Excessive and Selective Enforcement against Arabs for Expression Transgressions
The State Attorney's Guideline 14.12 establishes that police must obtain approval from the prosecutor’s office before opening an...
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Nov 72 min read
Deportation of Families of Terrorists: Questions and Answers
On the night of November 7, 2024 the Knesset approved the Deportation of Families of Terrorists Law, 5785-2024. What does the law...
Oct 303 min read
Expanding Disqualification Criteria for Elections: A Threat to Democracy and Minority Representation
The criteria under which a person or party can be disqualified from running in elections are laid out in Section 7A of Basic Law: The...
Oct 83 min read
Publishing Humiliating Images of Detainees by the Police
On 29.10.2023, we appealed (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner, demanding that the police stop photographing...
Oct 63 min read
One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank Over a Year of War Since the horrific massacre carried out by...
Aug 282 min read
Lack of Protection in Unrecognized Villages
On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...
Aug 251 min read
There is a Police Force in Israel. It Belongs to Ben-Gvir
After the elections, even before the government was formed and as a condition for its formation, the Minister of National Security,...
Aug 192 min read
Enrollment of Stateless Children in Schools in Lod and Be'er Sheva
Israeli law and Ministry of Education regulations guarantee every child the right to enroll in educational institutions from the age of...
Aug 192 min read
Discrimination Against Arab Students in STEM Excellence Scholarships
Ahead of the new academic year, the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology released a "Call for Proposals" for excellence...
Jul 212 min read
Administrative orders based on classified material and intelligence assessments are not the way to fight crime
The Knesset is expected to approve the second and third readings of the Protection of the Public from Criminal Organizations Law (on ...
Jul 202 min read
Data on Criminal Cases According to Gender, Nationality & Ethnicity
For years, the police and the Ministry of Justice have refused to provide information on criminal cases according to various parameters...
Jul 92 min read
Repeal the New Citizenship Law
The Association for Civil Rights, the Center for the Protection of the Individual, and Physicians for Human Rights petitioned the High...
Jul 22 min read
Discrimination in Scholarship Eligibility for Arab Students at the University of Haifa
On June 7, 2022, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a lawsuit in the Haifa District Court seeking a declaratory...
Jun 292 min read
Failure to Address Request for Family Unification Residence Permit
On February 21, 2024, ACRI filed an appeal with the Appeals Court on behalf of a family residing in the Negev, seeking a residence permit...
Jun 231 min read
Protect the Rights of Hourly Workers Amidst Time of Emergency
Hourly workers are usually employed in occupations that require physical or public work, for relatively low wages, uncertainty and...
Jun 11 min read
Convene the Standing Committee to Implement the Five-Year Plan for Arab Society
On June 2, 2024, ACRI sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Minister of Social Equality on behalf of the National Committee of...
May 152 min read
Allow the Hadash Student Group to Rally, Marking Nakba Day
On May 12, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew), on behalf of the Hadash student group at Tel Aviv University, after...
Apr 13 min read
Threatening Messages from the Shin Bet to Arab Citizens and Residents
In recent days, many Arab citizens and residents received text messages to their cellphones in Arabic, signed by the Shin Bet, with a...
Mar 255 min read
March 2024 in the Knesset: Attacks on Freedom of Expression
The trends of silencing, harm to media outlets and journalists, and the intention to silence citizens who criticize the regime are...
Mar 45 min read
Allowing the Shin Bet to Tackle Crime in Arab Society: A Threat to Democracy
On August 23, 2021, Haaretz reported that the Prime Minister supports authorizing the General Security Services (Shin Bet) to act to...
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