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Unacceptable Humiliation of a Detained Protester by Prison Guards
© Wideweb | Dreamstime.com On May 27, 2025 ACRI contacted the Prison Service Commissioner and the Police Unit for Investigation of Prison...
May 282 min read


Permit for an Antiwar Protest in Haifa: A Saga
Demonstration in Tel Aviv against the war, May 24, 2025. Photo: Zohar Bar Yehuda, "Protest Documentation," WhatsApp The coalition...
May 272 min read


Know Your Rights: Police Misconduct, and How to File a Complaint
Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok Police misconduct is divided into two types: criminal offenses and disciplinary offenses. Complaints...
May 272 min read


Involvement of the Shin Bet in Criminal Investigations
© Lepasik | Dreamstime.com On May 23, 2023, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the Supreme Court to establish a...
May 53 min read


Police Must Protect Protestors from Violence
Police evacuating participants in the joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial event in Ra'anana. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum At the end of April...
May 42 min read


Investigating Expression Offenses without Legal Approval
© Lucian Milasan | Dreamstime.com On April 27, 2025, ACRI submitted a petition to the Supreme Court demanding a ruling stating that the...
Apr 262 min read


Stop Police Use of Chokeholds
March 2023. Source: "Documentation of the High-Tech Protest", WhatsApp A chokehold is a method for restraining suspects and...
Apr 14 min read


Stop Police Violence Against Protesters
Border Police vehicle at a demonstration. Photo: "Protest Documentation", WhatsApp In response to the government’s most recent efforts to...
Mar 252 min read


The Shin Bet: Questions and Answers
Photos: Amos Ben Gershom, National Photo Collection; Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) is a covert...
Mar 186 min read


Police Deploy 'Hawk Eye' System for Tracking Drivers
First Petition On January 28, 2021, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Privacy Israel filed a petition with the High...
Mar 44 min read


Repeal the Protection of the Public from Criminal Organizations Law
© Andrei Dodonov | Dreamstime.com The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on February 12, 2025,...
Feb 122 min read


Police: Detainees May not be Blindfolded, Except in Extreme Cases
© Pressmaster | Dreamstime.com Following a Freedom of Information request submitted by ACRI to the police, the police sent the directive...
Jan 161 min read


Amendment to the Police Ordinance: Powers of the Minister of National Security ("Ben Gvir Law")
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, together with the Public Committee Against Torture and the Movement for Quality Government,...
Jan 35 min read


Use of Mounted Police in Protests
In September 2023, the police modified and expanded their procedures regarding the use of mounted police at demonstrations. The revised...
Dec 18, 20241 min read


A Proposed Law to Restructure the Police Internal Affairs Bureau (Machash)
A proposed law has been brought to the Knesset’s Constitution Committee to reform the Israeli police’s Internal Affairs Bureau (Machash)....
Dec 9, 20242 min read


The New Policy for the Use of Stun Grenades Endangers Protesters
On October 31, 2024, the police updated the "Deployment and Use of Stun Grenades" policy. The new version (Heb) allows officers to...
Nov 28, 20242 min read


Police Photography of Protesters
In September 2020, the police scrapped the protocol that prohibited photographing protesters other than under exceptional circumstances....
Nov 24, 20242 min read


Using AI in Airport Policing Decisions
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on May 23, 2024, requesting that it order the police to...
Nov 18, 20242 min read


One Year of War: The Collapse of Human and Civil Rights Protections in Israel and the West Bank
A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank Over a Year of War Since the horrific massacre carried out by...
Oct 7, 20243 min read


Increase Penalties for Police Officers Who Access Databases Without Authorization
As technology advances, police forces are gaining significant new powers, including the ability to store and process vast amounts of...
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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