Geneva Convention

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) has revealed that illegal Jewish settlers and the Israeli occupation forces let loose wild pigs on Palestinians in the occupied...

A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee has welcomed the conclusions and recommendations of the UN's Human Rights Council report on Israel. Dr. Hanan Ashrawi described it as...

Section 15 of Ofer Prison has been stormed by Israeli Special Forces trained to isolate and assault prisoners. The prison is in the occupied West Bank; section 15 holds...

The Israeli-led Jerusalem Municipality has approved a scheme to build more than 2,600 new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Givat Hmreis, south of the Old City of...

As Palestinians commemorate Prisoners' Day, the statistics show that Israel is holding almost 5,000 political prisoners in its jails. According to the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in...

A leading member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Canada of violating International law. Senior negotiator Saeb Erekat said that a meeting held by Foreign Minister John Baird...

The Palestinian Authority's Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqei, has refused to cooperate with the Israelis in the deportation of two prisoners currently on hunger strike inside Israel. Israel...

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Thursday that the Israeli army has decided to stop using artillery shells containing the incendiary material white phosphorus following a wave of international...

Veteran PLO official Hanan Ashrawi has stressed that the rights of the Palestinian people are inalienable, and the right of return is at the top of those rights. Citing...

1. Samer, Jerusalem If you live in Ramallah and work in Jerusalem, the time your journey will take to the office is an unknown quantity. It could be an...

On 9th November 1989, the wall that had divided East and West Germany for more than 28 years was finally torn down. The creation of the Berlin Wall had...

Palestinians tortured and isolated Detention without trial, the presumption of guilt, denial of family visits, solitary confinement, torture, violent interrogation and denial of access to appropriate health care; such...

The plight of Palestinian detainees being held by Israel has an important place in the general framework of the Palestinian national cause because it has affected a huge number...