Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group

{{Short description|Human rights organization in Jerusalem}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group

| native name = المجموعة الفلسطينية لمراقبة حقوق الإنسان

| native_name_lang = ar

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| type = Non-profit

| founded_date = 1996

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| location = Beit Hanina
East Jerusalem

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| origins =

| key_people = Bassem Eid (Executive Director)

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| dissolved = 2011

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The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG; {{langx|ar|المجموعة الفلسطينية لمراقبة حقوق الإنسان}}) was a human rights group led by Bassem Eid, a former fieldworker for B'Tselem.

It was active from 1996 to 2011 and largely focused on monitoring human rights violations by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).Rubenberg, Cheryl. "Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group." Encyclopedia of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012, p. 1095.{{cite news|last1=Muvarchik|first1=Joshua|title=Bassem Eid Made 'B'Tselem' Famous by Reporting Israeli Abuses. Now He's a Traitor.|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/194630/bassem-eid|accessdate=15 March 2016|publisher=Tablet Magazine|date=18 November 2015}}

According to B'Tselem, PHRMG "monitors human rights violations by both Israel and the Palestinian National Authority."{{cite web|title=Human Rights Links|url=http://www.btselem.org/about_btselem/palestinian_sites|publisher=B'Tselem|accessdate=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191142/http://www.btselem.org/about_btselem/palestinian_sites|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} However, the Encyclopedia of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, edited by Cheryl Rubenberg, points out that despite the potential of PHRMG for that larger scope of reporting according to its official mandate, "in practice, the group has dedicated most of its work to monitoring human rights violations committed by the PNA." In April 2006, the group published its final regular bulletin on human rights,{{cite web|title=Web Archive of PHRMG website |url=http://www.phrmg.org/monitor.htm |publisher=PHRMG |accessdate=3 June 2016 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211051031/http://www.phrmg.org/monitor.htm |archivedate=February 11, 2007 }} and it closed it doors officially in 2011 due to lack of funding.

PHRMG was founded by Eid when he quit B'Tselem over the organization's decision, as an Israeli NGO, to focus on Israeli human rights violations rather than those committed by Palestinian groups. In 1997, The Washington Post described PHRMG as "defying a taboo" among human rights organizations against criticizing violations of human rights by Palestinian governing authorities.{{cite news|last1=Gellman|first1=Barton|title=Palestinian Rights Group Accuses Arafat's Authority Of 'Large-Scale' Torture|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=27 May 1997|id={{ProQuest|1456655490}}}}