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UN rights expert concerned over Palestinian rights violations
UN rights expert concerned over Palestinian rights violations
Blake Lynch at 11:34 AM ET
[JURIST]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, on Thursday emphasized [press release] in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council
(UNHRC) that efforts to mask the human rights violations in the
occupied Palestinian territory cannot disguise how Israel's actions are
endangering Palestinians' daily lives. Falk observed that since Israel
began occupation of Palestine 46 years ago that Israel has detained
approximately 750,000 Palestinians or roughly 20 percent of the
Palestinian population. Falk is scheduled to present a report concerning
Israel's blockade in Gaza [BBC backgrounder] to the UNHRC on June 10.
Conflicts between Israel and Palestine continue to raise concern of
possible human rights violations. In March a UN rights experts called
for Israel to cease all settlement activity and immediately withdraw settlers
[JURIST report] from Palestinian territories due to the possibility of
human rights abuses. In December the UN called on Israel to implement and support [JURIST report] the conflict-ending cease fire agreement with Palestinians in Gaza. Last August Amnesty International [advocacy website] urged Israel to investigate [JURIST report] the alleged mistreatment of two Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike.
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