UN inquiry urges release of Gaza doctor held by Israel since December 2024
The U.N. said reports of abuse and worsening health show his detention reflects broader violations against Gaza’s medical workers.
- On Wednesday, a United Nations inquiry labeled the 18-month detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, arbitrary and urged his immediate release, citing violations of international human rights instruments.
- Israeli forces seized Abu Safiya in December 2024, alleging the pediatrician was a Hamas member, though rights groups note authorities have produced no public evidence supporting these combatant claims during his detention without charge.
- Lawyer Nasser Odeh reported after a July 2 prison visit that the doctor is nearly unrecognizable, suffering severe injuries to his 'head, eyes, ears, and neck' while struggling to breathe in the Rakefet interrogation facility.
- Multiple UK Members of Parliament, including Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour leader, and Nadia Whittome, Labour MP, have urged the government to use diplomatic leverage to secure Abu Safiya's release.
- The UN inquiry warned this case 'may indicate a widespread or systematic practice' of arbitrary detention, while UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese criticized the BBC for presenting unproven Israeli military claims regarding the doctor.
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A U.N. commission has called on Israeli authorities to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, provide him with medical care and free all other arbitrarily detained Palestinian medical personnel, Jessica Corbett reports. By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Just over 1,000 days into Israeli forces’ genocid
As Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's life is in "immediate danger" UN inquiry commission calls for Gaza doctor's release
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, 52, paediatrician and director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been imprisoned without charge since 27 December 2024. The Israeli occupation has beaten and tortured him, and kept him in solitary confinement on a regular basis. Now the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has called […] By Charlie Jaay
Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya's lawyer stated that his client was beaten so brutally that he could not recognize him during a visit
Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, the doctor was arrested in 2024 after refusing to evacuate the facility. His lawyer visited him on 2 July in Rakafet prison, where he was subjected to inhuman treatment.
Israel Is Murdering Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
James North, Mondoweiss. The U.S. media is covering up the crime. Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya has been detained by Israel for a year and a half without trial and says his jailers are trying to kill him. His case has made international headlines, yet it is being ignored in the U.S. Why? By now, editors…
Several dozen people gathered on Wednesday at the beginning of the evening in Luxembourg Square, Brussels, to ask for the release of the Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, observed Belga. ...
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