The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) unites and represents the leading and oldest NGOs in Palestine. One of PNGO’s respected members is the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC).

All PNGO members are now standing in solidarity around UAWC after the Dutch government decided to end its funding for UAWC. This is a shameful decision, directed against Palestinian civil society as a whole, which PNGO condemns in the strongest terms.

On 9 December 2021, to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women, and in line

On 26 December 2021, following the judicial review of the administrative detention order issued against 79-year-old retired Palestinian lawyer Bashir Khairi (first issued 7 December 2021), the Israeli military judge confirmed the order for its entire duration of six months. Notwithstanding Mr.

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The six organizations are currently represented by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Attorney Michael Sfard, and Attorney Avigdor Feldman.

On 16 December 2021, Addameer and  Al-Haq submitted a joint urgent appeal on the arbitrary administrative detention of Hisham Abu Hawash to the UN Special Procedures. On 16 December 2021, Palestinian detainee Hisham Abu Hawash entered 122 days on hunger strike to protest his continued administrative detention by the Israeli occupation regime. Hisham Abu Hawash, 40 years old from Dura, Hebron, was first arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on 27 October 2020 and placed under a six-month administrative detention order.

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On 23 Dec 2021 Israeli Prison Services (IPS) locked down all prison sections affiliated with Hamas prisoners, prohibiting them from their allotted yard down, and shut down Section 12 of Nafha prison, transforming them into cells of punishment.