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Israel expels UN rights envoy Richard Falk

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Wednesday December 17, 2008 18:35author by dissident

The United Nation's top human rights official has condemned Israel's expulsion of Richard Falk, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories, from the country, calling it "unprecedented" and "deeply regrettable.

Al Jazeera's Ghida Fakry spoke to Falk about his expulsion and the potential repercussions.

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