Press Releases

1997

Oct 8 - Legislative Council delegation visits LAW
Oct 8 - Director of LAW prevented from attending conference in Gaza on "security grounds"
Oct 8 - Beit Sahour shop owners protest implementation of PA regulations
Sep 29 - Palestinian High Court demands explanation from Attorney General on illegal arrests and detention
Sep 25 - PA closes 16 welfare organisations in Gaza
Sep 24 - Hundreds of new Palestinian Administrative detainees in Israeli prisons
Sep 23 - Petition demanding release of illegally detained
Sep 16 - Palestinian Administrative Detainee dies in Israeli Prison under suspicious circumstances
Sep 14 - Israeli government approves new settlement in Occupied East Jerusalem
Sep 12 - Military siege on Occupied Territories
Aug 27 - LAW statement on Imad Sabi's release from administrative detention
Aug 26 - House demolition campaign continues
Aug 25 - Four houses demolished in the West Bank and Jerusalem
Aug 21 - Bethlehem resident beaten by Palestinian police
Aug 15 - Israeli Jerusalem municipality targets Palestinian Residents in further acts of aggression
Aug 13 - 10 more houses demolished in Jerusalem
Aug 11 - LAW obtains temporary order from Israeli High Court to stop torture
Aug 7 - 2 more houses demolished in West Bank
Aug 6 - 3 houses demolished in Hebron Area
Aug 5 - 5 homes demolished in Jerusalem, 8 homes demolished in 2 days in continuatiuon of ethnic cleansing policy
Aug 4 - Two homes demolished near Jerusalem as seige continues on West Bank and Gaza
July 24 - Professor remains in Palestinian prison without charge or trial
July 24 - LAW submits petition to high court to review Administrative Detainees
July 20 - Tensions escalate between Israel and PNA
July 17 - Three Palestinian prisoners due to be released given 6 month administrative detention orders
July 17 - Nineteen homes destroyed in West Bank. Jahalin bedouins again under seige.
July 14 - The return of the Iron Fist policy. Israeli military escalates aggression against Palestinian civilians
July 10 - Israeli military authorities to demolish 13 houses in Nablus
July 7 - Professor arrested in Gaza in violation of freedom of expression
July 4 - LAW commends trial and conviction of torturers but calls for cancellation of death penalty
July 1- Prisoner dies in custody of Palestinian Security Forces - 13th Prisoner death in PA custody
July 1 - LAW condemns release on bail of settler accused of murder of Palestinian boy
June 26 - LAW meets with Palestinian detainees in Tel Mond prison
June 23 - Israeli government issues 17 more house demolition orders in escalating attack on Arab homes
June 19 - Administrative detainees report of harsh conditions since relocation
June 17- Prisoner dies in Jericho prison
June 1 - Israeli high court rejectsa petition to stop torture despite bruises and cuts on victim's body


April 22 - Leaders of the Teachers' Strike Arrested by Palestinian Authority, Teachers Continue to Demand Better Wages
April 19 - Israeli Army Brutality Continues in Surif Village - One Dead, Hundreds Injured as Village Reels From Weeks of Curfew
April 18 - Israeli Security Forces Threaten Palestinian Administrative Detainees with Live Fire if Disturbances in Megiddo Prison Continue - Meanwhile, Israeli Security Forces Extend the Detention of 26 Adminstrative Detainees
April 9 - Settlers Terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank - Three Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Hebron/Settler Shooting Near Ramallah
April 2 - Tenstions Increase in Megiddo Prison as More Administrative Detentions are Extended: LAW Calls on the Israeli Government to Release Palestinian Administrative Detainees as a Confidence Building Measure
March 31 - Clashes Continue in the West Bank, Israeli Soldier Sexually Assaults Palestinian Woman under Curfew
March 31- Israeli High Court Approves Demolition of House of Alleged Bomber, Widow and Four Young Children Left Homeless
March 27 - Clashes Continue in the Occpied Territories as Settlement Construction Continues
March 23 - ACTION ALERT - Israeli High Court Approves Demolition of Two Palestinian Homes in Hebron Area: Fifteen People will be Left Homeless Including Expecting Mother
March 23 - Palestinian Political Prisoners Demonstrate in Megiddo and Nafha Prisons in Israel
March 21 - New Jewish Settlements in East Jerusalem: "Har Homa" Only One of Six New Settlement Plans
March 20- Riots in Bethlehem, Demonstration Turns violent During Student Demonstration, Tens Injured
March 3 - It's Not Just Har Homa... Israeli Minister of Defense Approves Construction of 1500 Additional Units for Ma'ale Adumim Settlement
Feb 20- DCI-Israel and LAW to the Israeli Government: Release Children Held in Adminstrative Detention
Feb. 26 - High Court Petition Against Unilateral Shifting of Hebron Borders, Five Homes Can Now Be Demolished
Feb. 26 - New Settlement in Jerusalem Threatens Arab Jerusalem, Negotiations, LAW Warns of Violence
Feb. 23 - Israeli High Court Rejects LAW's Petition on Heat for 600 Administrative Detainees Held in Tents, but Demands Military to Consider Alternative Option Within Two Weeks
Feb. 13 - LAW Petitions Israeli High Court to Stop House Demolitions in Sair, Hebron - Over Sixteen Homes Demolished Since the Signing of the Hebron Agreement
Feb. 12 - Land Confiscation and Population Transfer - Occupation Policy Continues as Usual Despite Moves on Oslo Process
Feb. 10 - LAW Petitions Israeli High Court to Provide Heat for 600 Palestinian Administrative Detainees and Prisoners Held in Tents in Israeli Prison
Feb. 10 - Detainee Omar Dabour Released from Palestinian Intelligence Service's Prison
Feb. 5 - NGO Joint Letter Condemns Torture Death and NGO Harrassment
Feb. 4 - Update on Torture Death of Yussef al Baba in Palestinian Prison - Palestinian Authority Admits Problems
Feb. 3 - LAW Fears for Life of Palestinian Administrative Detainee in Palestinian Prison - Prisoner of Day Six of Hunger Strike
Feb. 1 - Update on the Situation of Yussef al Baba, Prisoner in Palestinian Prison Who was Tortured to Death
Feb. 1 - Prisoner in Palestinian Prison Tortured to Death - Ninth to Die from Torture in Palestinian Prisons
Jan. 28 - Second Eviction of Jahalin Bedouin, To Make Way for Settlement Expansion
Jan. 16 - Palestinian Prisoners Angered by Hebron Agreement; Prisoner Unrest Likely
Jan. 14 - Israeli Army Moves in Against Jahalin Bedouin: Two Families Evicted, Remaining Families at Risk
Jan. 13 - B'tselem and LAW to Israeli Government: Free Administrative Detainees Now!
Jan. 3 - LAW Appeals to President Arafat to Include Administrative Detainees in next Prisoner Release
Jan. 2 - Tensions Rise After Hebron Shooting