Urgent action

Requesting the UK government’s intervention in the ongoing withholding of the body of Ahmed Erekat from his family following his apparent unlawful killing by Israeli forces over six months ago

Date

19th January 2021

Recipient

Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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It is imperative that the international community recognises and acts against the trend of increasing violent settler activity, and the role it plays in enabling the Israeli illegal settlement enterprise in the OPT. See further our March 2021 briefing lphr.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

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Tweets from @UKinJerusalem following a recent visit to Susiya refer to witnessing disturbing examples of settler aggression against the Palestinian community, resulting in injuries twitter.com/UKinJerusalem/…

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