UN experts urge Israel to free Gaza doctor amid reports of ‘severe torture’ |
UN experts say a Palestinian doctor detained by Israel has been denied medical care and subjected to serious human rights abuses.
United Nations experts are calling on Israel to immediately release Dr Hussam Abu Safia, warning that the Palestinian physician from Gaza has been subjected to “severe torture” and other abuses in Israeli detention.
In a statement on Tuesday, UN special rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Ben Saul said they had received reports that Abu Safia’s health condition “remains dire”.
“He has been systematically denied critical medical examination and treatment, and deprived of essential care to........