar the soldiers from arresting me remained in my head”, Abeer said. Abeer spent three days in very bad conditions in Huwwara militarty camp before she was transferred for interrogation at Al Ramleh detention facility. “The weeks I spent at Al Ramleh detention facility were very hard, psychological pressure, dogs, insults and lack of sleep”, she said, “They spit in our faces, do not allow us to sleep and bar us from our visitation rights”. Three weeks before she was released, Abeer was transferred to Hasharon detention facility, where she faced harsh conditions and continuous insults along with three other female detainees. “They attacked us, hit us, and insulted us for twenty-one days”, Abeer stated, “They struck us on our heads, faces and chest”.
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Adalah Adalah (Justice in Arabic) is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian-run legal center in Israel. The main goal of Adalah’s work is to achieve equal rights and minority rights protections for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Organization: Addameer (conscience) is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues. Supports Palestinian prisoners, advocates for rights of political prisoners, works to end torture. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Amnesty International USA Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Arab Association for Human Rights - HRA The HRA was founded in 1988 to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles. It is an independent non-governmental organisation registered in Israel. Association for Civil Rights in Israel - ACRI The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was founded in 1972 as a non-political and independent body, with the goal of protecting human and civil rights in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control. B’tselem The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Occupation Prisoners News stories and reports about Palestinian prisoners from International Press Center, of the Palestinian National Authority’s State Information Service. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Palestinian Prisoners Society The Palestinian Prisoner Society is a social and human institution and its members are prisoners inside prisons and released prisoners. Membership is open to every Palestinian prisoner inside and outside prisons who meets the conditions of membership. Physicians for Human Rights - Israel Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in 1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. Public Committee Against Torture in Israel - PCATI An independent human rights organization founded that monitors the implementation conditions in detention centers and continues the struggle against the use of torture in interrogation in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine The main collection contains the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace. World Organisation Against Torture OMCT is today the largest international coalition of NGOs fighting against torture,summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in order to preserve Human Rights. It has at its disposal a network, SOS Torture, consisting of some 240 non-governmental organisations which act as sources of information. |
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