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As Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in “immediate danger” UN inquiry commission calls for Gaza doctor’s release

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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 for the Israeli occupation to release him, saying it is deeply concerned by reports of his treatment while in detention. Calls for “Immediate release” of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the #oPt calls on Israel to "release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya,…

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Falconer’s empty words for Dr Abu Safiya draw backlash

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Falconer’s empty words for Dr Abu Safiya draw backlash

Middle East minister Hamish Falconer’s platitudes for Gazan pediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, a hospital director abducted in 2024, were rebuked for their hypocrisy. On 5 May, Falconer took to X to say: I am aware of the concerning reports about the treatment of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya who is still in Israeli detention. We have raised his case again today with the Israeli authorities. Britain’s commitment to the rule of law and a fair trial is resolute. Falconer’s empty talk Nothing says ‘resolute commitment to the rule of law’ quite like arming the very regime (Israel) that flouts it, does it, Hamish?…

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“They brought me here to kill me” — abducted Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya

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“They brought me here to kill me” — abducted Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya

Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, the hospital director abducted from Gaza in 2024 by the Israeli occupation, faces an immediate risk to his life. The Physicians for Human Rights (PHRI) group has issued a warning about the threat after Abu Safiya’s lawyer visited him in the Nitzan prison where he is detained indefinitely without charge. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya — Continual torture Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya has suffered constant beatings and torture by his captors. During the latest lawyer visit, the doctor was shackled, bore fresh injuries to his head, face and neck and was struggling to breathe or speak. His condition…

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