143 Society was issued on 19/10/2005 under No. (67) of 2005. The General Union of Palestinian Farmers is the same as the General Union of Peasants. This is constant through the Society’s file. A hand was laid on the Society’s headquarters in preparation for the transfer of the headquarters to other associations of similar objectives based on the provisions of Article (39) of the Charities and Community Organizations Law No. (1) of 2000”.183 C. Exercise of the Power of Financial and Managerial Audits by the Ministry of the Interior The Ministry of the Interior of the Deposed Government also exercised financial and managerial audits in contravention of the provisions of Article (6) of the Charitable Associations Law No. (1) of 2000, which restricted this power to the competent ministries. ICHR obtained information from the Ministry of the Interior indicating that the Associations’ Department indeed monitored about (170) societies in 2009. D. Arrest and Prosecution of Heads of Associations and Board Members ICHR documented the arrest of Ziad Sarfandi, Head of the Popular Front for Refugees in Rafah, by the Security Services of the Interior Ministry in Gaza on 11/05/2010. ICHR sent several letters to the Interior Minister in Gaza on the inspection, storming, closure and dissolution of many associations, and the Interior Minister’s exercise of the financial and administrative audit powers for many of them. It is worth‐mentioning that the conclusions reached by ICHR regarding the failure to follow the legal procedures in the registration and closure of associations, the appointment of new committees, and the prosecution and arrest of some of its members and employees, are the same findings and recommendations concluded by the Palestinian Independent Commission for Investigation, according to Goldstone Report: “It was noticed there was an occurrence of a group of abuses and violations by the official authorities, specifically the Ministry of the Interior and the Security Services in the West Bank against the right to form associations. Abuses include: 1) the appointment of 183 Text of the Interior Ministry’s reply to ICHR.