The following is a near\u2011verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary\u2011General.<\/p>\n
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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Steph, you were asked earlier this week about the potential deportation of the Human Rights Watch official from Israel, and you said you didn\u2019t have the details of the ruling.\u00a0 Do you have any update\u2026?<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Yes, we\u2019re obviously, we\u2019ve been following the case of Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch expert facing deportation in Israel.\u00a0 I can tell you that we regret the decision of the Supreme Court of Israel to allow the Government to deport him.\u00a0 The Secretary\u2011General, as he has often said, supports the important work done by human rights defenders around the world and wants all to allow them to continue. \u00a0Okay, I will.<\/p>\n
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