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The UK could be breaching its own obligations on the prevention of torture in its decision to suspend funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency following reports that Israel used torture to gain information, charities have warned. UK rights groups Freedom From Torture and Redress have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with concerns that the decision to pull funding for UNRWA was based on information obtained by use of torture. The letter references a February report by UNRWA, which detailed testimonies of abuse and torture at the hands of Israeli authorities, including instances where P…

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