'Conscience'), officially Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Arabic: مؤسسة الضمير لرعاية الأسير وحقوق الإنسان, romanized: Muʾassasat aḍ-Ḍamīr li-Riʿāyat al-ʾAsīr wa-Ḥuqūq al-ʾInsān), is a Palestinian NGO based in Ramallah.
[7][8] In the view of Allam Jarrar of the Palestinian NGO Network, the raid's timing was to be seen in the context of the United Nations General Assembly's recognition of Palestine as a de facto state two weeks earlier, on 29 November.
[5] Executive Director Sahar Francis told Human Rights Watch that video equipment and paper files of prisoner's cases were also missing after the raid.
[8] Joe Stork deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch stated: In the absence of warrants or demonstrated military necessity, these raids are nothing but an unlawful attempt to seriously harm the work of groups supporting the local population..
According to the Al-Haq NGO, the raid and expropriation was in contravention of several principles of international law: private property in such circumstances is protected; and the pillaged items bore no relation to military needs.
[2] On 18 August 2022, Israeli forces raided the headquarters of Addameer and six other organisations in Ramallah and al-Bireh, removed computers and equipment and ordered their closure.