UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al Kheetan on treatment of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi inside an Israeli jail
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UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al Kheetan on treatment of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi inside an Israeli jail

Video footage showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir berating and taunting Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi face-to-face inside an Israeli jail is unacceptable. The minister's behaviour and the publication of the footage constitute an attack on Barghouthi’s dignity,” Al-Kheetan stated.

International law requires that all those in detention be treated humanely, with dignity, and their human rights respected and protected,” he said.

Such conduct by the minister responsible for the Israeli Prison Service may encourage violence against Palestinian detainees, enabling human rights violations in Israeli detention facilities.”

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Thameen Al-Kheetan: +41 22 917 4232 / thameen.alkheetan@un.org

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STORY: UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan on treatment of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi inside an Israeli jail

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DATELINE: 19/08/2025 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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  1. Exterior shot: Palais Wilson
  2. Wide shots: Briefing room
  3. SOUNDBITE (English)—Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):Video footage showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir berating and taunting Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi face-to-face inside an Israeli jail is unacceptable. The minister's behaviour and the publication of the footage constitute an attack on Barghouthi’s dignity.
  4. Cut Aways:
  5. SOUNDBITE (English)—Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):International law requires that all those in detention be treated humanely, with dignity, and their human rights respected and protected.
  6. Cut Aways:
  7. SOUNDBITE (English)—Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):Such conduct by the minister responsible for the Israeli Prison Service may encourage violence against Palestinian detainees, enabling human rights violations in Israeli detention facilities


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