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13.07.2020
HaMoked and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel to the Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee: prison visits by family and lawyers must not be banned due to the pandemic; legislation must ensure regular contact between inmates and the outside world when visits are suspended
25.06.2020
HCJ rejects petition by HaMoked and Al-Mezan seeking administrative reduction of prisoner population due to the COVID-19 pandemic: despite the continued health emergency, Israel refrains from using this useful measure for easing overcrowding in prisons
24.05.2020
HaMoked and Al-Mezan petition the High Court of Justice: a reduction of the prisoner population is needed, and must include “security” prisoners, whose overcrowded conditions make social distancing impossible
06.05.2020
HaMoked to Megiddo and Ofer prisons: implement the HCJ decision and allow Palestinian minors to contact their parents by telephone without delay
05.04.2020
Following HaMoked petition: Palestinian minors in Israeli prisons can talk with their families over the telephone for ten minutes once every two weeks so long as the coronavirus emergency situation continues
26.03.2020
Urgent petition to Israel's High Court of Justice: Palestinians in Israeli custody, completely isolated due to COVID-19 restrictions, must have phone contact with their families
24.03.2020
Urgent statement calling on Middle East and North Africa governments to protect the health of prisoners and detainees: at this time of global health crisis, it is vital to ensure optimum medical treatment of inmates and reduce prison populations
20.03.2020
Human rights organizations call for the urgent reduction of the number of inmates incarcerated by Israel: prison conditions make it impossible to follow the Ministry of Health corona protection guidelines; the lives of many are at stake
19.03.2020
HaMoked to the Israel Prison Service: the corona emergency regulations must be changed to allow security inmates, especially minors, to maintain phone contact with their families and lawyers; they must also be supplied with sufficient amounts of disinfectants and hygiene products
23.02.2020
HaMoked complaint to the Ministry of Justice: the recurring phenomenon of ISA interrogations of minors who are kept in isolation and denied legal counsel must be eradicated