Report by U.N. Palestine investigator calls for boycott, ignores Palestinian rights violations
GENEVA, October 26, 2017 – A new report by the UN rapporteur for Palestinian human rights effectively calls for a boycott of all major Israeli companies (par. 65) but “completely fails to address any Palestinian human rights violations, giving a free pass to torture and terrorism by the forces of President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas,” says a UN watchdog group, in a letter sent today to Michael Lynk, UN chief Antonio Guterres, and U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley. (See full letter below.) “By any definition of human rights, morality and logic, if Mr. Lynk is a United Nations human rights monitor for the Palestinian territories, he must address Palestinian Authority and Hamas torture and arbitrary arrest committed against their own people, and Palestinian stabbings, car ramming attacks and shootings committed against Israelis,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch. Questions for Michael Lynk can be sent to Katharine Marshall (+41 22 917 9695 / kmarshall@ohchr.org) or write to sropt@ohchr.org). ##### Letter from UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer to UN rapporteur Michael Lynk Click here for PDF Michael Lynk Special Rapporteur on Palestine United Nations Office in Geneva 8-14 Avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland October 26, 2017 Dear Mr. Lynk, United Nations Watch is deeply concerned by your latest report, which, for the third consecutive time, fails to address human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. You acknowledge these omissions at par. 4, saying that it only “focuses. . . on the violations committed by …
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