Salah Hamouri upon his arrival at Roissy airport, France, Dec. 18, 2022. (Credit : Daphne Benoit/AFP)
Israel's expulsion of French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri amounts to a "war crime," the UN human rights office said Monday.
Hamouri, 37, arrived in France on Sunday after having been held without charge in Israel under a controversial practice that allows suspects to be detained for renewable periods of up to six months.
"Deporting a protected person from occupied territory is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, constituting a war crime," UN human rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said in a statement.
Israel has accused Hamouri of being a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and of being a security threat. Hamouri denies links to the PFLP.
In condemning his expulsion, Laurence said: "We are deeply concerned by the chilling message this sends to those working on human rights" in occupied east Jerusalem.
Hamouri, 37, arrived in France on Sunday after having been held without charge in Israel under a controversial practice that allows suspects to be detained for renewable periods of up to six months.
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