Press Releases, News Briefs and Joint Statements
20/05/2008
- News Brief: Al Mezan Issues Report on Health and Environmental Impacts of Fuel Crisis in the Gaza Strip
13/05/2008
- Press Release: Environmental Disaster on Gaza Beach Imminent; Al Mezan Calls for Urgent International Intervention
29/04/2008
- Press Release: Due to the Lack of Fuel, Al Mezan Center Suspends Partially Its Activities; Calls for Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Organizations
23/04/2008
- Press Release: As the Blockade Continues, Life in Paralysis Hits Gaza; Al Mezan Calls for International Intervention
14/04/2008
- Press Release: Al Mezan Demands International Community to Intervene Immediately to Stop Gaza Strip's Humanitarian Crisis
03/04/2008
- Press Release: Al Mezan Condemns IOF's Continued Fuel and Electricity Cuts; Calls for International Intervention
17/03/2008
- News Brief: Experts Demand Intervention into Price-Fixing and Monopolies at Al Mezan Workshop
11/03/2008
- Press Release: Humanitarian Impacts of the Siege Exacerbate; Palestinian Fisherman Lose Their Livelihoods in Gaza
28/02/2008
- Press Release: Severe Drinking Water Crisis in Gaza; IOF Siege Continues, Prevents Entry of Materials Essential for Water Treatment
28/02/2008
- News Brief: IOF Prevents the Director of Al Mezan Center from Leaving the Gaza Strip to Meet with German Minister in Ramallah
06/02/2008
- Joint Press Release: Human Rights Groups: "Israel is Violating the Rights of Civilians in Gaza and Depriving them of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law."
06/02/2008
- Press Release: IOF Shells Police Station in Khan Younis Killing Seven; Al Mezan Calls for International Intervention to End IOF Aggression and Siege
30/01/2008
- Press Release: The Security Council Fails to Issue a Statement Condemning the Israeli Siege Imposed on the Gaza Strip
29/01/2008
- Press Release: Israeli Government Insists on Collectively Punishing Civilians in the Gaza Strip
24/01/2008
- Joint Press Release: Joint statement: Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme call for an immediate cessation of collective punitive measures against the civilians
23/01/2008
- Press Release: Al Mezan Center Demands Opening of Rafah Crossing Immediately and End the Israeli Siege on the Gaza Strip
21/01/2008
- Press Release: Slow Death in Gaza: Al Mezan Appeals for Action to Stop Israel's Crimes against Gaza
16/01/2008
- Joint Press Release: Human Rights Advocates Meet United Nations Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
10/01/2008
- Press Release: Al Mezan Center Demands Opening of Rafah Crossing Immediately and End the Israeli Siege on the Gaza Strip
03/12/2007
- Press Release: The Israeli High Court Permits Collective Punishment Measures against Civilians in Gaza
18/11/2007
- Press Release: Gaza Siege Must End to Evade Disastrous Humanitarian Impacts
24/10/2007
- Press Release: IOF Restricts Gazan Patients' Access to Hospitals
17/10/2007
- Press Release: Al Mezan Condemns the Escalation of Siege of Gaza and Collective Punishment by the IOF
01/10/2007
- News Brief: Al Mezan Issues a Report on the Humanitarian Implications of Israel's Siege and Closure of Gaza
02/08/2007
- Joint Press Release: Press Release – For Immediate Release
Joint call by Israeli, Palestinian and European human rights organizations:
The Rafah border crossing must be opened; The residents are not pawns in the struggle for control of the Gaza Strip
06/07/2006
- Press Release: 4 Palestinians killed and 7 injured as a result of escalating IOF offensive and siege on the Gaza Strip
05/07/2006
- Press Release: Al Mezan condemns the IOF bombing of vital facilities and the tightened siege on the passage of individuals and goods
30/06/2006
- Press Release: Al Mezan condemns the Israeli siege on the OPT which threatens the lives of thousands civilians, particularly patients waiting at Rafah crossing
30/04/2006
- Press Release: IOF intensify artillery shelling and tighten the siege on the Gaza Strip
27/04/2006
- Press Release: IOF kill one Palestinian and tighten siege on the Gaza Strip
06/03/2006
- Press Release: Al Mezan Calls Upon the International Community to immediately intervene and lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.
02/02/2006
- Joint Press Release: Al Mezan and Physicians for Human Rights condemn the IOF siege imposed on the Gaza Strip
25/10/2005
- Press Release: Israel army tightens siege as F-16s break the sound barrier, producing sonic booms over the Gaza Strip
05/07/2004
- Press Release: Air Strikes on Metal Workshops in Jabalia and Al Zeitoun; Siege Tightened on Beit Hanoun
03/07/2004
- Press Release: Continued IOF siege on Beit Hanoun town in the Gaza Strip
20/05/2004
- Press Release: IOF Continue their Siege on the Gaza Strip and Cause Lack of Food Supplies
02/05/2004
- Press Release: IOF kill a Palestinian Child, Destroy 35 Houses and Tighten Siege on the Gaza Strip
18/10/2003
- Press Release: Israeli Forces Continue Siege on Rafah Killing Three Palestinians
14/06/2003
- Press Release: IOF Continue Killing Civilians and Tighten their Siege on the OPT
06/10/2002
- Press Release: The Israeli Forces Tighten the Siege on Gaza and Prevent Palestinians between the ages of 16 and 45 from Entering or Leaving the Strip
21/09/2002
- Press Release: The Israeli Forces Tighten the Siege on the OPTs and Continue their Systematic Crimes of Killing and destroying Property
05/09/2002
- Press Release: Israeli Forces Penetrate the Bedouin Village and Rafah, Tightening the Siege in Gaza
07/08/2002
- Press Release: Israeli Incursion into Bait Lahia; Tight Siege on Rafah
05/08/2002
- Press Release: The Israeli Forces Tighten the Siege, Isolating Rafah from the Rest of the Gaza Strip
04/03/2002
- Press Release: The Israeli occupation forces tighten their siege on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, launch air raids and invade Jenin and Rafah refugee camps
04/12/2001
- Press Release: The Israeli occupation forces continue shelling the Occupied Palestinian Territories, tighten the siege on Palestinian towns and reoccupy PA territory
24/07/2001
- Press Release: Killing a Child in Gaza, Extra-Judical Assassination of a Palestinian in Jinin, Injury of a Fisherman and the Continuation of the bulldozing, Closure and the Comprehensive Siege on the Palestinian Territories
17/06/2001
- Press Release: Al Mezan Center refutes the Israeli occupation forces’ claims to have lightened the siege and closure imposed on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
20/11/2000
- Press Release: The belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces continue to besiege the Palestinian cities in the Occupied Territories, and prevent the entrance of fuel in the Gaza Strip
15/11/2000
- Press Release: The massacre continues: The belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces continue imposing siege on Palestinian cities and killing Palestinian civilians
23/10/2000
- Press Release: The Massacre Continues, The Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Shelling the Houses and Imposition of Siege upon the Occupied Palestinian Territories