COVID-19

Jul 173 min read

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...

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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