Landmark Ruling: HCJ Limits Police Authority
On January 25, 2021, the High Court handed down a landmark decision on our petition; the Court has significantly reduced the range of...
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Nov 7, 20192 min read
Stop Over-policing in East Jerusalem
Yesterday (6/11/2019) we wrote to the Attorney General asking him to examine and restrain the conduct of the police as seen in the...
Oct 29, 20191 min read
No Such Thing as a Consensual Search of a Phone
Even if the police “convince” a suspect to allow his or her phone to be searched, this “consent” is baseless, and evidence obtained in a...
Jul 4, 20192 min read
Police brutality toward Ethiopian Israelis
Pinning protesters to the ground, chokeholds, excessive use of force, a deafening scream, and behind-the-back handcuffing – these are...
Jul 4, 20192 min read
Trigger-Happy Policing in East Jerusalem
About three weeks ago, the police launched a major enforcement campaign to collect debts and fines in the Issawiya neighborhood of East...
Jun 23, 20192 min read
Police officer’s criminal prosecution for hate crime
An ultra-Orthodox resident of Jerusalem petitioned the High Court of Justice today, along with ACRI and the Public Committee Against...
Jun 23, 20191 min read
Prosecute officer who attacked ultra-Orthodox man
On June 23, 2010, ACRI petitioned the High Court of Justice along with a Haredi resident of Jerusalem and the Public Committee Against...
May 12, 20193 min read
You're brown - show me your ID
Profiling in Israel is humiliating and offensive: people, generally young, and nearly always Arab, Ethiopian, or Mizrahi, are targeted by...
Mar 15, 20192 min read
"Unhealed Wounds": an international multimedia project
On the International Day against Police Brutality, we are proud to partake in a multimedia project along with leading human rights...
Feb 14, 20191 min read
Is It Legal to Photograph Soldiers in Hebron?
ACRI received a complaint from a Palestinian resident in Hebron who led a team of photographers on a tour in the city and was told by a...
Dec 19, 20183 min read
Amicus Curiae: Panhandling at the Western Wall
ACRI filed a request in the Jerusalem Magistrate Court to join proceedings as an amicus curiae in the criminal case against a man...
May 24, 20184 min read
In Israel it is Too Easy for Police to Make Arrests
The release of 21 demonstrators in Haifa reminds us once more how easy it is for police to arrest citizens. It’s frightening to think...
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