120 In the West Bank, the right to peaceful assembly had been exposed to numerous violations during 2010. Through complaints received by ICHR and its documentation of some aspects of peaceful assembly, including marches, some of them have been resolved by force by the Security Services. On 14/12/2010, ICHR documented the prevention of Hamas by the Security Services to celebrate the anniversary of its inception and to hold rallies and festivals. The Security Services set up security barriers on some of the entrances to cities, aimed to prevent the entry of Hamas supporters to the cities. The personal cards, including those of Hamas supporters, were checked, and people were denied access to the city centers, and some citizens were arrested on charges of participating in the anniversary event.140 In the same context, ICHR received a complaint from Hawa Cultural Center in Nablus on 31/08/2010. The Center was prevented from holding a religious ceremony to distribute prizes for the Holy Quran recitals and the outstanding students in the national education system. The Director received a phone call from an official in the Preventive Security Service informing him that the celebration should be stopped.141 In the same context, ICHR documented in 2010 the prevention of the Liberation Party “Hizb al‐Tahrir” in more than one governorate from holding peaceful rallies. On 12/03/2010, the Liberation Party in the town of Al‐Ubaydi in Bethlehem was prevented from holding a seminar in the town hall of Ubaydi. The hall where the symposium was scheduled to be held was closed. The mayor told ICHR that “the orders to close the hall were handed to me by the Security Services. The people who came to the hall to attend the seminar were dispersed by the Security Services, the National Security Services, and some members of the police.” The Liberation Party was also banned from holding the succession conference in the city of Ramallah on 17/07/2010, after a prior announcement by the Party that they were to hold it in Ramallah Secondary Boys School, notifying the Ramallah Governorate, according to the law, of the time, place and nature of the activity. The security forces of the Interior Ministry prevented Hizb Al‐Tahrir by force from holding the conference, closing down the school and arresting those who attended to participate in the conference. They erected checkpoints at the entrances to the city of Ramallah, arrested all of those suspected of participating in the conference and held them until late into the night. As stated by the representative of Hizb al‐Tahrir to ICHR, "the security forces tore posters inviting people to the conference and published by the Party in the city of Ramallah, 140 141 According to the documentation of ICHR’s researchers in the field. According to ICHR’s documentation.