Khalida Jarrar, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, shows an internal expulsion order by Israeli occupation soldiers who invaded her Ramallah home at on August 20, 2014 ordering her expelled from Ramallah to Jericho within 24 hours, in the city of Ramallah, August 27, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Palestinian MP Jarrar resists expulsion

At 1.30 A.M on 20 August 2014 approximately 50 Israeli occupying soldiers surrounded Khalida Jarrar’s home in Ramallah. An Israeli captain then proceed to hand Jarrar an order which states that she must not leave the district of Jericho for the next six months and can only leave with the express permission of the Israeli…

Attorney Salah Hamouri during an interview on Radio Beur in Paris

Detention of Palestinian-French Lawyer Extended by 3 Months

On Saturday, June 23, Palestinian-French lawyer Salah Hamouri attended a confirmation hearing in Jerusalem District Court where Israel’s administrative detention order against him was renewed for another three months. Hamouri, a human rights defender and field researcher with Addameer, which supports Palestinian political prisoners, was taken from his home in a raid by Israeli forces…

Addameer's field researcher Salah Hamouri detained by Israeli forces during a raid on August 23, 2017

Amnesty Int’l Condemns Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Attorney

Responding to the news that an Israeli court has confirmed the six month administrative detention order for Salah Hammouri, a field researcher for the Palestinian human rights NGO Addameer, Amnesty International has condemned the far-right Israeli government’s decision to imprison the Palestinian-French Attorney under the widely condemned policy which allows for internment without charge or…