The Society of St. Yves Visits Hatta Village

• Date: 2018-01-22

 

The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights, represented by Adv. Emile Mishrqi and Mr. Raed Halabi, advocacy and field officer went on a field visit to Hatta Village in the south of the West Bank to visit the area and to meet with the village council of Hatta to have a clear understanding of the suffering of the residents of the area and to better assess their needs.

St. Yves ensured the council and the residents that the Society is always ready to legally assist any beneficiaries in need of legal consultation or representation, particularly in the fields of the right to housing and freedom of movement.

From his part, the representative of the village council of Hatta, Mr. Atef Al-Amarna expressed his gratitude for St. Yves’ visit, which he described as fruitful and called on all the civil society institutions to visit affected areas and identify their conditions, in order to intervene and support them.