The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and HaMoked, the Center for the Defence of the Individual (HaMoked) filed a contempt of court motion to the High Court of Justice against the government of Israel and its head, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and against the General Security Service (GSS) and its head Yuval Diskin for their responsibility for the policy that grants a-priori permits to use torture in interrogation that fundamentally violates the High Court of Justice decision of September1999

Following a complaint filed on 17 December 2007 by PCATI Attorney Samah Elkhatib Ayoub, a soldier was convicted of assault leading to injury and for inappropriate behavior.

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) wrote the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad and the Minister of Justice, Dr. Ali Khashaan, protesting the death sentences imposed this week against two persons convicted of treason and conspiracy.

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) held a special event in Tel Aviv to mark United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26th).

Document written by Louis Frankenthaler, Development & International Outreach Director of PCATI, regarding PCATI's newest report on soldier violence, “No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees”.

On 25 June 2008, following a motion submitted by MK Jamal Zahalke, a debate was held at the Knesset plenary on PCATI's report "No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees".

At the end of the debate, the plenary decided to transfer the report for deliberation by the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.

Following the new publication of PCATI: "No Defence: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees" MK Zehava Gal’on submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister of Defense on the subject.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member and partner organizations in Israel, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Mosawa, are deeply concerned by a draft bill concerning refugees and asylum seekers which passed its preliminary reading in the Israeli Parliament by 21 votes to 1 last week.

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) calls on the Knesset not to pass the proposed amendment to the Detention of Illegal Combatants Law debated in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee

Nine human rights organizations, Israeli and Palestinian, petitioned Israel's High Court today demanding that the Defense Minister stop restricting fuel supply to the Gaza Strip as part of a policy of collective punishment.