Human Rights

PNN/Bethlehem USA declared their withdrawal from the UN Human Rights council on Tuesday, accusing it of anti-Israel bias. Niki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, described the body as a …

PNN/Ramallah- 19/6/2018 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) strongly condemns the attacks on journalists and participants in the sit-in held on Monday (18/6/2018) in Saraya Square in …

PNN/Ramallah In a recent statement, Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriats, H.E. Dr Riad Malki, has condemned UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson’s speech at the Human Rights Council. Boris …

There are 1.9 million people living in Gaza and 72 per cent of them are refugees. Samia Asaf and her family have lived as refugees across three generations now. After …

At approximately 11:00 on Monday, 18 June 2018, civilian persons backed by Plainclothes security officers intruded an event organized by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees in cooperation with the …

PNN/Nafha A riot broke out in Nafha prison on Friday as guards came to search the cell of a man pictured on twitter baking Ma’moul (cookies) in his cell. Khalil …

Rory Macdonald/PNN/ Bethlehem/ Amid international condemnation, Israel has staunchly defended its soldiers’ actions in Gaza over the past few months. By attempting to justify the deaths of 131 Palestinians  (as of 7th June) …

Bethlehem/PNN/ Israeli settlers chopped down on Thursday morning hundreds of fully grown trees in a Palestinian land in Beit Sakariya village, southwest of Bethlehem located inside the illegal Gush Etzion settlement …

Bethlehem/PNN/ The United Nations General Assembly ( UNGA ) voted on Wednesday 120 in favor with only eight against with 45 countries abstaining in favor of a resolution denouncing Israeli killing …

Ramallah /PNN/ Palestinian security forces fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse a rare anti-government protest in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, as hundreds demonstrated against Palestinian …

GAZA/PNN/ A Palestinian identified as Ahmad Ziad Assi, 21, died on Thursday at Gaza European Hospital of injuries sustained few days ago from Israeli army gunfire, according to the Ministry …

PNN/ Gaza/  Weekly report by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza shows Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (07 …

PNN/ Bethlehem/ Munther Amira, a Palestinian Social Worker, activist and human rights defender, was arrested by IOF during a non-violent protest in Bethlehem against the Trump Administration declaration of Jerusalem …

PNN/ Jerusalem/ According to a new study by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, infant mortality, which in most parts of the world is in decreasing, has not …

PNN// UAE/ UN human rights experts are urging the authorities in the United Arab Emirates to immediately free the prize-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor and annul the 10-year prison …