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France: Decision to deny entry to veteran Palestinian human rights defender a blatant assault on human rights
The denial blocked scheduled briefings with lawmakers and officials, as Al-Haq said 3 Palestinian rights groups face US sanctions over ICC work.
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The director of the Palestinian NGO Al-Haq, under United States sanctions for collaborating with the International Criminal Court, is facing for the second time in less than a year a visa refusal by the French authorities.
·Paris, France
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Mouvement mondial des droits humainsFrance: Decision to deny entry to veteran Palestinian human rights defender a blatant assault on human rights
The decision by French authorities to deny visa access to prominent Palestinian human rights defender and General Director of Al-Haq, Shawan Jabarin, who was due to travel to the country this week as part for an advocacy trip, is an alarming setback for human rights. Al-Haq, the oldest Palestinian human rights organisation and a pioneer of the human rights movement in the Middle East, is one of three prominent Palestinian human rights organizati…
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