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Prevention of hasty legislation- A letter to the Attorney General

16.03.2006

Dear Mr. Mazuz,

Re:  Prevention of hasty legislation

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Protest of 8 human rights organizations regarding the attack on Adalah's and ACRI by the State Attorney's office

05.06.2007

In the response of the Attorney General’s office to the amicus brief filed to the High Court of Justice on 29 May 2007 by Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) regarding the revocation of the residency in Israel of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council from East Jerusalem. (High Court of Justice case 7803/06), senior attorneys from the State Attorney’s Office attacked the human rights organization.

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Torture in the Kishon detention center

21.11.2007

On 21 November 2007, PCATI attorney Samah Elkhatib-Ayoub submitted a complaint to the Attorney General on behalf of Ima’ad Hotri, a detainee who stated that he was tortured at the Kison Detention Center.

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8 Human Rights NGOs sent a letter to the Attorny General Demanding the establishment of an independent investigation mechanism

22.01.2009

On January 20, 2009, eight human rights NGOs – the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Bimkom, B'Tselem, Gisha, Hamoked Center for Defense of the Individual, the Public Committee Against Torture in Isael, Yesh Din, and Physicians for Human Rights, sent a letter to the Attorney General demanding the establishment of an independent mechanism to investigate the killing and injuring of civilians during the fighting in Gaza, in cases in which there is a strong suspicion that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) committed serious breaches of the humanitarian law.

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HCJ rejected the contempt of court Petition filed by PCATI and other organizations

06.07.2009

On 6 July 2009, the High Court of Justice rejected the contempt of court motion filed by PCATI, HaMoked and ACRI on the violation of the HCJ judgement on torture of September 1999.

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10 years, Hundreds of Complaints, No Investigations

Accountability Denied
28.12.2009

A new report by PCATI exposes an intolerable reality. Israeli authorities systematically prevent investigations of complaints of torture against General Security Service (GSS) interrogators. 

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