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Raji Sourani ( ) is widely considered the Gaza Strip 's foremost human rights lawyer. He is the 1991 recipient of the 1991 Robert F.1He is the founder and director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights .2 Sourani was active in the cases of Palestinians representing deportation, and in monitoring the conditions of Israeli prisons and detentions. He remains an unreserved critic of human rights violations occurring on both sides of the conflict. Raji has been dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights throughout his professional career despite the personal and professional sacrifices he has been forced to make in adhering to the fundamental principles of human rights. He has been an active lawyer since his qualification in 1977 representing a wide variety of victims of human rights abuses. His profession, particularly his professional success and commitment, earned him early on the hostility of the Israeli military and State, a hostility that has continued and increased throughout his career. Despite periods of political imprisonment in Israel and years of harassment and violence from the Israeli military, Raji has maintained an unwavering commitment to human rights and justice for both Palestinian victims in particular, and for all victims worldwide. His refusal to bend to political considerations, dogged determination in seeking justice for victims and his strength to speak out against perpetrators of human rights abuse in Israel, in the Palestinian Authority or elsewhere have earned him a reputation for integrity and commitment throughout the human rights world and beyond. Sourani has been an advocate for basic human rights standards both at a domestic and international level and has refused to curtail his outspoken criticisms of failure to adhere to human rights standards by the Palestinian Authority, by political parties and by other states. This refusal to be silenced has resulted in further arrests, periods of detention, harassment by the Palestinian Authority and even death threats from Palestinian fundamentalist parties. However, rather than weakening his desire to see justice done, these dark periods have actually served to strengthen Raji's resolve. In particular, the torture he suffered during periods of interrogation at the hands of the Israeli Shin Bet in Israeli prisons throughout the 1970s and 1980s, served to strengthen his commitment, his character and his determination to ensure that victims of human rights abuse world wide can seek justice for the abuses perpetrated against them and that those who perpetrate such acts cannot enjoy impunity. Despite the cumulative impact on his health of these long years of physical and mental abuse, Raji continues to strive for these goals through the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights which he founded in 1995 with a group of fellow lawyers and human rights activists in the Gaza Strip. Raji has spearheaded the award-winning centre since its establishment and continues to ensure that the centre provides the legal and other services to victims of human rights abuses in the Gaza Strip that enable them to seek justice and reparation. A committed family man, Raji has been blessed with an equally committed and understanding family, providing love and commitment through even the worst times. Raji's wife in particular has proved the strongest and unswerving source of support, despite the often great sacrifices to their life that his work has brought. Throughout the recent challenges presented during the last two years of this second Intifada , Raji has remained stalwart in his determination that the centre will continue to provide the qualitative, effective and free services to the maximum number of victims. This he has achieved and the centre has responded effectively to the ongoing deterioration in the day to day situation in the Gaza Strip and throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories. A leading advocate on human rights and Palestinian issues, Raji epitomizes the strength and determination of the Palestinian people in their struggle to attain their collective and individual rights, to attain justice and to seek to ensure justice for all victims of human rights violations around the world.3
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Raji Sourani ( , born c. 1954 ) is a human rights lawyer in the Gaza Strip .He was a recipient of the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1991, given each year to an individual whose courageous activism is at the heart of the human rights movement and in the spirit of Robert F.Kennedy's vision and legacy.He was an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in 1985 and 1988, member of International Commission of Jurists EXCO and IDAL EXCO, and Vice President of the International Federation of Human Rights . He is the founder and director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights . Sourani was active in the cases of Palestinians representing deportation, and in monitoring the conditions of Israeli prisons and detentions. He remains an unreserved critic of human rights violations occurring on both sides of the conflict. September 26, 2013. : Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( |url-status= suggested) ( help ) "Robert F Kennedy Center Laureates" .PCHR - About Us - Director ′ " 'Alternative Nobel Prize' awarded for fight against chemical weapons" .
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Raji Sourani ( , born 31 December 1953 in the Gaza Strip ) is a human rights lawyer in the Gaza Strip.He is married and is the father of two children, and lives in the Gaza Strip. He was an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in 1985 and 1988, member of International Commission of Jurists EXCO and IDAL EXCO, and Vice President of the International Federation of Human Rights . He was a recipient of the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1991, given each year to an individual whose courageous activism is at the heart of the human rights movement and in the spirit of Robert F. Kennedy's vision and legacy. In 1995, he founded the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and is its director. Sourani was active in the cases of Palestinians representing deportation, and in monitoring the conditions of Israeli prisons and detentions. He remains an unreserved critic of human rights violations occurring on both sides of the conflict. Sourani was selected for the 2003 Oak Institute for Human Rights Fellowship at Colby College in Waterville, Maine .However, his visa was not approved and he was unable to travel to the United States at that time.Sourani was also denied a permit to exit Gaza to attend a human rights conference in September 2008.Sourani was co-awarded the Right Livelihood Award on September 26, 2013 for "his unwavering dedication to the rule of law and human rights under exceptionally difficult circumstances." "Right Livelihood Awards, 'alternative Nobels,' given to US, Congolese, Palestinian, Swiss" .September 26, 2013. : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) "Raji Sourani: Profile" .PCHR - About Us - Director ′ PCHR Director Denied Permit to Exit Gaza for International Human Rights Conference " 'Alternative Nobel Prize' awarded for fight against chemical weapons" .
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Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani ( , born 31 December 1953 in the Gaza Strip ) is a human rights lawyer in the Gaza Strip. He is married and is the father of two children, and lives in the Gaza Strip. He was an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in 1985 and 1988, member of International Commission of Jurists EXCO and IDAL EXCO, and Vice President of the International Federation of Human Rights . He was a recipient of the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1991, given each year to an individual whose courageous activism is at the heart of the human rights movement and in the spirit of Robert F. Kennedy's vision and legacy. In 1995, he founded the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and is its director. Sourani was active in the cases of Palestinians representing deportation, and in monitoring the conditions of Israeli prisons and detentions. He remains an unreserved critic of human rights violations occurring on both sides of the conflict. Sourani was selected for the 2003 Oak Institute for Human Rights Fellowship at Colby College in Waterville, Maine . However, his visa was not approved and he was unable to travel to the United States at that time. Sourani was also denied a permit to exit Gaza to attend a human rights conference in September 2008. Sourani was co-awarded the Right Livelihood Award on September 26, 2013 for "his unwavering dedication to the rule of law and human rights under exceptionally difficult circumstances." Sourani served “a three-year sentence [1979-1982] imposed by an Israeli court which convicted him of membership in the illegal Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist organization.He was also denied a US entry visa in 2012.Sourani was imprisoned an additional three times, in 1985 and 1986, and held in administrative detention in 1988. September 26, 2013. : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) "Raji Sourani: Profile" .
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Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani, 2009 Raji Sourani ( Arabic : راجي الصوراني ; born 31 December 1953 in Gaza City ) is a human rights lawyer, the director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, and a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine . He was an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in 1985 and 1988, member of International Commission of Jurists EXCO and IDAL EXCO, and Vice President of the International Federation of Human Rights . He was a recipient of the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1991, given each year to an individual whose courageous activism is at the heart of the human rights movement and in the spirit of Robert F. Kennedy's vision and legacy. In 1995, he founded the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and is its director. Sourani was active in the cases of Palestinians representing deportation, and in monitoring the conditions of Israeli prisons and detentions. He remains an unreserved critic of human rights violations occurring on both sides of the conflict. Sourani was selected for the 2003 Oak Institute for Human Rights Fellowship at Colby College in Waterville, Maine . He was denied a permit to exit Gaza to attend a human rights conference in September 2008. Sourani was co-awarded the Right Livelihood Award on September 26, 2013 for "his unwavering dedication to the rule of law and human rights under exceptionally difficult circumstances". Sourani served "a three-year sentence [1979-1982] imposed by an Israeli court which convicted him of membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , a designated terrorist organization by Israel. He was also denied a US entry visa in 2012. Sourani was imprisoned an additional three times, in 1985 and 1986, and held in administrative detention in 1988. Sourani was named a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International during his 1988 detention.During the Israeli detention Sourani was beaten and subjected to mental and physical torture.Since the signing of the Declaration of Principles by the Government of Israel and the PLO in 1993, and the establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule, he has advocated strict adherence to international standards for the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority.In his and principled stance, he has won respect and recognition by international organizations for his work.As leader of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, Sourani organized the first mission of human rights observers after the overthrow of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya in 2011 and trained lawyers and human rights advocates in Syria.In 2014 he said that had been in the ranks of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine .In October 2023, at the onset of the Gaza war , Sourani was living with his family in the Tel al-Hawa district of Gaza City.Shortly after he had given an interview to Democracy Now! 's Amy Goodman , on October 22 Israel blew up his two-storey home with a 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) bomb, He believes he was targeted and, while insisting on staying, was persuaded by others to exit the Gaza Strip to protect his life.From his 65 colleagues from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, two young lawyers were killed.Sourani eventually managed to flee to Paris , where he assessed the role and limits of the international justice system to affect the war devastating Gaza.In November 2024 Raji Sourani was - with Richard Falk , Ahmet Köroğlu, Hilal Elver , Lara Elborno, Penny Green , Wesam Ahmad, Craig Mokhiber - a member of the Gaza Tribunal steering committee, a people's tribunal established in London as an independent initiative with humanitarian and moral objectives to investigate Israel's war crimes in Gaza. September 26, 2013. : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) "Raji Sourani: Profile" . Kennedy Human Rights Kerry Kennedy : Speak Truth To Power Defender "الشعبية تكرم المناضل الأستاذ راجي الصوراني تقديراً لدوره في نقل رسالة شعبنا" (in Arabic)."Israel-Hamas war: 'Not forcing Israel to respect international law is to be complicit in genocide' ".Le Monde . : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) Gaza Tribunal , 2025
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