USA: Veto of UN resolution on lifting Gaza aid restrictions and release of hostages is shameful and inhumane amid Israel’s ongoing genocide

By Amnesty International

Responding to the US government’s decision to veto a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the occupied Gaza Strip, the release of hostages, and the “immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid”, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “This latest shameful US veto […] The post USA: Veto of UN resolution on lifting Gaza aid restrictions and release of hostages is shameful and inhumane amid Israel’s ongoing genocide appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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