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Adalah's letter was based on 21 shocking testimonies recorded by DCI-P describing physical and psychological torture by Israeli soldiers.

Today, 26 November 2014, the Chairman of the Knesset, MK Yariv Levin (Likud) announced a government proposal of severe “temporary measures” aimed at "ending terror attacks"...

Letter argued that police continue to practice what the Or Commission called a 'culture of lying' rooted within the police institution.

Policemen who executed Hamdan should be suspended, criminal investigation should be opened, and those responsible brought to trial.

In one case, the court closed a file and ordered the Palestinian plaintiff, who was barred from coming to court by the military, to pay NIS 30,000 in court expenses.

Adalah submitted three reports with partners on Israel's ICCPR violations regarding Palestinian citizens, Arab Bedouins and Torture/CIDT.

Adalah: Segregating children delivers negative message that Arab teams are unwanted and not skilled enough to play with Jewish teams.

Arabs constitute 17% of city's residents, but most municipality departments do not have Arab employees, while Arabs in other departments decreased.

On 17-19 October 2014 Adalah will hold its 9th annual Arab law students’ camp for dozens of participants who study at law schools throughout Israel.

Petitioners: Decision is serious violation of MK Zoabi\'s right to freedom of expression and political participation; Ethics Committee acted without legal authority and with double standards.

On Friday 3 October, 2014, the Israeli Supreme Court accepted a petition filed by Adalah and the I’lam Media Center on behalf of Radio Ashams and in their own names, challenging the prohibition...

Adalah submitted reports to the UN HRC on the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel in general, and together with NCF on the rights of Arab Bedouin citizens in the Naqab.

Villagers have exhausted all legal possibilities available to cancel demolition orders; another case pending before Supreme Court against eviction orders.

On 15 September 2014, Adalah responded to four decisions issued by the Israeli Military Advocate General (MAG, the Chief Military Prosecutor) about four complaints out of 14 sent by Adalah together...

On 15 September 2014, Adalah sent a detailed letter to the Attorney General (AG) Yehuda Weinstein demanding the opening of investigations into the practices of Israeli police against Palestinian...

Adalah: Supreme Court's decision entrenches racial segregation; 434 small communities in Israel, or 43% of all residential areas, will be allowed to close their doors to Arab citizens of the state.

On 10 September 2014, the Israeli National Council for Planning and Building (NCPB) issued its decision to approve the establishment of the 'National Park - The Slopes of Mount Scopus' project....

On 8 September 2014, Adalah sent an urgent letter to the Director of the Nahariya Hospital, Dr. Mas'ad Barhoum, following media reports that the hospital was mandating its staff to speak solely in...

With the beginning of the school year 2014/2015, Adalah in Haifa and Al Mezan in Gaza sent a letter on 31 August 2014 demanding that the Israeli Defense Minister, Attorney General, and Chief...

The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs estimates that about 500,000 Palestinian children will not be able to return to school as normal in Gaza as a result of the War.