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Lawyers for Justice documented allegations of torture made by the political detainee Islam Bani Shamsa from Nablus
Today, Thursday, Sept 15, 2022, Lawyers for Justice group followed a court session for the young man Islam Bani Shamsa from Nablus, in which the Nablus Magistrate's Court decided to extend his detention for 15 days pending investigation. The lawyer group reported that...
Lawyers for Justice: Closure of 7 Palestinian civil and human rights institutions is a new Israeli aggression on human rights
Lawyers for Justice condemns the closure of the occupation, seven human rights and civil institutions, Thursday, August 18, 2022, in Ramallah: (Al-Haq Foundation, Addameer Foundation for Prisoner Care and Human Rights, Bisan Center for Research and Development, the...
Allegations of torture made by political detainee Abdel-Wahhab Hamad
Lawyers for Justice denounces that the detainee Abd al-Wahhab Hamad, 21 years, from Nablus, was tortured during his detention at the Preventive Security forces, according to what he told the group’s lawyer today, Thursday, August 11, 2022. According to Hamad, he...
Lawyers for Justice in the face of incitement by the executive organs
Again, the executive bodies and their employees continue their incitement against the Lawyers for Justice to prevent it from exercising its human rights work and defending the rights of activists and citizens, especially after the rise of the violations of the...
New violations: more than 10 decisions to extend the detention of activists
Today, Sunday, July 24, 2022, the Jericho Court of First Instance extended the detention of fellow trainee lawyer Ahmed Al-Khasib, Jihad Wahdan, and Alaa Ghanem for 45 days, at the request of the Public Prosecution, and against a political background.The political...
A public opinion statement on the enforcement of the decisions of the new laws approved by the President of the Executive Authority, Mahmoud Abbas
The Supreme Judicial Council proceeds to work on the legal amendments related to the provisions of civil and criminal procedures approved by the President of the Executive Authority, Mahmoud Abbas; in light of obstruction of the Legislative Authority for many years in...
The latest updates in the case of the accused in the assassination of political critic Nizar Banat
The trial session of the 14 whom are accused in the case of the assassination of the critic and political activist Nizar Banat; was held this morning, 03/07/2022, in the Military Court in Ramallah. All the accused were present, the defense attorney, a representative...
The consideration of the appeal has been postponed in the case of journalist Abdul Rahman Thaher
Nablus Court of First Instance, in its appellate capacity, postpones consideration of the appeal submitted by the defense in the trial file of the journalist and satirical artist; Abdul Rahman Thaher until 08/08/2022و to appeal the decision of the Nablus Magistrate's...
Public opinion statement on the continuation of mass political arrests and arrests based on opinion
Lawyers for Justice group is following the mass of political arrests and arrests based on exercising constitutional rights, carried out by the executive authority, which has taken a noticeably escalating trend since the beginning of this June. The group has recorded,...
Arrest under the Governor’s custody in June
Since the beginning of June, the group has followed up on 5 administrative arrests pending under the governor decision, including 4 cases in the custody of the governor of Qalqilya and one in the custody of the governor of Ramallah. The group had obtained several...
The trial of the accused in the assassination case of Nizar Banat is postponed without an official court session
In the supervisory role played by Lawyers for Justice group, by attending all the trials of the acؤused in the case of the assassination of political activist Nizar Banat from the beginning until today, the most recent updates in this case; the trial session of the...
The trial of the accused in assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat has been postponed
The military court in Ramallah has postponed the trial of the accused in assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat today morning, until June 20th, upon a previous request from the defendant's attorney to postpone due to his sickness.
A public statement on the suppression of the protest by An-Najah University students
Lawyers for justice group followed up on the bloody events that took place yesterday inside the campus of Al-Najah University in the city of Nablus, what accompanied these events was the repression and beatings of dozens of university security staff, reaching the...
Detainees under torture in Jericho
Updates on the status of the political detainees Ahmad khaseeb and Ahmad Hareesh; our colleague lawyer Ahmed khaseeb, is detained for nearly a week by Palestinian security forces, he is being subjected to torture and abuse inside the Security Committee’s detention...
A political detainee Sulaiman Qatash hasn’t been presented to any judicial entity since 3 days
For three day in straight; the Palestinian Preventive Security Forces in Ramallah refuse to present the political detainee Suliaman Qatash to any judicial entity, note that he was detained in the preventive security center on 6/6/2022, after he was arrested from his...
“We want to live”!
The Lawyers for Justice group has followed the arrest of 11 persons by the Palestinians Security Forces in the city center of Hebron in 05/06/2022, then transported 8 of them to the security committee in Jericho, regarding their participation in a popular protest...
A protest in front of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ramallah to demand the release of Ammar Banat
A group of human rights organizations and activists sit-in today in front of the headquarters of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ramallah, to demand for immediate release of Ammar Banat, one of the witnesses in the case of the assassination of the political...
The trial of the accused in the case of assassinations’ of Nizar Banat has been postponed
The military court in Ramallah today June 1st, has decided to postpone the trial of the accused in the case of assasenation of the political critic Nizar Banat to June 13th, June 2022, until the accused defendant’s attorney manages to bring the witnesses to the...
The trial of the accused in the assassination of Nizar Banat case has been postponed
The trial of the accused in the case of assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat has been postponed this morning Sunday 29/05/2022, after the Military Prosecution has stated that they had received a letter from the Legal Department of Military Intelligence...
The trial of the accused in assassination of the political critic Nizar Banat has been postponed
The trial number 23d for the accused in assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat held yesterday in the military court in Ramallah, noting that he was killed in early morning of 24th, June 2021, after being beaten excessively by Palestinian Security Forces,...
On World Press Freedom Day, who gives the Palestinian journalists their rights?
The World Press Freedom Day comes this year, and the accusation of “defamation against the authority” is still an attempt by the security forces in the West Bank to pursue journalistic work, arrest them for practicing their journalistic work and exercising their right...
Urgent appeal for the release of the child Athal Al-Azza from the prisons of the Israeli occupation
Athal Al-Azzeh has not yet completed his 14th years old, when the Israeli occupation forces kidnaped him, robed his freedom and talent of music and arts, turn it into an urgent call for freedom from behind bars. On Friday, April 15, 2022, Athal was heading to Al’azzeh...
Continuing violations of human rights and public freedoms: highlighting some current cases
As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2022, the Palestinian arena is still witnessing increasing repression of public freedoms and human rights, and union and student work, and we are still in the presence of arbitrary detention without any legal...
Lawyers for Justice denounce labor day deduction for striking teachers
Alarmingly, the Ministry of Education issues a decision to deduct one working day for teachers who went on a partial strike in protest of the failure to pay their salaries in full, in a move that is a violation of their right to peaceful expression guaranteed in the...
Extending the detention of political critic Mohammed Amr for 24 hours
After the security forces fired live bullets and used weapons during his arrest, the Public Prosecution extended the detention of activist and political critic Mohammad Amr from Dura in Hebron for 24 hours, with allegations against him of "resisting security men." At...
Hebron University student Baraa Ghazal was arrested twice in 20 days
Within 20 days, the security forces arrested the student at Hebron University, Baraa Ghazal, twice, on the grounds of his student activity at the university, which is his right guaranteed constitutionally and academically. Going back, on March 24, 2022, from the Bab...
Trial postponed for those accused of killing activist Nizar Banat
The military judiciary in Ramallah postponed the trial session of the accused in the assassination of activist Nizar Banat until May 18, 2022.The decision to postpone comes after the defense lawyer for the accused submitted a letter requesting the postponement of the...
Trial postponed for those accused of killing activist Nizar Banat
Today, Sunday, February 13, 2022, The Lawyers for Justice group followed up the postponement of the trial session for those accused of assassinating activist Nizar Banat, due to the defendants' refusal to attend, according to a letter from the Military Intelligence...
The trial session for those accused of killing the activist Nizar Banat on January 31, 2022
On Monday, January 31, 2022, the Lawyers for Justice group attended the trial session of the accused of killing the activist Nizar Banat at the Military Court in Ramallah, as a human rights observer, in the presence of the 14 defendants, the defense attorney for the...
More than a year and a half ago.. the trial of journalist Anas Hawari continued to be postponed
The Magistrate Court in Tulkarm postponed the trial of journalist Anas Hawari, which is supposed to take place on Sunday, January 23, 2022, until March 23, 2022, due to the absence of the witness. Wherefore, the court decided to re-notify the witness who is a member...
Lawyers for Justice group condemns the continued harassment of journalists and the conviction of journalist Abdel Rahman Zaher
The Lawyers for Justice group followed up the sentencing session on the case of Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Abdel Rahman Zaher from Nablus, where they prosecuted him on three charges that affect the essence of his professional journalistic work and restricts...
Lawyers for Justice Group obtains acquittal of 15 activists, and postpones 7 more sessions due to the absence of witnesses
Lawyers for Justice Group followed up 8 court sessions for 33 activists and human rights defenders against their participation in the “Enough is enough” movement in 2020, and the demonstrations condemning the assassination of activist Nizar Banat. In addition to...
They were forced to stand for three days in a “closet”: Lawyers for Justice documents violations against Birzeit University students during their detention
The Lawyers for Justice group monitored several serious human rights violations against students at Birzeit University; (YD) during 11 days of his detention, (A.S) 12 days, and (M.Q) 13 days. They were all arrested during the same period in December 2021 by the...
Court session for those accused of killing Nizar Banat January 10, 2022
The Lawyers for Justice group attended, as a human rights observer, the court session of the 14 defendants in killing Nizar Banat in the Military Court in Ramallah today, Monday, January 10, 2022, in the presence of the 14 defendants, their defense lawyers,...
Lawyers for justice group documented a political detention in connection to the local elections
The Lawyers for justice group monitored human rights violations against the activist (M.S) from a village in Ramallah during his arrest due to his participation in the local elections that took place in December 2021. According to M.S, he was interrogated in Ramallah...
Lawyers for justice condemns the re-arrest of the activist Muhammad Hussein
The Lawyers for justice group condemns the re-arrest of the activist Muhammad Ammar Hussein by the intelligence services immediately after his release from Nablus prison. On January 3, 2022, the Nablus Magistrate court issued a verdict to release him on bail of 2000...
More than 340 political arrests in 2021
The Palestinians welcomed 2021 with Presidential Decree No(5) to enhance public freedomsو and ensure political affiliation and action without persecution or restrictions. And legal criminalizing political detention confirming the provisions of the Palestinian Basic...
Court session for those accused of killing Nizar Banat – December 26, 2021
Today, Sunday, December 26, 2021, the group of Lawyers for justice attended the trial session of the accused of killing the activist Nizar Banat. The trial held in the military judiciary building in Ramallah, in the presence of the 14 accused, their defense attorneys,...
Due to the absence of witnesses.. 9 trial sessions for activists were postponed and a case file was closed
Ramallah Magistrate Court postponed nine trial sessions of activists and human rights defenders, until January 19, 2022, due to the non-attendance of witnesses and their absence from the sessions. Representatives of the Public Prosecution Office requested a time limit...
An invitation to attend trials of 35 human rights defenders and activists
Lawyers for Justice group invites all media organizations, civil society, local and international human rights institutions to attend ten public trial sessions of 35 human rights activists and defenders against participating in the “Enough is enough” movement in 2020....
Lawyers for Justice: The arrest of activist Moussa Nazzal, under the custody of the governor, is against the law
In cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights Office, the Lawyers for Justice group was able to locate the place of detention of activist Musa Nazzal "Al-Sawy" in Qalqilya, where he is detained under the custody of the governor of Qalqilya.The General...
Lawyers for Justice documents a violation against the human rights of a political prisoner
Lawyers for Justice group documented grave human rights violations that activist "N.ِA" was subjected to during his arrest during the twenty days of his political detention.Although the court issued a decision to release him, it was not implemented, and his detention...
Lawyers for Justice demands revealing the fate of political detainee Musa Nazzal
Today, Monday, December 13, 2021, a group of Lawyers for Justice went to the headquarters of the General Intelligence in the city of Qalqilya to proceed with the authorization procedures for the political detainee, Musa Nazzal Al-Sawy. The intelligence informed the...
More than 200 arrests and detentions since May 2021
The escalation of arrest campaigns carried out by the security services in the occupied West Bank governorates since the beginning of last October reflects the deterioration of the human rights situation in Palestine. The group has documented dozens of arrests of...
A statement issued by Lawyers for Justice about the suppression of freedom of political action in the city of Bethlehem
A Lawyers for Justice group followed the photos and clips from the funeral of the martyr Amjad Abu Sultan in Bethlehem, where security individuals in civilian clothes appeared to suppress the funeral participants from different political parties.The group monitored...
Activist Mohammad Balaawe
Lawyers for Justice; we were expecting the announcement of activist Mohammad Balaawe innocence, which he has been arrested by "Preventive Security Service" with being interrogated, and extended his detention, as well as referred his case to the competent court on...
The Palestinian labors Inside the Green line, in the face of death
Position paper emanating from Lawyers For Justice Based on the declaration of a state of emergency in the occupying Power(Israel), especially after the increase in the number of cases of Corona Kovid virus (19), the Palestinian workers found themselves obliged to...
Alaa Hmaidan
Lawyers for Justice group has followed with concern the arrest of the community activist Alaa Hmaidan, owner of the "Knights of the Great Dawn" initiative, which aims to enhance the resilience of citizens in several areas by going to pray dawn.Alaa hmidan was arrested...
The 20th trial of Dr. Adel Samara will be held on Wednesday
The Ramallah Magistrate Court will hold the 20th session of Dr. Adel Samara on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 9:00 am, more witnesses will be heard to defense Dr. Samara, after the prosecution has finished his evidence in the last sessions, lawyers for justice has...
Statement by Lawyers for Justice regarding the deportation of activist Omar Shaker
Following the decision of the Israeli Interior Minister to deport human rights activist and defender Omar Shaker, the director of Human Rights Watch's office in Palestine, Lawyers for Justice strongly condemns the deportation decision and the subsequent endorsement of...
Lawyers for Justice “follows with concern the allegations of torture and miss-treatment reported by the detainee Mohammed Zahran” by the Public Prosecution
Lawyers for justice followed up with Mohammed Zahran’s case on Tuesday, whom is a detainee for the GID in Ramallah, since Monday 18/11/2019 Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Zahran, from Deir Abu Mish'al town, Ramallah’s district, a prisoner of liberation who spent three...
A statement for “Lawyers for Justice” about the arrested student, Abdul Rahman Hamdan
Lawyers for Justice are following with great concern the arrest of a student at Birzeit University, Abd al-Rahman Hamdan, who was arrested by the General Intelligence Service up to 12:30 p.m last Thursday.Today, lawyers for justice have been present in the Public...
A statement to the public opinion on the decision for blocking media websites on the Internet
Lawyers for justice got surprised by the decision from the content of the judicial issued by the Ramallah Magistrate Court issued on 17/10/2019, this decision comes after the issuance of a similar decision with the same content that holds the number 11/2017 on...
Lawyers for Justice documented allegations of torture made by the political detainee Islam Bani Shamsa from Nablus
Today, Thursday, Sept 15, 2022, Lawyers for Justice group followed a court session for the young man Islam Bani Shamsa from Nablus, in which the Nablus Magistrate's Court decided to extend his detention for 15 days pending investigation. The lawyer group reported that...
Lawyers for Justice: Closure of 7 Palestinian civil and human rights institutions is a new Israeli aggression on human rights
Lawyers for Justice condemns the closure of the occupation, seven human rights and civil institutions, Thursday, August 18, 2022, in Ramallah: (Al-Haq Foundation, Addameer Foundation for Prisoner Care and Human Rights, Bisan Center for Research and Development, the...
Allegations of torture made by political detainee Abdel-Wahhab Hamad
Lawyers for Justice denounces that the detainee Abd al-Wahhab Hamad, 21 years, from Nablus, was tortured during his detention at the Preventive Security forces, according to what he told the group’s lawyer today, Thursday, August 11, 2022. According to Hamad, he...
Lawyers for Justice in the face of incitement by the executive organs
Again, the executive bodies and their employees continue their incitement against the Lawyers for Justice to prevent it from exercising its human rights work and defending the rights of activists and citizens, especially after the rise of the violations of the...
New violations: more than 10 decisions to extend the detention of activists
Today, Sunday, July 24, 2022, the Jericho Court of First Instance extended the detention of fellow trainee lawyer Ahmed Al-Khasib, Jihad Wahdan, and Alaa Ghanem for 45 days, at the request of the Public Prosecution, and against a political background.The political...
A public opinion statement on the enforcement of the decisions of the new laws approved by the President of the Executive Authority, Mahmoud Abbas
The Supreme Judicial Council proceeds to work on the legal amendments related to the provisions of civil and criminal procedures approved by the President of the Executive Authority, Mahmoud Abbas; in light of obstruction of the Legislative Authority for many years in...
The latest updates in the case of the accused in the assassination of political critic Nizar Banat
The trial session of the 14 whom are accused in the case of the assassination of the critic and political activist Nizar Banat; was held this morning, 03/07/2022, in the Military Court in Ramallah. All the accused were present, the defense attorney, a representative...
The consideration of the appeal has been postponed in the case of journalist Abdul Rahman Thaher
Nablus Court of First Instance, in its appellate capacity, postpones consideration of the appeal submitted by the defense in the trial file of the journalist and satirical artist; Abdul Rahman Thaher until 08/08/2022و to appeal the decision of the Nablus Magistrate's...
Public opinion statement on the continuation of mass political arrests and arrests based on opinion
Lawyers for Justice group is following the mass of political arrests and arrests based on exercising constitutional rights, carried out by the executive authority, which has taken a noticeably escalating trend since the beginning of this June. The group has recorded,...
Arrest under the Governor’s custody in June
Since the beginning of June, the group has followed up on 5 administrative arrests pending under the governor decision, including 4 cases in the custody of the governor of Qalqilya and one in the custody of the governor of Ramallah. The group had obtained several...
The trial of the accused in the assassination case of Nizar Banat is postponed without an official court session
In the supervisory role played by Lawyers for Justice group, by attending all the trials of the acؤused in the case of the assassination of political activist Nizar Banat from the beginning until today, the most recent updates in this case; the trial session of the...
The trial of the accused in assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat has been postponed
The military court in Ramallah has postponed the trial of the accused in assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat today morning, until June 20th, upon a previous request from the defendant's attorney to postpone due to his sickness.
A public statement on the suppression of the protest by An-Najah University students
Lawyers for justice group followed up on the bloody events that took place yesterday inside the campus of Al-Najah University in the city of Nablus, what accompanied these events was the repression and beatings of dozens of university security staff, reaching the...
Detainees under torture in Jericho
Updates on the status of the political detainees Ahmad khaseeb and Ahmad Hareesh; our colleague lawyer Ahmed khaseeb, is detained for nearly a week by Palestinian security forces, he is being subjected to torture and abuse inside the Security Committee’s detention...
A political detainee Sulaiman Qatash hasn’t been presented to any judicial entity since 3 days
For three day in straight; the Palestinian Preventive Security Forces in Ramallah refuse to present the political detainee Suliaman Qatash to any judicial entity, note that he was detained in the preventive security center on 6/6/2022, after he was arrested from his...
“We want to live”!
The Lawyers for Justice group has followed the arrest of 11 persons by the Palestinians Security Forces in the city center of Hebron in 05/06/2022, then transported 8 of them to the security committee in Jericho, regarding their participation in a popular protest...
A protest in front of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ramallah to demand the release of Ammar Banat
A group of human rights organizations and activists sit-in today in front of the headquarters of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ramallah, to demand for immediate release of Ammar Banat, one of the witnesses in the case of the assassination of the political...
The trial of the accused in the case of assassinations’ of Nizar Banat has been postponed
The military court in Ramallah today June 1st, has decided to postpone the trial of the accused in the case of assasenation of the political critic Nizar Banat to June 13th, June 2022, until the accused defendant’s attorney manages to bring the witnesses to the...
The trial of the accused in the assassination of Nizar Banat case has been postponed
The trial of the accused in the case of assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat has been postponed this morning Sunday 29/05/2022, after the Military Prosecution has stated that they had received a letter from the Legal Department of Military Intelligence...
The trial of the accused in assassination of the political critic Nizar Banat has been postponed
The trial number 23d for the accused in assassination of the political activist Nizar Banat held yesterday in the military court in Ramallah, noting that he was killed in early morning of 24th, June 2021, after being beaten excessively by Palestinian Security Forces,...
On World Press Freedom Day, who gives the Palestinian journalists their rights?
The World Press Freedom Day comes this year, and the accusation of “defamation against the authority” is still an attempt by the security forces in the West Bank to pursue journalistic work, arrest them for practicing their journalistic work and exercising their right...
Urgent appeal for the release of the child Athal Al-Azza from the prisons of the Israeli occupation
Athal Al-Azzeh has not yet completed his 14th years old, when the Israeli occupation forces kidnaped him, robed his freedom and talent of music and arts, turn it into an urgent call for freedom from behind bars. On Friday, April 15, 2022, Athal was heading to Al’azzeh...
Continuing violations of human rights and public freedoms: highlighting some current cases
As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2022, the Palestinian arena is still witnessing increasing repression of public freedoms and human rights, and union and student work, and we are still in the presence of arbitrary detention without any legal...
Lawyers for Justice denounce labor day deduction for striking teachers
Alarmingly, the Ministry of Education issues a decision to deduct one working day for teachers who went on a partial strike in protest of the failure to pay their salaries in full, in a move that is a violation of their right to peaceful expression guaranteed in the...
Extending the detention of political critic Mohammed Amr for 24 hours
After the security forces fired live bullets and used weapons during his arrest, the Public Prosecution extended the detention of activist and political critic Mohammad Amr from Dura in Hebron for 24 hours, with allegations against him of "resisting security men." At...
Hebron University student Baraa Ghazal was arrested twice in 20 days
Within 20 days, the security forces arrested the student at Hebron University, Baraa Ghazal, twice, on the grounds of his student activity at the university, which is his right guaranteed constitutionally and academically. Going back, on March 24, 2022, from the Bab...
Trial postponed for those accused of killing activist Nizar Banat
The military judiciary in Ramallah postponed the trial session of the accused in the assassination of activist Nizar Banat until May 18, 2022.The decision to postpone comes after the defense lawyer for the accused submitted a letter requesting the postponement of the...
Trial postponed for those accused of killing activist Nizar Banat
Today, Sunday, February 13, 2022, The Lawyers for Justice group followed up the postponement of the trial session for those accused of assassinating activist Nizar Banat, due to the defendants' refusal to attend, according to a letter from the Military Intelligence...
The trial session for those accused of killing the activist Nizar Banat on January 31, 2022
On Monday, January 31, 2022, the Lawyers for Justice group attended the trial session of the accused of killing the activist Nizar Banat at the Military Court in Ramallah, as a human rights observer, in the presence of the 14 defendants, the defense attorney for the...
More than a year and a half ago.. the trial of journalist Anas Hawari continued to be postponed
The Magistrate Court in Tulkarm postponed the trial of journalist Anas Hawari, which is supposed to take place on Sunday, January 23, 2022, until March 23, 2022, due to the absence of the witness. Wherefore, the court decided to re-notify the witness who is a member...
Lawyers for Justice group condemns the continued harassment of journalists and the conviction of journalist Abdel Rahman Zaher
The Lawyers for Justice group followed up the sentencing session on the case of Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Abdel Rahman Zaher from Nablus, where they prosecuted him on three charges that affect the essence of his professional journalistic work and restricts...
Lawyers for Justice Group obtains acquittal of 15 activists, and postpones 7 more sessions due to the absence of witnesses
Lawyers for Justice Group followed up 8 court sessions for 33 activists and human rights defenders against their participation in the “Enough is enough” movement in 2020, and the demonstrations condemning the assassination of activist Nizar Banat. In addition to...
They were forced to stand for three days in a “closet”: Lawyers for Justice documents violations against Birzeit University students during their detention
The Lawyers for Justice group monitored several serious human rights violations against students at Birzeit University; (YD) during 11 days of his detention, (A.S) 12 days, and (M.Q) 13 days. They were all arrested during the same period in December 2021 by the...
Court session for those accused of killing Nizar Banat January 10, 2022
The Lawyers for Justice group attended, as a human rights observer, the court session of the 14 defendants in killing Nizar Banat in the Military Court in Ramallah today, Monday, January 10, 2022, in the presence of the 14 defendants, their defense lawyers,...
Lawyers for justice group documented a political detention in connection to the local elections
The Lawyers for justice group monitored human rights violations against the activist (M.S) from a village in Ramallah during his arrest due to his participation in the local elections that took place in December 2021. According to M.S, he was interrogated in Ramallah...
Lawyers for justice condemns the re-arrest of the activist Muhammad Hussein
The Lawyers for justice group condemns the re-arrest of the activist Muhammad Ammar Hussein by the intelligence services immediately after his release from Nablus prison. On January 3, 2022, the Nablus Magistrate court issued a verdict to release him on bail of 2000...
More than 340 political arrests in 2021
The Palestinians welcomed 2021 with Presidential Decree No(5) to enhance public freedomsو and ensure political affiliation and action without persecution or restrictions. And legal criminalizing political detention confirming the provisions of the Palestinian Basic...
Court session for those accused of killing Nizar Banat – December 26, 2021
Today, Sunday, December 26, 2021, the group of Lawyers for justice attended the trial session of the accused of killing the activist Nizar Banat. The trial held in the military judiciary building in Ramallah, in the presence of the 14 accused, their defense attorneys,...
Due to the absence of witnesses.. 9 trial sessions for activists were postponed and a case file was closed
Ramallah Magistrate Court postponed nine trial sessions of activists and human rights defenders, until January 19, 2022, due to the non-attendance of witnesses and their absence from the sessions. Representatives of the Public Prosecution Office requested a time limit...
An invitation to attend trials of 35 human rights defenders and activists
Lawyers for Justice group invites all media organizations, civil society, local and international human rights institutions to attend ten public trial sessions of 35 human rights activists and defenders against participating in the “Enough is enough” movement in 2020....
Lawyers for Justice: The arrest of activist Moussa Nazzal, under the custody of the governor, is against the law
In cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights Office, the Lawyers for Justice group was able to locate the place of detention of activist Musa Nazzal "Al-Sawy" in Qalqilya, where he is detained under the custody of the governor of Qalqilya.The General...
Lawyers for Justice documents a violation against the human rights of a political prisoner
Lawyers for Justice group documented grave human rights violations that activist "N.ِA" was subjected to during his arrest during the twenty days of his political detention.Although the court issued a decision to release him, it was not implemented, and his detention...
Lawyers for Justice demands revealing the fate of political detainee Musa Nazzal
Today, Monday, December 13, 2021, a group of Lawyers for Justice went to the headquarters of the General Intelligence in the city of Qalqilya to proceed with the authorization procedures for the political detainee, Musa Nazzal Al-Sawy. The intelligence informed the...
More than 200 arrests and detentions since May 2021
The escalation of arrest campaigns carried out by the security services in the occupied West Bank governorates since the beginning of last October reflects the deterioration of the human rights situation in Palestine. The group has documented dozens of arrests of...
A statement issued by Lawyers for Justice about the suppression of freedom of political action in the city of Bethlehem
A Lawyers for Justice group followed the photos and clips from the funeral of the martyr Amjad Abu Sultan in Bethlehem, where security individuals in civilian clothes appeared to suppress the funeral participants from different political parties.The group monitored...
Activist Mohammad Balaawe
Lawyers for Justice; we were expecting the announcement of activist Mohammad Balaawe innocence, which he has been arrested by "Preventive Security Service" with being interrogated, and extended his detention, as well as referred his case to the competent court on...
The Palestinian labors Inside the Green line, in the face of death
Position paper emanating from Lawyers For Justice Based on the declaration of a state of emergency in the occupying Power(Israel), especially after the increase in the number of cases of Corona Kovid virus (19), the Palestinian workers found themselves obliged to...
Alaa Hmaidan
Lawyers for Justice group has followed with concern the arrest of the community activist Alaa Hmaidan, owner of the "Knights of the Great Dawn" initiative, which aims to enhance the resilience of citizens in several areas by going to pray dawn.Alaa hmidan was arrested...
The 20th trial of Dr. Adel Samara will be held on Wednesday
The Ramallah Magistrate Court will hold the 20th session of Dr. Adel Samara on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 9:00 am, more witnesses will be heard to defense Dr. Samara, after the prosecution has finished his evidence in the last sessions, lawyers for justice has...
Statement by Lawyers for Justice regarding the deportation of activist Omar Shaker
Following the decision of the Israeli Interior Minister to deport human rights activist and defender Omar Shaker, the director of Human Rights Watch's office in Palestine, Lawyers for Justice strongly condemns the deportation decision and the subsequent endorsement of...
Lawyers for Justice “follows with concern the allegations of torture and miss-treatment reported by the detainee Mohammed Zahran” by the Public Prosecution
Lawyers for justice followed up with Mohammed Zahran’s case on Tuesday, whom is a detainee for the GID in Ramallah, since Monday 18/11/2019 Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Zahran, from Deir Abu Mish'al town, Ramallah’s district, a prisoner of liberation who spent three...
A statement for “Lawyers for Justice” about the arrested student, Abdul Rahman Hamdan
Lawyers for Justice are following with great concern the arrest of a student at Birzeit University, Abd al-Rahman Hamdan, who was arrested by the General Intelligence Service up to 12:30 p.m last Thursday.Today, lawyers for justice have been present in the Public...
A statement to the public opinion on the decision for blocking media websites on the Internet
Lawyers for justice got surprised by the decision from the content of the judicial issued by the Ramallah Magistrate Court issued on 17/10/2019, this decision comes after the issuance of a similar decision with the same content that holds the number 11/2017 on...
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Mukhmasi Building
Floor 3