Monday, July 29, 2013
UN rights chief urges Israel to reconsider draft law that would displace Bedouins
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Thursday urged [press release] Israel to reconsider a law [press release] that, if adopted, is likely to result in the demolition of up to 35 Bedouin villages in the Negev desert. The proposed Law for Regularizing Bedouin Habitation in the Negev (Prawer-Begin Bill) [text, PDF] seeks to offer Bedouins limited compensation [UN News Centre report] on the condition that they move to one of seven Bedouin townships the...
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