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April 12, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22118880

Human Rights Watch: Hamas Failed to Probe Palestinian "Collaborator" Deaths

(BBC) Human Rights Watch says Gaza's Hamas government has failed to investigate the killings of seven Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel. The men were shot in public and the body of one was dragged through the streets by a motorcycle. The incident took place in November during the eight-day conflict between Hamas and Israel. The men had already been convicted by a military court in Gaza, before armed men seized them from custody. But HRW said their convictions may have been based on evidence extracted through torture. "Hamas' inability or unwillingness to investigate the brazen murders of seven men makes a mockery of its claims that it's upholding the rule of law in Gaza," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of HRW. "Even before the killings, the abuses the men suffered made the criminal justice system a travesty, regardless of their guilt or innocence."

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