Top UN health rights official calls for release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh
South African physician and UN special rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, joined the global social media campaign on Wednesday to call for the release of the medical director of Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, who has been in Israeli custody for three days.
"I’m Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, a medical doctor & the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, I DEMAND the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from a brutal detention imposed by Israel," she wrote.
"End the genocide."
I’m Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, a medical doctor & the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, I DEMAND the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from a brutal detention imposed by Israel.
— Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (@drtlaleng) January 1, 2025
End the genocide. pic.twitter.com/8i3kVsjngN