| PCHR Press Release | |
Ref: 74/2009
Date: 23 December 2009
PCHR Release New Report
23 Days of War, 928 Days of Closure: Life One Year after Israel’s Latest Offensive on the Gaza Strip, 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009
Today, 23 December 2009, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) release 23 Days of War, 928 Days of Closure: Life One Year after Israel’s Latest Offensive on the Gaza Strip, 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009. This report is released in order to highlight the reality of life in the occupied Gaza Strip, and to illustrate the dramatic deterioration in the human rights situation brought about by 928 days of continuous illegal closure,[1] as well as numerous offensives, incursions, and attacks.
The report intends to present an overview of the human rights situation in the Gaza Strip by highlighting facts and figures relating to:
· Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip (27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009),
· The illegal closure, including poverty, unemployment, and food security, the tunnel network, and international donor complicity in violations of international law
· The so-called ‘buffer zone’,
· The health sector, including external medical referrals and the effects of the closure
· And the water and sanitation sector.
The Report available in this line:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/
or
For further information contact:
Daragh Murray, Legal Officer, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 00972599468828, daragh@pchrgaza.org
Public Document
For more information please call PCHR office in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on +972 8 2824776 - 2825893
PCHR, 29 Omer El Mukhtar St., El Remal, PO Box 1328 Gaza, Gaza Strip. E-mail: pchr@pchrgaza.org, Webpage http://www.pchrgaza.org
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