{"id":295994,"date":"2024-05-16T13:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=295994"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:13:21","slug":"un-expert-horrified-by-death-of-gazan-orthopedic-surgeon-16may24","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-expert-horrified-by-death-of-gazan-orthopedic-surgeon-16may24\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ human rights expert horrified by death of Gazan orthopedic surgeon in Israeli detention &#8211; OHCHR Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero-1__dt-af--wrapper\">\n<div class=\"hero-1__date\">\n<p class=\"text--body-copy\">16 May 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-1-social-share\">\n<div class=\"social-share\">\n<div class=\"social-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"node-news__body\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The death of a renowned Palestinian orthopedic surgeon after nearly four months in detention was \u201chorrifying\u201d, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert said today, demanding an independent international investigation into the circumstances of his demise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am horrified at the news about the death of Dr. Adnan Al Bursh while being detained by Israel,\u201d said Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Al Bursh, 50, was the head of the orthopedic department at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. He reportedly died on 19 April 2024 in Ofer prison, an Israeli detention facility in the West Bank, and his body has not yet been released by Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Mofokeng said he had been detained with other doctors and medical personnel by Israeli forces on 18 December 2023, at Al Awda Hospital in North Gaza. At that time, he was generally in good health and was performing his duties normally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was detained while undertaking his duty to patients and caring for them according to the oath he took as a medical practitioner,\u201d the expert said. \u201cHe died for trying to protect the rights to life and health of his patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before his death, Dr. Al Bursh had reportedly been beaten in prison, with his body showing signs of torture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Adnan\u2019s case raises serious concerns that he died following torture at the hands of Israeli authorities. His death demands an independent international investigation,\u201d the Special Rapporteur said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply saddened that I continue to receive reports of doctors being killed in this conflict,\u201d Mofokeng said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that at least 493 healthcare workers from Gaza have been killed since 7 October 2023. This includes nurses, paramedics, doctors, and other medical personnel. Many more have been injured. The World Health Organization has reported that at least 214 healthcare workers have been detained by Israeli forces while on duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe killing and detention of healthcare workers is not a legitimate method of warfare. They have a legitimate and essential role to care for sick and wounded persons during times of conflict,\u201d the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealthcare workers should not be killed practicing their profession,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Rapporteur called for Israel to immediately release all healthcare workers arbitrarily detained in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, and urgent, independent and impartial investigations, and accountability for those who have unlawfully detained and killed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI repeat my call for an immediate ceasefire,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"node-news__text-block\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-components-list field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-bg-color paragraph para-text container paragraph--type--text-component paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"para-text--description wysiwyg-content\">\n<p><strong>Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/special-procedures\/sr-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 May 2024 The death of a renowned Palestinian orthopedic surgeon after nearly four months in detention was \u201chorrifying\u201d, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ expert said today, demanding an independent international investigation into the circumstances of his demise. \u201cI am horrified at the news about the death of Dr. Adnan Al Bursh while being detained by Israel,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-expert-horrified-by-death-of-gazan-orthopedic-surgeon-16may24\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[1825,6822],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,2005,2533,1741,2285,2673],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-295994","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-office-of-the-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-ohchr","document-source-special-rapporteur-on-the-right-of-everyone-to-the-enjoyment-of-the-highest-attainable-standard-of-physical-and-mental-health","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-health","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-prisoners-and-detainees","document-subject-torture","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/295994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/295994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296050,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/295994\/revisions\/296050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=295994"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=295994"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=295994"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=295994"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=295994"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=295994"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=295994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}