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Salah Hamouri

Amnesty Says Salah Hamouri’s Deportation is a War Crime
Israel’s unlawful expulsion earlier this week of French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri is a war crime, made possible by a network of laws and policies designed to maintain apartheid over Palestinians, Amnesty International said […]

Palestinians Describe Deportation of Salah Hamouri as Ethnic Cleansing
Palestinian political groups on Sunday condemned Israel’s deportation of Palestinian-French lawyer and former detainee Salah Hamouri, the Middle East Monitor reported. “This move is a continuation of the Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing and forced […]

France Condemns Israel’s Expulsion of Palestinian-French Lawyer Salah Hamouri
France condemned on Sunday Israel’s forcible expulsion of Palestinian-French lawyer Salah Hamouri, who has been detained by Israel since March without charges or trial, saying the expulsion is against the law. “Today we condemn the […]

Israel Deports French-Palestinian Lawyer Salah Hamouri to France
Israel expelled French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri on Sunday morning, after holding him without charge since March, The New Arab reported. Hamouri, 37, had been held under a controversial practice known as administrative detention, […]

Detention Without Trial: A Routine Practice Targeting Palestinians
By Iqbal Jassat ‘Detention Without Trial’ defined Apartheid South Africa’s notorious jailing of political opponents without regard for human rights or due process. An unsavory act to intimidate and crush resistance by activists viewed as […]

Israel Delays Deportation of French Palestinian Lawyer Salah Hamouri
The forced deportation of Palestinian rights lawyer Salah Hamouri will likely not take place on Sunday, as previously announced, The New Arab reported on Saturday. Hamouri’s family was told on Thursday that the Palestinian-French citizen, […]

Israel to Deport Palestinian French Human Rights Defender Salah Hamouri
Israel is set to deport a Palestinian-French lawyer and resident of occupied East Jerusalem, Salah Hamouri, on December 4, The New Arab reported on Thursday. Lea Tsemel, Hamouri’s lawyer, was informed of the decision on […]

UN Urges Israel to End Detention of French-Palestinian Lawyer Salah Hamouri
United Nations Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric renewed his calls for Israel to either release Palestinians under administrative detention or bring charges against them if any exist. He drew particular attention to the case of human […]

Israel Takes Punitive Measures against French-Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike
The Israeli Prison Service has subjected French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Al-Hamouri to a series of punitive measures after he started a hunger strike on September 25, according to the lawyer representing him. Quds Press […]

Prominent French-Palestinian Lawyer Launches Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison
French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who has been held by the Israeli authorities without charges for more than half a year, joined a mass hunger strike earlier this week. The name of Hamouri appeared […]

Israel Renews Administrative Detention against French-Palestinian Human Rights Defender
The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday renewed the administrative detention against French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri for another three months, until December 4, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Hamouri, a resident of […]

IPS Punishes Palestinian-French Human Rights Defender for Writing Letter to Macron
The Israel Prison Services (IPS) punitively transferred Palestinian-French human rights defender and lawyer Salah Hamouri to a higher-risk Israeli isolation prison facility called Hadarim after writing a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, according to […]

Rights Groups Urge UN Special Procedures to Address Israeli Detention of Human Rights Defender
In a joint urgent appeal to UN special procedures, rights groups called for addressing Israel’s arbitrary arrest and detention of Palestinian-French human rights defender and lawyer, Salah Hammouri, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

Israeli Forces Re-arrest French-Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Salah Hamouri
Israeli forces detained French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist Salah Hamouri, after breaking into his house in Kufr Aqab, north of Jerusalem, early Monday morning, according to prisoners’ rights group Addameer. Hamouri was taken to […]

Israel to Revoke Residency Rights of Former Palestinian Prisoner
The Israeli occupation authorities today handed a former Palestinian prisoner from occupied East Jerusalem a notice informing him of their intention to revoke his residency rights in the holy city, according to a local source. […]