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UN rights expert urges Israel to release Palestinian detainee on hunger strike

An independent United Nations human rights expert today renewed his call on Israel to release a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for over two months to protest his detention and whose health is reported to be deteriorating.

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