Legal Work

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  • Protest under Threat

    Protest under Threat

    June 24, 2012

    This past weekend, two summer phenomena returned to the streets of Tel Aviv: the longtime tradition of a summer heat … Read more

  • Army to Avoid Using Dogs to Disperse Demonstrations in the Occupied Territories

    Army to Avoid Using Dogs to Disperse Demonstrations in the Occupied Territories

    June 17, 2012

    ACRI welcomes the decision but still concerned about the statement from “a senior military source” that this practice might be … Read more

  • ACRI to Police Commissioner: Stop Summoning of Social Justice Activists

    ACRI to Police Commissioner: Stop Summoning of Social Justice Activists

    June 14, 2012

    Police violations of freedom of expression persisted despite Public Security Minister’s condemnation. Some summonses were subsequently cancelled.   Over the … Read more

  • Court Rejects Petition against Deportation of Asylum Seekers to South Sudan

    Court Rejects Petition against Deportation of Asylum Seekers to South Sudan

    June 7, 2012

    Today (7 June 2012), the Jerusalem District Court rejected a petition filed by human rights organizations against the collective deportation … Read more

  • Invasive Email Searches in Airports Contradict Israeli Law

    Invasive Email Searches in Airports Contradict Israeli Law

    June 6, 2012

    Following recent reports, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) emphasizes that the demand made by the Israeli GSS … Read more

  • Curb Illegal Police Treatment of Demonstrators

    Curb Illegal Police Treatment of Demonstrators

    May 31, 2012

    Following the accumulation of testimonies regarding police violence in the social justice demonstration in Tel Aviv two weeks ago, the … Read more

  • Sweeping Prohibition of Demonstrations in Jerusalem’s Central Squares Is Illegal

    Sweeping Prohibition of Demonstrations in Jerusalem’s Central Squares Is Illegal

    May 30, 2012

    Following the sweeping refusal of the Jerusalem police to approve demonstrations in two of the city’s main squares – Paris … Read more

  • High Court Ruling Upholds but Limits “Big Brother Law”

    High Court Ruling Upholds but Limits “Big Brother Law”

    May 28, 2012

    High Court of Justice upholds “Big Brother Law” but limits authorities’ powers to invade privacy under this law.   Today … Read more

  • ACRI’s Case for the Right to Privacy

    ACRI’s Case for the Right to Privacy

    May 28, 2012

    Petitions concerning the constitutionality of some of the arrangements prescribed in the scope of the Criminal Procedure Act and enables … Read more

  • National Housing Committees Disregard Their Authorities for Affordable Housing

    National Housing Committees Disregard Their Authorities for Affordable Housing

    May 23, 2012

    The Coalition for Affordable Housing filed an administrative petition seeking judicial review of the Committees’ interpretation and implementation of the … Read more