Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza city, was this week denied a permit by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to leave the Gaza Strip to address a major human rights conference in Brussels, Belgium.
“Restrictions on the work of Palestinian human rights defenders and civil society are leading to a position which creates further space for militarism and extremism” says Front Line, the International Foundation for the protection of human rights defenders, as the EU and Israel meet to discuss political dialogue and cooperation.
