Palestinian Authority accused of blocking legal rights group – ‚So long as the PA blocks groups from carrying out work focused on their abuses, their calls to safeguard Palestinian civil society will ring hollow‘ | I24news

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the West Bank’s Palestinian Authority (PA) for obstructing civil rights after it denied the registration of a lawyers association.
Lawyers for Justice – which represents Palestinians detained by the PA – said the renewal of its registration was denied after it was accused of accepting foreign funding in violation of its legal status. The legal group was also accused by a PA official of „nonprofit activities“ when its renewal was blocked in March, HRW said.