Wednesday 22-02-2017 – Ramallah and Gaza: MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession launched the first international conference for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Palestine, in cooperation with the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders’ Network (PHRDs), supported by the European Union (EU). The conference was facilitated via video conference at the hall of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. The conference, titled “Empowering, Protecting and Activating the Role of Human Rights Defenders”, attra...

His Excellency Attorney General Dr. Ahmad Barrak,   Subject: The Detention of Sami Saeed Abed Al-Saa’i/ Artah/ Tulqarm In reference to our previous memo, sent to you on 13/02/2017, in our name and the name of the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network, where we addressed the law violations in the detention procedures, including the failure to implement the judicial order pronounced by Tulqarm’s Magistrate Court to release the detainee, and we aske...

His Excellency Public Prosecutor Dr. Ahmad Barrak,   Subject: The Detention of Sami Saeed Abed Al-Saa’i/ Artah/ Tulqarm MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extends its best greetings. In reference to the subject above, we inform you that we have received a complaint from the citizen Amany Abdul-Majeed Ali Al-Saa’i, resident of Artah Village in Tulqarm and wife of the aforementioned detai...