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UN says Israel move designating Palestinian groups as ‘terrorist organizations’ unjustified
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GENEVA, 27 October 2021, (TON): The UN human rights chief said “Israel’s designation of six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed “terrorist organizations” is an unjustified attack.”
The Jewish state said its move last week was due to their alleged financing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
It accused the six of working covertly with the leftist militant group, which pioneered plane hijackings in the 1970s to highlight the Palestinian cause and is blacklisted by several Western governments.
Michelle Bachelet said the decision was an attack on human rights defenders, on freedoms of association, opinion and expression and on the right to public participation.
She called for the move to be immediately revoked.
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