Category: Press Releases

  • An open letter to President Obama from Christian Peacemaker Teams

    For Immediate Release: An Open Letter to President Obama from Christian Peacemaker Teams: Call on Israel to Stop Its Violence against Palestinians Dear President Obama, On Tuesday June 15th, you said of the protests in Iran, “When I see peaceful dissent being suppressed, whenever that takes place, it is of concern to me and it…

  • Defense of universal jurisdiction speech presented to conference in Madrid

    Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 22 June 2009 Dear friends, comrades, partners in civil society, and national and international human rights organizations, thank you all for coming, and for joining us here today. Today, the Gaza Strip lies in ruins. Five months after Israel’s criminal offensive, which cost the lives of 1,414 Palestinians – 83%…

  • PCHR and Spanish civil society organize conferences in Madrid In defense of universal jurisdiction

    Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 21 June 2009 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), in cooperation with Spanish civil society partners and national and international human rights organizations, are organizing two events in Madrid, Spain, on 22 and 24 June 2009. The events will take place in the Spanish Cultural Centre and the Spanish…

  • Support Sheikh Jarrah: International day of actions against house demolitions in Palestine

    The community of Shiekh Jarrah calls on the international community to set up tents outside of Israeli embassies worldwide in solidarity with the neighborhoods threatened with eviction or demolition in occupied East Jerusalem. Tents have become a powerful symbol of the struggle of Palestinian people living in occupied East Jerusalem. They have been set up…

  • Brick by brick

    Free Gaza Movement 18 June 2009 On June 25th, the Free Gaza movement will set sail on its eighth mission to break Israel’s horrific siege and collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza strip. “The Israelis violated international law by ramming the boat I was on which was carrying medical supplies to Gaza.…