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Tulkarem 17 September 2013
Locals blame high cancer levels on pollution from “factories of death.” Read more about Palestinian family trapped in home as blaze raged in Israeli chemical plant
Deir Jarir 15 May 2013
Residents of Deir Jarir and Silwad are holding regular protests against Israel’s theft of their land. Read more about Protests an "offensive" against settler attacks, West Bank villagers say
12 March 2013
The eight prisoners are on hunger strike, most fighting the policy of administrative detention. Read more about Fighting for freedom: eight Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike right now
Gaza Strip 11 February 2013
Protests against Israeli goods take place close to the Gaza-Israel boundary. Read more about Defying surveillance, Gaza farmers demand boycott of Israel
19 December 2012
On Human Rights Day, Shawan Jabarin discusses the Palestinian statehood vote and Israel’s attacks on journalists. Read more about UN move was meaningless if PA not serious about taking Israel to international court, says Al-Haq head
Ramallah 26 September 2012
As Israel dismantles Gaza’s economy, job opportunities also shrink for the West Bank’s Palestinians. Read more about Palestinians risk death to work without permits in Israel
10 August 2012
The move must be seen as retaliation for Addameer’s effectiveness in challenging Israeli abuses and supporting hunger-striking prisoners. Read more about Deeming him "threat to state security," Israel bans Addameer founder from travel abroad
Jerusalem 1 May 2012
The Palestinian Authority’s arrest of journalists and activists critical of its policies are threatening freedom of expression in the West Bank, according to local human rights groups. Read more about Dozens of journalists, activists arrested as PA cracks down on dissent
London 1 March 2012
Mourad Jadallah discusses the case of Khader Adnan, the hunger striking Palestinian political prisoner who made administrative detention an international issue. Read more about Interview with Addameer's Mourad Jadallah: hunger strikes reignite prisoner movement
Geneva 1 March 2012
For most of the past six years, Israel has forbidden prominent human rights defender Shawan Jabarin from leaving the occupied West Bank. On exception, he was allowed travel to Geneva this week. Read more about Interview: Palestinian rights defender banned from traveling tastes freedom in Geneva