Israeli activists and African refugees protest in the center of Tel Aviv against the forced deportation of Sudanese asylum-seekers. February 28, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Israeli human rights organizations against the deportation of asylum-seekers

In response to reports of an agreement to deport asylum-seekers from Israel to Uganda, Israeli human rights organizations said they doubted the likelihood that the agreement will materialize. In a joint statement the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Hotline for Migrant Workers, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, A.S.A.F., Amnesty International Israel and Kav…

Israel continues to deny hungers strikers’ basic rights

Four Palestinian detainees on hunger strike are being held in Israeli prisons. Two of these detainees, Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi, were released during the October 2011 prisoner exchange that freed captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but were re-arrested by Israeli authorities in accordance with a decision of the Committee on Violations of Terms of…

H. R. organizations: Israel must stop attacks on Palestinian human rights defenders

Early on Tuesday 11 December 2012, members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) raided three Palestinian NGOs in Ramallah, seizing computers, work files and equipment and ransacking their offices in what Amnesty International says is part of a “pattern of harassment” against campaigners in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. “This Israeli raid against the Addameer Prisoners…

Rightist MKs continued to persecute human rights groups

Israeli organizations which contributed to the Goldstone Report on the deadly last Israeli invasion to Gaza criticized on Sunday a proposal by MK Israel Hasson (Kadima) to revoke their right to use National Service volunteers. Cast Lead operation (photo: Al Ittihad) They claimed a deliberate witch hunt is being held against them. Hasson discovered that…

Thousands Rally Against Occupation in Tel-Aviv, Protests Against Govt Continued for the 22nd Week

Thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday evening against occupation of the Palestinian territories and to protest fascist plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government. The rally was held under the initiative of Hadash (The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) and the Communist Party of Israel and sponsored by a large number of peace and…