Human Rights Watch Slams “Israel” for Detaining Migrants without Charge
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Human Rights Watch on Sunday slammed "Israel" for a new law that allows the detention of migrants without charge, and allows them to "punish asylum seekers for irregularly crossing into Occupied Palestine, in violation of their basic rights."
The HRW refugee program director, Bill Frelick, said in a statement issued on Sunday that "Subjecting irregular border-crossers to potential indefinite detention without charge or access to legal representation would violate the prohibition against arbitrary detention under international human rights law."
African migrants have been the target of violent attacks by "Israeli" protesters in the past few weeks.
According to the "Israeli" interior ministry statistics, about 60,000 African immigrants, mainly from Sudan, South Sudan and Eritrea, have entered Israel illegally.
Source:AFP
Human Rights Watch on Sunday slammed "Israel" for a new law that allows the detention of migrants without charge, and allows them to "punish asylum seekers for irregularly crossing into Occupied Palestine, in violation of their basic rights."
The HRW refugee program director, Bill Frelick, said in a statement issued on Sunday that "Subjecting irregular border-crossers to potential indefinite detention without charge or access to legal representation would violate the prohibition against arbitrary detention under international human rights law."
African migrants have been the target of violent attacks by "Israeli" protesters in the past few weeks.
According to the "Israeli" interior ministry statistics, about 60,000 African immigrants, mainly from Sudan, South Sudan and Eritrea, have entered Israel illegally.
Source:AFP
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