European Commission restores funding to Palestinan NGO

RAMALLAH, 02 July 2022, (TON): The European Commission has told Ramallah-based NGO Al-Haq Human Rights Organization that the 13-month suspension of €40,000 funding from the EU will be lifted after finding that the suspension was illegal and was not devoid of political dimensions.

Al-Haq is one of six Palestinian human rights organizations that the Israeli government declared on Oct. 19 to be outlaws, citing its association with the (leftist) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which it classifies as a terrorist group.

Israeli authorities issued a military order to close Al-Haq’s headquarters.

Al-Haq was established 43 years ago. It received the prestigious Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights in June.

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