MUSAWA received a letter from His Excellency Public Prosecutor stating that the Public Prosecution has responded to MUSAWA’s memo by (1) giving an order to remove the announcement of Jenin’s Prosecution regarding the procedures of reviewing release requests,(2) issuing instructions for a quick handling of release-on-bail requests (on the same day), and (3) issuing an order to rehabilitate the glass partition separating the Public Prosecution’s employees and its visitors so as to ensure that visitors can communicate with the employee in an appropriate direct manner without prejudice to their dignity. The Public Prosecuto...

Given the importance of MUSAWA’s publications as tools for monitoring the performance of the justice sector, a special consultation round was organized and conducted on 14/12/2016, connecting the West Bank and Gaza through video conference, to discuss the 19th issue of Eye on Justice magazine and 27th issue of Justice and Law magazine. The session included a number of legal figures both from the West Bank and Gaza; members of the Public Prosecution and employees at the High Judicial Council. The overall purpose of the consultation round was to talk about the content of both publication...

On the occasion of the international day of human rights and human rights defenders, which falls on Saturday the 10th of December, MUSAWA and the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network launched a campaign on social media channels to “tweet” about human rights and the important role of the PHRDs Network. The all-day-long campaign included a number of PHRDs members in Palestine. In Gaza, the members gathered along with the social media club to jointly launch several “tweets” that promote the culture of human rights. The social media club’s Content ...