Maldives backs UN human rights probe into Gaza killings

The Maldives has backed the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council's resolution to set up an independent commission to investigate Israel's recent killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

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Dr Hala Hameed, the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the UN. PHOTO/FOREIGN MINISTRY

Fathmath Shaahunaz

2018-05-19 20:59:55

The Maldives has backed the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council's resolution to set up an independent commission to investigate Israel's recent killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

The council's 36th Session was held on Friday over the “deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory”, after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians and injured over 2,700 during an unarmed protest against the move of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

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