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Preventing Police Officers With Histories of Violence From Using Dangerous Means
Every year, thousands of Israeli Police officers are authorized to use “less than lethal” means for dispersing protests: sponge-tipped...
Mar 21, 20211 min read


Police Conduct Toward Protesters in Umm al-Fahm
On February 28, two days after a protest held by Palestinian citizens in Umm al Fahm was violently dispersed, we contacted the Chief of...
Mar 2, 20212 min read


Using Water Cannons and “Skunk” in Religious Neighborhoods
On 28.1.2021, we appealed to the Commissioner of the Police, following many testimonies on the usage of water cannons and “skunk” water...
Jan 31, 20212 min read


Police Using Cell Phones to Document Protestors
On 15.10.2020, ACRI appealed to the Deputy Attorney General regarding a new practice - the documentation of protestors by police with...
Jan 6, 20212 min read


We Appealed to the Municipalities: Hanging Temporary Protest Signs is Permitted
Following instances in which officers instructed protestors to remove signs they temporarily hung in the public space as part of the...
Jan 5, 20211 min read


The Jerusalem Police Policy Prohibiting the Display of the Palestinian Authority’s Flag
On 4.1.2021, we appealed to the Legal Advisor to the Police, following the arrest of a protestor waving the flag of the Palestinian...
Jan 4, 20211 min read


Powerful Police Database on the Movements of Citizens?
On 25.11.2020, along with Privacy Israel, we appealed to the Legal Advisor to the Police, demanding the cancelation of the tender for...
Dec 7, 20202 min read


Police Eavesdropping on WhatsApp Groups
On November 29, 2020, we appealed to the Deputy Attorney General following complaints that we had received regarding police officers...
Dec 3, 20202 min read


ACRI Appeals to AG to Stop Police from Corralling Protestors
Earlier today (12.10.20), ACRI appealed to the Attorney General requesting he demand that the police immediately cease the practice known...
Oct 11, 20202 min read


Investigation of Protestors Who Came to Testify
Today (5.10.2020), ACRI appealed to the Attorney General after protestors who responded to the request of the Police to give testimony...
Oct 4, 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...
Oct 3, 20202 min read


Suspend Chief Superintendent Niso Guetta, Who Assaulted Protestors
In a demonstration in Jerusalem yesterday (22.8.2020), once again the police acted violently against protestors. During and following the...
Aug 22, 20201 min read


Desist!
Regardless of race, religion, nationality, or gender - police violence is violence against us all. Especially now as protesters stand...
Jul 29, 20201 min read


Human Rights in the Knesset, June 2020
ACRI’s positions on issues pertaining to human rights on the Knesset’s agenda. Municipal inspectors’ authority; prisoner incarceration...
Jun 27, 20205 min read


Rights & COVID-19: Protest
As a protest formed outside of the Knesset during the HCJ hearings, police stopped protesters without explanation. We wrote a letter to...
Apr 18, 20202 min read


ACRI to Police: Must Allow Protests During Corona
ACRI appealed to acting Police Commissioner, Moti Cohen, demanding that the direct the Jerusalem District Police Commander to allow the...
Mar 19, 20201 min read


First Pride Parade held in Netanya
Local pride organizations in Netanya, along with The Aguda- Israel’s LGBT Taskforce, requested to host the city’s first Pride Parade. The...
Jul 14, 20191 min read


First Bat Yam Pride Parade
The first Bat Yam Pride event is scheduled to take place next Tuesday. The event is organized by City Council member Kati Plasecki-Morag,...
Jun 27, 20192 min read


A ray of light for academic freedom of expression
Tel Aviv University is not entitled to demand that students pay for security as a condition for approving a "demonstration, assembly, or...
Jun 19, 20193 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...
Mar 15, 20192 min read
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