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the right to freedom of expression under article 19 (3), and of peaceful assembly found in
article 21 of the ICCPR.
Israel
662.
JAL 20/12/2018
Case no: ISR 14/2018
State reply: none to date
Allegations concerning the targeting of the Israeli Information Centre for
Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, known as B’Tselem and its staff, including
allegations of reprisals against Mr. Hagai El-Ad and harassment of Ms. Manal AlJa’bri.
663.
JAL 01/05/2019
Case no: ISR 6/2019
State reply: none to date
Information received concerning the charges against and detention of Sheikh
Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi, a Bedouin human and land rights defender from alʿArāgīb, in Negev/Naqab region. His detention is linked to his advocacy and work on
Bedouin land claims in al-ʿArāgīb, and on the currently unrecognised Bedouin village
in that region, which has been demolished numerous times since 2010 and whose
residents forcibly removed.
664.
JAL 31/05/2019
Case no: ISR 8/2019
State reply: 31/07/2019
Allegations concerning State publications, which appear to stigmatise civil
society organisations for their engagement with international bodies, including the UN
in the field of human rights, and the broader harassment of civil society organisations
engaging with UN human rights mechanisms.
665.
JAL 28/08/2019
Case no: ISR 12/2019
State reply: none to date
Allegations concerning allegations of smear campaign against human rights
organisations Al-Haq and Al Mezan, threats, including death threats, against Al-Haq’s
General Director, Mr. Shawan Jabarin, as well as the travel restrictions imposed on a
consultant for Al Mezan and on Mr. Issam Younis, the Commissioner General of the
Independent Commission for Human Rights in Palestine.
666.
JAL 07/10/2019
Case no: ISR 13/2019
State reply: 11/10/2019
Allegations of a raid on Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights
Association in the town of Ramallah.
667.
PR 10/04/2019
Israel must ensure protection for Issa Amro and other human rights defenders,
say UN experts
668.
PR 25/04/2019
UN experts call on Israel to overturn deportation of Human Rights Watch
director
669.
PR 08/11/2019
UN experts condemn Israeli decision to expel Omar Shakir of Human Rights
Watch
670. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Israel for providing responses to
two of the five letters addressed in the reporting period. He strongly encourages the
Government to provide replies to the remaining communications, as maintaining a dialogue
with mandate holders is necessary to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights.
671. The Special Rapporteur is concerned about the harassment and stigmatisation of civil
society organisations and human rights defenders working for the promotion and protection
of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), including for their cooperation
with the UN and its human rights mechanisms, that seriously restrict the space in which they
operate. In this regard, he is concerned about the descriptions of human rights organisations
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