Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro received the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.

On December 4, 2024, Hebron human rights defender Issa Amro and his organization Youth Against Settlements (YAS) received the Right Livelihood Award — widely known as the "alternative Nobel Prize" — at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

On October 31st, Israeli soldiers detained 22 Palestinians from Dura in South Mount Hebron and wrote numbers on their foreheads.

On Saturday, October 26th, in the historic Hebron neighborhood of Tel Rumeida, a group of Israeli settlers pelted a Palestinian house with stones and stole the tarps used for collecting olives.

Human Rights Defender Issa Amro with Youth Against Settlements won the Right Livelihood Award of 2024 as one of four laureates "for their steadfast non-violent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation, promoting Palestinian civic action through peaceful means."

On June 3rd, three men ambushed Human Rights Defender Issa Amro in a neighborhood in Hebron. It has now been three weeks and the Palestinian authorities have yet to take action.

In late April, Sundus and Aysha Azza traveled to Brussels, Belgium, on a speaking tour about their lives and volunteer work under Israeli occupation. 

On May 1st, the New York Times Magazine published a feature article on the story of Issa Amro, UN-recognized Human Rights Defender and Executive Director of Friends of Hebron.

Friends of Hebron imparted on a successful campaign to provide relief to hundreds of struggling families in Hebron. Through crowdfunding and grassroots outreach, Friends of Hebron successfully provided relief to close to 600 families in Hebron.

On November 6th, 2023, an Israeli soldier walked into the yard of Issa Amro's house, which doubles as a community center for nonviolent resistance in the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida, Hebron.

(Hebron, West Bank) On Friday afternoon, Israeli forces evicted UN-recognized Human Rights Defender Issa Amro from his home in occupied Hebron.

(Hebron, West Bank) Today at noon, UN-recognized Palestinian Human Rights Defender Issa Amro was brutally beaten, tortured and detained by Israeli forces near his home in Tel Rumeida, Hebron.

In preparation for the Jewish religious holiday Lag Baomer, Israeli settlers broke into Palestinian shops to steal wooden items for burning.

Six Palestinian stores in the heart of Hebron's old city and former vegetable market were demolished by an Israeli-manned bulldozer at night. Friends of Hebron believes that the demolition will pave the way for Israeli settlement expansion.

We had a succesful joint Freedom Iftar & Seder in our Hebron House inspired by the 1969 Freedom Seder of the civil rights movement.

Friends of Hebron’s advocacy team was represented at the Amnesty International USA Annual General meeting in San Diego, California.

(Hebron, Occupied West Bank) On late Monday February 13th, an Israeli soldier assaulted UN-Recognized Human Rights Defender Issa Amro on the closed Shuhada Street in occupied Hebron.

(Hebron, Occupied West Bank) On Monday, 28th November 2022, Palestinian activist Issa Amro was arrested by Israeli security forces at the police station near Kiryat Arba settlement.

September 3, 2017, Hebron, Palestine - For the second time in a week, families in the Salayma
and Ghaith neighborhoods protested a fence surrounding their neighborhoods.

A Youth Against Settlements (YAS) meeting was interrupted yesterday on the 27th of November. The meeting of approximately 20 Palestinians was held outside.