Politics & Diplomacy
State Department bars Palestine delegation from UN General Assembly session
Image credit: Amnesty International
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Amnesty International called on the US State Department to reverse its decision to prevent a Palestinian high-level delegation, including President Mahmoud Abbas, from attending the UN General Assembly session in New York. The ban marks the second consecutive year the US has blocked Palestinian officials from the gathering.
The rights organization did not specify what prompted the reversal demand or detail the State Department's stated rationale for the exclusion in its statement yesterday.
