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Dr Tarek Loubani, medic shot in Gaza, addresses UN Human Rights Council
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, emergency physician Dr Tarek Loubani addressed assembled states to share his testimony of being shot through the legs while providing medical care to wounded protesters taking part in the “Great March of Return” demonstrations. His testimony came as states discussed the full, 252-page report of the UN Commission of Inquiry established in May 2018 to investigate violations of international law in the context of the protests.
Dr Loubani’s case is highlighted in the report as a case of an attack on health workers, amid the Commission’s finding that it had “reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers intentionally shot health workers, despite seeing that they were clearly marked as such.”
Dr Loubani’s statement to the Council is below, and the video can be viewed here (at 29m45s).
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No Justification for Israel to Shoot Protesters with Live Ammunition
The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Gaza protests
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