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August 26, 2020 Commentary

Coronavirus: What I Discovered During Three Weeks in a Gaza Quarantine Center

Abier Almasri, Human Rights Watch’s Gaza-based research assistant, from the balcony of her shared room at a Gaza City hotel that served as a makeshift quarantine center.

June 25, 2020 Dispatches

Palestinian Authority Jails Journalist Again Over Facebook Post

Arbitrary Arrests Continue Despite Prime Minister Shtayyeh’s Vow to End Practice

Journalist Sami al-Sai speaks to Human Rights Watch in 2018 about his detention by the Palestinan Authority the year before.

June 22, 2020 Statement

Ensure Updating of OPT Settlement Business Database

Item 7 General Debate, June 15, 2020

June 11, 2020 News Release

US Sets Sanctions Against International Criminal Court

Trump Executive Order Seeks to Thwart Justice for Victims

Illustration of the scales of justice replaced by two people shackled by their wrists and dangling in the air.

May 29, 2020 Letter

Letter to HeidelbergCement Regarding Nahal Raba Quarry Expansion

May 25, 2020 Dispatches

Amnesty International Staffer Challenges Israel’s Travel Ban

New Government Should End Assault on Rights Advocacy

Laith Abu Zeyad, a campaigner for Amnesty International, in front of Israel’s separation barrier in Jerusalem.

May 22, 2020 Dispatches

US Official Threatens International Criminal Court – Again

Secretary of State Pompeo Riled by Possible Palestine Investigation

Then-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. © 2018 Reuters

May 12, 2020 Report

Israel: Discriminatory Land Policies Hem in Palestinians

Palestinian Towns Squeezed While Jewish Towns Grow

Jisr al-Zarqa, the only Palestinian town in Israel on the Mediterranean.

April 22, 2020 Dispatches

Locked Out of Gaza’s Permanent Lockdown

Stuck in Jordan’s Covid-19 Shutdown, Trying to Get Home

Abeer Almasri, Human Rights Watch’s Gaza-based research assistant, outside the Erez Crossing on July 5, 2018 on her second trip out of the Gaza Strip in her life and first time visiting Israel and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

April 17, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Abuses Taint Mass Terrorism Trial

Palestinians, Jordanians Face Vague Charges, Allege Torture

April 16, 2020 Interview

When Health Care Is Decimated By War: COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

A man wearing a face mask rides in an almost empty bus in Cairo, Egypt, March 30, 2020.

April 15, 2020 Dispatches

COVID-19 Restrictions Offer Window into Palestinian Experience

Movement Restrictions, Family Separation Daily Reality for Millions of Palestinians

April 14, 2020 Dispatches

Hamas Jails Gaza Activists for Video Chat with Israelis

Wrongful Detentions for Free Expression Even More Harmful During COVID-19 Crisis

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April 14, 2020 Q & A

COVID-19: A Human Rights Checklist

Rohingya refugees stand at the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 1, 2020.

April 13, 2020 Commentary

Big Data Could Undermine the COVID-19 Response

Blind spots in location-tracking data can threaten both public health and human rights

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