رأت مؤسسة الضمير لحقوق الانسان بأن الإعدام عقوبة فريدة لا يمكن تداركها في حال تم تطبيقها ، ولم تحقق الغاية من تطبيقها بشكل عام , ولم تشكل رادعا لعدم تكرار وقوع الجرائم والافعال التي تستوجب عقوبة الاعدام واعتبرت في بيان لها ان التوسع في تطبيق عقوبة الإعدام لم يخفف من …
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Cabinet vows to investigate Human Rights Watch findings
The Palestinian Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, reviewed in its weekly meeting on Wednesday the latest Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian areas and vowed to investigate its findings and recommendations in cooperation with all related parties and authorities, according …
Extrajudicial measures under the spotlight in Palestine
A special security committee, set up in 2015 by then-Interior Minister Rami Hamdallah, and a prison in Jericho that allegedly operates outside the judiciary’s supervision have come under scrutiny in recent weeks. Jawad Obeidat, chairman of the Palestinian Bar Association (PBA), referenced the committee and the prison during a Nov. 9 demonstration by lawyers, judges …
Al-Haq calls for the immediate release of a Palestinian man arbitrarily detained by the PA’s General Intelligence Service
(Ramallah, 30 August, 2017) – Al-Haq condemns the ongoing detention of Shadi Nammourah by the Palestinian Authority’s General Intelligence Service, in its Jericho detention center. Nammourah is from Dura, near Hebron, and is arbitrarily detained despite having four court orders calling for his release on bail. Dura’s Magistrate Court issued …
Palestine: Dangerous escalation in attacks on freedom of expression
23 August 2017, 10:38 UTC The Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and their rivals, the de-facto Hamas administration in Gaza, have both tightened the noose on freedom of expression in recent months, launching a repressive clampdown on dissent that has seen journalists from opposition media outlets interrogated and detained in a …
Palestinian Authority shows its ‘authoritarian’ face through Cyber Crimes Law
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer has joined a growing chorus opposition to the Palestinian Authority (PA) — which the NGO described as “an ever increasingly authoritarian regime” — for a new far-reaching law that effectively criminalizes “any form of digital dissent.” The decree, issued by Palestinian President …
Calls for PA to stop arresting journalists
The Syndicate of the Palestinian Journalists in Ramallah called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop arrested journalists and to abolish the electronic crime law, Quds Press reported yesterday. In a press conference the head of the Syndicate of Palestinian Journalists, Nasser Abu Baker, said: “The situation of freedoms in Palestinian is …
Letters Sent to UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine’s Cyber Crimes Law
Al-Haq called attention to Palestine’s draft law on cyber crimes in February 2017 in a letter sent to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye. In the letter, Al-Haq noted that the draft law contravened both the …
The Full English Translation of the Palestinian Cyber Crime Law
Below you can find the full translation of the new Palestinian cyber crime law that was introduced by Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the State of Palestine, on June 24th, 2017. Below you can find the full translation of the new Palestinian cyber crime law that was introduced by Mahmoud …
“MADA” demands the immediate release of detained journalists
Ramallah – (9/7-2017) – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) is gravely concerned about the drastically rising number of Palestinian Violations and the continuation and escalation of internal violations against media freedoms. As the most recent of which, was the arrest of the correspondent of “Palestine …