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Sunday, July 5, 2009
PCHR condemns ban on Hizb-Ut-Tahreer peaceful conference in Ramallah

PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non profit)
Press Release

Ref: 85/2009
Date: 05 July 2009
Time: 11:10 GMT

PCHR condemns ban on Hizb-Ut-Tahreer peaceful conference in Ramallah

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the ban imposed by
Palestinian security services in the West Bank on the organization of a
peaceful public conference by the Islamic Hizb-Ut-Tahreer (Liberation Party)
in Ramallah. PCHR calls upon the government in Ramallah to respect public
freedoms, and stresses that the right to peaceful assembly and the right to
freedom of expression are ensured by Palestinian Basic Law and international
human rights instruments.

According to information obtained by PCHR from Ibrahim al-Shareef, a member
of the Hizb-Ut-Tahreer media committee, on 09 June 2009, the party sent a
letter to the Governor of Ramallah and al-Bireh informing him that the party
would organize a conference at 17:30 on Saturday, 04 July 2009, at Ramallah
Secondary School, on the anniversary of the dismantlement of the Islamic
Caliph's Rule. On 28 June 2009, the party received a phone call from the
director of the Governor's office, in which they were informed that the
Ministry of Interior in Ramallah rejected the conference being held at the
aforementioned school, and proposed holding it in a closed hall, but the
party refused. On Saturday morning, 04 July 2009, Palestinian security
services erected a number of checkpoints inside and at the entrances of
Ramallah and al-Bireh towns, and stationed a number of security vehicles
inside the school, where the conference was supposed to be held.
Palestinian security services prevented members and supporters of the
Hizb-Ut-Tahreer from reaching the school, so the party was forced to cancel
the conference.

In light of the above:

1) PCHR strongly condemns the prevention of peaceful gatherings in the West
Bank and the use of force in dispersing demonstrators, and stresses that
people have the right to organize peaceful assemblies, public meetings and
demonstrations in accordance with the law.
2) Emphasizes that neither the governor nor the police has any legal right
to license or prevent any public meeting, peaceful demonstration, or any
other form of peaceful assembly, as the law calls for only "informing" the
governor or the police by the organizers, and that the police has the right
to impose some limitations "for traffic control."
3) PCHR expresses utmost concern over the recurrence of violations of the
right to freedom of expression, and stresses that the right to freedom of
expression is ensured under Palestinian Basic Law and international human
rights instruments.

Public Document
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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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