Alkarama welcomes the release, on 24 April 2016, of 12-year-old Palestinian student Dima Al-Wawi, who was arrested on her way to school on 9 February 2016 and, on 18 February, was sentenced by the Israeli Ofer Court to four months in prison for “carrying a knife”, which according to the court, would have been used to kill Israeli settlers.
On 14 December 2015, 24-year-old circus performer Mohammad Faisal Nafez Abu Sakha was arrested by Israel Forces and later placed in administrative detention for six months for allegedly “being a member of an illegal organisation,” an accusation he denies. In view of these facts, on 8 March 2016, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (SR OPT) Makarim Wibisono, asking him to urgently call upon the Israeli authorities to release him immediately.
On 18 February 2016, 12-year-old student Dima Al-Wawi was sentenced by the Israeli Ofer Court to four and a half months in prison and a fine of 8,000 Shekel (US$ 2,000) for "carrying a knife in her backpack, attempting to kill Israeli settlers and threatening Israel's security." She is currently detained in a prison for women together with other juvenile prisoners and her family is not allowed to visit her. Concerned over these facts, on 29 February 2016, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (SR OPT), Makarim Wibisono, asking him to call upon the Israeli authorities to immediately release Dima. As she does not have access to education in prison, Alkarama also sent a letter to the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs of UNESCO, which examines communications relating to the violation of the right to education committed by any Member State of UNESCO.
In the middle of the night on 8 January 2016, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) destroyed Shafeeq Halabi's house in Surda, a village north of Ramallah, in reprisal against Halabi's son Muhannad shot dead by the police three months earlier for stabbing Israelis. Concerned over the continued use of house demolitions as a punitive measure − in this case the demolition was carried out merely to punish Muhannad's relatives who had nothing to do with the attack − Alkarama sent on 12 February 2016 a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (SR Housing), Ms Leilani Farha, requesting her to call upon the Israeli authorities to provide the Halabi family with an effective remedy for this blatant violation of their rights.
On 21 November 2015, 34-year-old reporter at Al Majd TV Mohammad-Adeeb Ahmad Sulaiman Alqeeq was arrested from his home by Israeli soldiers and taken to the Al Jalameh prison, where he was subjected to periods of incommunicado detention and torture. Accused of "inciting violence through the media", Alqeeq remains since in administrative detention. In view of these facts, Alkarama sent Alqeeq's case to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (SR FRDX), David Kaye, asking him to urgently intervene with the Israeli authorities to request Alqeeq's immediate release.