Honorable President and Members of the High Judicial Council / Gaza Subject: The formation of a grand criminal court against the law, and holding magistrates’ court sessions in a place other than that stipulated by the law. MUSAWA, the Palestinian Center for the independence of the legal profession and the Judiciary, extends its greetings and states that, in its capacity as a civil monitoring body, it has come to its knowledge that your esteemed council issued a decision to form a grand criminal court without legal ground...

MUSAWA Demands the Immediate Release of Activist and Cancelled Legislative Council Elections Candidate Mohammad Amer   The immediate and unconditional release of Mohmmad Amer, the social activist, and head of the cancelled Legislative Council elections’ electoral list “Tafah Al-Kail”, and the conduct of impartial investigation of the violation of arrest and detention procedures of the law and its violation of the constitutional human rights, and the accountability of its perpetrators, are a duty unacceptable to postponement or procrastination because ...

Esteemed Mr. Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip   Subject: Local Council Elections in the Gaza Strip “the Southern Governorates”   The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession-Musawa, expresses its greetings, highlighting that it is an independent civil watchdog concerned with monitoring the performance of government institutions, foremost of which is the justice system in a manner that safeguards the constitutional rights of citizens and embodies the values, pri...