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- 1Detained Gaza hospital director nominated for EU human rights prize▼Detained Gaza hospital director Abu Safiya nominated for EU human rights prize
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza who has been held in detention, has been nominated for the European Union's human rights prize. The nomination highlights ongoing concern over his detention and the plight of Gaza's health workers, with advocates urging the EU and international bodies to press for his release.
- 2Wife of doctor who died in Israeli custody seeks return of his body●The wife of renowned Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh, who was tortured and raped to death in Israeli custody after Isr
The wife of Adnan Al-Bursh, a renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon from Gaza, has called for the release of his body more than two years after his death. He died in Israeli custody after being detained by Israeli forces during the war in Gaza, and his family says he was tortured and sexually abused there. His widow is demanding his remains be returned so the family can bury him.