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Despite arbitrary travel ban, Israel to permit Palestinian human rights defender to meet UN expert in Geneva
22 February 2012
Shawan Jabarin, director of human rights group Al-Haq, is to be allowed to travel to Geneva for a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, for the first time since Israel imposed a travel ban on him six years ago. Read more about Despite arbitrary travel ban, Israel to permit Palestinian human rights defender to meet UN expert in Geneva