Wednesday, November 22, 2006

U.N. slams rights abuses in Gaza

Jerusalem: The top U.N. human rights official said on Monday Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip had suffered ``massive'' human rights violations.
Louise Arbour, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, travelled to the town of Beit Hanoun, where Israeli artillery killed 18 members of a single family two weeks ago as they slept in their house.
She said she would use a five-day trip to the region to call on Palestinian and Israeli leaders to stop further violence.
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