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Closure of major checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)
8th December 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Al-Khalil, occupied Palestine Israeli forces on Monday, 7th December 2015, have closed Shuhada checkpoint in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) for an indefinite period of time. This checkpoint marks the border between the H2 area of al-Khalil, under full Israeli control, and the H1 area, supposedly under full Palestinian control. Checkpoint 56 is the major checkpoint leading from the Palestinian market area at Bab al-Zawwiya into the Tel…
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ACT NOW. To Save Palestinian refugee in Saudi Arabia from death penalty after unfair trial
7th December 2015 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | Press release On 17 November 2015, a Saudi court sentenced to death a Palestinian Refugee, Ashraf Fayadh (35), for alleged blasphemous statements during a discussion, which are also mentioned in his poetry. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon you to participate in the global efforts to halt Fayadh’s execution and to release him. On 01 January 2014, Saudi authorities arrested Fayadh, who lives in…
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In Gaza, another farmer shot by a sniper for working his land
December 8th, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Khan Younis, Gaza strip, occupied Palestine A week ago Mohamed Abu Taima, 29 years-old and father of a small girl, was working his land 450m from the separation fence when an Israeli sniper shot him. At 4pm, he had arrived to his land in Al Faraheen, Khan Younees, South of the Gaza Strip. He was shot a few minutes after he started to work. The bullet passed…



