7 June 2014 - 21:13
Ban Ki-moon to Israel: Put Detainees on Trial or Release Them

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to put the Palestinian administrative detainees on trial or else release them without further delay.

Ban Ki-moon expressed concern in a statement on Friday over the deterioration in the health condition of the Palestinian administrative detainees who have been on hunger strike for one and a half month, PIC reported.

He said that the UN was closely following up the issue of those detainees.

The Palestinian administrative detainees, held without trial or charge, have been on hunger strike for 45 days demanding their release.

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