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PCHR condemns harassment of Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) 11 August 2009 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the harassment and cruel and degrading treatment inflicted upon Palestinian civilians by Israeli troops positioned at military checkpoint throughout the West Bank. PCHR field workers documents three cases of harassment against Palestinian civilians in the first three […]
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Settlers attack Susiyan Palestinian sheep herders
10 August 2009 At 7:30 of this morning, a group of sheep shepherds from Susyia, a small Palestinian village in the Southern Hebron hills, came under attack by a pair of Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal colony. The shepherds, a small group of two Palestinian men and one woman had been grazing their sheep […]
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Five new house demolition orders issued in Silwan, East Jerusalem
Alternative Information Center (AIC) 10 August 2009 Israeli forces issued five new house demolition orders in the al-Bustan section of Silwan in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, 5 August, injuring eight Palestinians in the process and seizing the identification card of Musa Odeh, a member of the al-Bustan Committee working to non-violently oppose the demolitions. Authorities […]