Human Rights Organizations Petition the Supreme Court to Nullify Law that Blatantly Violates Detainees' Rights
The law allows for the arrest of suspects for long periods without any judicial oversight, for deliberations to take place in their absence, and for the decision to extend their detention to be concealed from them
Letter to Palestinian National Authority on death penalty
letter sent by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) to the President, Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the Palestinian National Authority condemning the death sentences recently imposed against two persons by the High Military Court of the Palestinian National Authority.
More...PCATI calls on the Knesset not to pass the proposed amendment to the Detention of Illegal Combatants Law
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
More...Human Rights Groups: New "Prevention of Infiltration Law" is in violation of refugees' basic rights
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.
More...Petition to renew family visitations for prisoners from the Gaza Strip being held in Israeli prisons
5 prisoners, their relatives and 10 Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations petitioned the Supreme Court calling for the immediate renewal of the visits.
New Report by PCATI - No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees
The report, published this morning, reveals the widespread phenomenon of violence against bound Palestinian detainees by IDF soldiers and the almost absolute indifference of the IDF, the Ministry of Defense and the Knesset towards the existence of this phenomenon and the need to take action in order to eradicate it completely.
More...United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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).
More...The High Court of Justice decided to pass PCATI's petition demanding the annulment of a law to a wider panel of justices
The petition, filed in March 2008, demands the annulment of a law which severely violates the basic rights of detainees suspected of security offences.
More...Palestinian victim of shooting and Israeli human rights organizations demand suspension of legal proceedings in Ni’lin affair
Following the indictments filed on 7.8.08, in the Ni’lin shooting affair, the Palestinian victim and four Israeli human rights organizations demanded that the military Judge Advocate General suspend legal proceedings against both the lieutenant colonel involved and the soldier who fired the shot. The delay will enable the organizations to examine and consider challenging the decision to charge the two with the relatively light offense of “inappropriate conduct”.
More...PCATI calls on the Knesset not to pass the proposed amendment to the Detention of Illegal Combatants Law
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
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