US lawyers oppose Palestinian NGOs’ ‘terror’ designation

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Al-Araby

The head of the American Bar Association has penned a publicly shared letter earlier this week to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett voicing concern over the terrorist designations of six Palestinian humanitarian groups without guaranteeing them procedural rights under international law. “Organisations should not forfeit their rights simply because they are accused of engaging in terrorist activity,” wrote Reginald Turner, president of the ABA, the world’s largest voluntary association of attorneys and legal professionals. “Those charged are still entitled to the presumption of innocence. …

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