Death Sentences in Gaza
MUSAWA sent a written memo to Public Prosecutor/ Ismail Jabr, Acting Head of Gaza’s Legislative Council/ Dr.Ahmad Bahar, Former Prime Minister/ Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, and Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council/ Counsellor and Judge Abdul-Raouf Halabi, demanding that they stop the implementation of death sentences against a number of defendants, each in accordance with the powers granted to him. This procedure entails grave violations of existing laws and forms a prejudice to the Palestinian reputation, which in turn negatively affects international solidarity with the Palestinian people especially when it comes to the need to lift t...
The Rights of Marriage
His Excellency Head of the Palestinian Land Authority Mr. Saeb Nathi Subject: Administrative decision to cease property contrary to the law MUSAWA received a written complaint from the citizen Iyad Mohammad Ata Siddeh, a resident of the village of Jeet in Qalqilya, stating that he purchased a piece of land, located in the aforementioned village, registered at Qalqilya’s land registration department, and numbered 68, basin number 3, named Um Al-Fahem land. When he contacted Qalqilya’s land registration department to get a title deed of proper...
Electing Coordinators for the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network
The first elections bringing together the West Bank and Gaza were held to elect coordinators from the PHRDs Network; eight general coordinators and another eight for the Public Relations and Media committee, who will be leading the Network in the West Bank and Gaza. These elections represent a first-of-its-kind initiative by Civil Society Organizations and civil institutions in Palestine, and they came as a part of a general meeting held by MUSAWA for the PHRDs Network at the Caesar Hotel-Ramallah and Adam Hotel-Gaza (via video conference). Participants in the meetings included the Chairman of the Palestinian Bar Association, representat...