The Human Rights Chief sees “crucial” move towards the next phase of the Alto El Fuego in the Gaza Strip
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has questioned This Wednesday the plan of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to somehow assume the control of the Gaza Strip and recalled that “any transfer or forced deportation of people from an occupied territory is strictly prohibited.”
“International law is very clear,” said Turk, in a statement sent to Europa Press and in which he has appealed, among other things, the “right to determination” as “fundamental principle.”
The Human Rights Chief, that has not mentioned directly to Trump In this first reaction, he sees “crucial” move towards the next phase of the Alto El Fuego in the Gaza Strip, to complete the release of all hostages and the release of the people detained “arbitrarily” in prisons of Israel.
«The suffering of the population in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel is unbearable. The Palestinians and the Israelis need peace and security, ”said Turk.
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