PA violations

PA security refuses to allow lawyer to visit journalist Barakat

Saturday-8-July-2017

The lawyer of detained journalist Jihad Barakat said that officers from the preventive security apparatus refused to allow him to see his client and denied they knew anything about him.

PJS condemns arrest of journalist Jihad Barakat

Saturday-8-July-2017

The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) has strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority (PA) preventive security apparatus for arresting journalist Jihad Barakat a reporter for Palestine Today satellite channel on Thursday near an Israeli military checkpoint east of Tulkarem.

PA security nabs “Palestine Today” journalist in Tulkarem

Friday-7-July-2017

The Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces on Thursday evening kidnapped a news reporter working for “Palestine Today” satellite channel during his presence in Tulkarem city.

Gaza: Journalists rally against PA’s blocking of news sites in W. Bank

Sunday-2-July-2017

Dozens of Palestinian journalists on Saturday participated in a sit-in staged in the Gaza Strip to condemn the Palestinian Authority (PA) for blocking many news websites in the West Bank.

PA security forces storm sit-in held outside cabinet HQ in Ramallah

Saturday-24-June-2017

PA security forces stormed at dawn Saturday an area in Ramallah city where ex-detainees have been staging a sit-in for days to demand the government of Rami al-Hamdallah to backtrack on its decision to cut off their salaries.

Euro-Med asks ECA to probe PA’s misuse of European funds

Friday-23-June-2017

The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has asked the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in Luxembourg to investigate the use of European funds by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to violate human rights.

Hamas Gaza information Ministry slam PA for blocking 11 websites

Thursday-15-June-2017

Hamas Movement along with the Information Ministry in Gaza condemned the Ramallah general prosecutor Mohamed Barak’s decision to block 11 websites based on orders by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

PA court refuses to release two detainees after slamming Fatah leader

Wednesday-14-June-2017

The Palestinian Authority (PA) magistrate court in Ramallah refused on Wednesday to release on bail each of activist Nassar Jaradat and journalist Thaher al-Shamali who are both arrested at the PA preventive security apparatus.

PA cuts the salary of MP Najat Abu Bakr

Tuesday-6-June-2017

Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for Fatah Movement Najat Abu Bakr revealed on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah had cut her monthly salary.

PA security rejects court orders for release of five citizens

Wednesday-24-May-2017

The Palestinian Authority (PA) preventive security apparatus has refused to comply with court verdicts ordering the release of five Palestinian ex-detainees from al-Khalil city in the West Bank.