Palestinian authorities said a grave site discovered at the Nasser hospital, the main medical facility in central Gaza, contained nearly 400 bodies
Record number of states punishing human-rights activists, UN says
A record 29 states, including China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have retaliated against citizens who cooperate with the United Nations, the UN human rights office said on Wednesday in its eighth annual report on reprisals.
Published : 20 Sept 2017, 03:50 PM
Updated : 20 Sept 2017, 03:50 PM
"We are aware of cases where individuals we are communicating with have been abducted, detained, held incommunicado, or disappeared," UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour said.
He was presenting the report to the UN Human Rights Council, nine of whose 47 members are named in the report.
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