HRCP calls on international community to end Israeli impunity - Press Release issued by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Lahore -- May 18, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)

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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reiterates that the Israeli state's continued brutal assault on the people of Gaza is in flagrant violation of international law and universal human rights standards. In the last week alone, over 200 civilians including at least 60 children have been killed.

That the Israeli offensive has targeted not only civilians, but also children, health workers and the media indicates a level of shocking impunity, which the wider international community ignores at its peril. It is simply not enough to continue to say that a state has the right to 'defend' itself in the face of such a gross imbalance of power...