Increase Penalties for Police Officers Who Access Databases Without Authorization
As technology advances, police forces are gaining significant new powers, including the ability to store and process vast amounts of...
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Sep 191 min
Pepper Spray as a Means of Crowd Control in Protests
In October 2023, the police updated their procedures for operating the MCTZ (spray machine) to allow the addition of pepper spray to the...
Sep 102 min
Improper Use of Undercover Police at Demonstrations
On May 22, 2024, we sent legal correspondence (Hebrew) to the Attorney General and the Attorney General of the Police requesting that...
Aug 261 min
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 254 min
Confiscation of anti-war signs by police at demonstrations
On April 11, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice, together with two anti-war demonstrators, demanding that the civilians be...
Aug 203 min
Police Deploy 'Hawk's Eye' System for Tracking Drivers
First Petition On January 28, 2021, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Privacy Israel filed a petition with the High...
Aug 152 min
Using AI in Airport Policing Decisions
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on May 23, 2024, requesting that it order the police to...
Jul 222 min
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 ...
May 152 min
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...
Mar 242 min
Following our legal action: Disciplinary matters will be taken against a police officer who harassed female demonstrators on the train
On December 4, 2023, three women returning from a demonstration boarded a train from Jerusalem on their way to their homes in Herzliya....
Mar 211 min
Use of Fire Extinguishers to put out Fire as a Tool to Disperse Crowds
On March 19, 2024, we sent legal correspondence to the police commissioner and the legal advisor of the police, following two cases in...
Feb 152 min
Deportation of Residents of the Occupied Territories from Israel
Article 13 of the Entry into Israel Law grants the police the authority to deport Palestinians residing in Israel without a valid permit....
Feb 85 min
Suppression of Protests During Wartime
Dispersal of protest and demonstrations On November 15, 2023, we sent legal correspondence to the Attorney General and the Police...
Jan 105 min
Police Ordinance Amendment – Minister of National Security’s Authority (“Ben Gvir Law”)
Along with The Public Committee Against Torture and The Movement for Integrity, ACRI petitioned the High Court on January 18, 2023,...
Dec 7, 20231 min
The Police's Illegal Demand Requiring Permits to Protest
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned (Hebrew) the Supreme Court on December 8, 2023, on behalf of Moria Shlomot, a...
