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Israel accused of medical experiments on Palestinian prisoners
Head of the extra-parliamentary High Follow-up Committee for Arabs in Israel claims the Health Ministry licenses big pharmaceutical companies to conduct secretive medical trials
Israel's wall along the West Bank [joeskillet/Creative Commons]

PALESTINIAN prisoners held in Israeli jails are being used as guinea pigs for medical experiments without their knowledge in a “war against humanity,” a leading Israeli politician warned today.

Mohammad Baraka, head of the extra-parliamentary High Follow-up Committee for Arabs in Israel, claimed that the Health Ministry had licensed big pharmaceutical companies to conduct the secretive medical trials.

“This is a clear war against humanity and international rights groups must take Israel to the ICC over its crimes against prisoners.

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