MUSAWA Demands the Release of Nizar Banat and To Stop the Mockery of Arrest for Opinion   It seems that some officials in the security services and the executive authority have not yet realized the serious implications for upholding the approach of cover-ups, arrest, and prosecution based on expression of opinion, which is the most prominent right to be guaranteed by the Basic Law and the declaration of independence, as well as international treaties and conventions. They also appear to be operating outside the scope and limitations of the Basic Law, deliberately and...

    Position Paper by Human Rights Organisations’ on the Independence of the Palestinian Judicial System*   Palestinian human rights organisations are following, with concern, the rapidly unfolding developments in the Palestinian Judicial Authority, coinciding with additional serious challenges facing the Palestinian people. In addition to the so-called “Deal of the Century”, the Israeli occupying authorities continue to advance and entrench their annexation, emboldened and supported by the United States, in flagrant vi...

Success story: MUSAWA succeeds in getting the Criminal Investigation Department to submit to a judicial decision to release a juvenile   Article 106 of the Basic Law and Article 82 of the Judicial Authority Act provides that “Judicial rulings shall be implemented. Refraining from or obstructing the implementation of a judicial ruling in any manner whatsoever shall be considered a crime carrying a penalty of imprisonment or dismissal from the position if the accused individual is a public official or assigned to public service. The aggrieved party may file a cas...