Expanding the Authority of the Shin Bet
On July 20, 2021, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice to cancel government decisions that...
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Oct 30, 20223 min read
Even Secret Security Organizations Can’t Take Human Rights Away
Dear Friends, Over ACRI’s 50 years of operations, we have not shied away from keeping a close eye on one of the most powerful bodies in...
Jan 6, 20222 min read
Mask Exemption for People with Disabilities
In general, the law requires face masks to be worn in order to prevent COVID-19 infection and contagion in enclosed spaces, and anyone...
Dec 7, 20212 min read
GSS Tracking as a Part of the Struggle Against Corona – Fifth Petition
ACRI, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights Israel, and Privacy Israel, petitioned...
Nov 28, 20212 min read
ACRI Response to Israel’s COVID Cabinet Reinstating Shin Bet Tracking
The decision of the COVID Cabinet to reinstate the Shin Bet contact tracing in light of the new COVID strain is an ill-fated and illegal...
May 10, 20212 min read
Use of Facial Recognition Technology at the Entrance to Urban Facilities
Recently, the Habima Theater and Bloomfield Football Stadium have begun using Preciate's (a company that offers facial recognition...
Apr 7, 20212 min read
Enabling Palestinian Security Prisoners Contact With Their Families During Covid
Following the petition of HaMoked and seven other human rights organizations, including ACRI, the Israel Prison Service announced that,...
Mar 9, 20212 min read
HCJ Supports ACRI Petition: Interim Order Prohibits Transfer of Vaccine Information
Earlier today, we argued in the High Court of Justice against the law authorizing the transfer of information on unvaccinated civilians...
Mar 5, 20211 min read
ACRI: Surveillance Technologies Should Not Be Used Against Individuals in Quarantine
On 4.3.2021, we appealed to the Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Health in opposition to the memorandum that seeks to allow the use of...
Mar 4, 20215 min read
ACRI’s Position on COVID-19 Vaccinations, the Green Passport, and Sanctions
Summary: COVID-19 has caused a tremendous loss of life worldwide and changed the world in ways yet to be seen. Locally, the resulting...
Mar 1, 20213 min read
Success! ACRI Severely Limits Shin Bet Tracking
On 24.9.20, ACRI, on behalf of the Adalah Center, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, and Privacy Israel, filed a fourth petition to...
Jan 10, 20212 min read
Petition against Ohana’s Refusal to Vaccinate Prisoners
The battle over the vaccine in the Israeli Prison Services is moving on to the High Court of Justice: five human rights organizations...
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Report: Democracy and Human Rights during COVID-19
With an indicted Prime Minister awaiting trial, four rounds of elections in under two years, and the better part of a year in and out of...
Nov 2, 20203 min read
8 Reasons to Discontinue Shin Bet Surveillance of COVID-19 Patients
1. The efficiency of Shin Bet surveillance is questionable, and the marginal contribution of this surveillance to halting the pandemic...
Oct 31, 20201 min read
Asylum-Seekers Left Behind During Corona
The Forum of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Organizations in Israel, in which ACRI is a member, published a report reflecting the dire...
Oct 10, 20202 min read
Freeze on Home Demolitions in Israel
On 16.3.2020, ACRI appealed to the deputy attorney general following reports of three home demolitions in Kfar Qasim. ACRI Attorney Sana...
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Canceling the Limitations on Protestors and Flights
This morning (4.10.2020), ACRI appealed to the Attorney General and the Legal Advisor of the Knesset demanding the cancelation of...
Sep 9, 20203 min read
Petition against Corona Law
Adalah, ACRI file Supreme Court petition against Israel’s Major Coronavirus Law. Hastily legislated law designed to combat COVID-19...
Aug 16, 20203 min read
Repeal law authorizing Shin Bet to track citizens with COVID-19
ACRI filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court along with Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Physicians...
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Ritual Purification Centers for Arab COVID Victims
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) today submitted a petition to the Supreme Court concerning the establishment of ritual...
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