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Palestinian Rights Groups Protest Suppression of Ramallah Protests

The Council of Palestinian Human Rights Organizations released a report on Monday accusing officials of the Palestinian Authority of suppressing rallies in Ramallah that were assembled to protest a planned meeting between an Israeli cabinet minister and President Abbas. The group charged that officials used violence against protestors on June 30 and July 1. The organization behind the report, a coalition of several rights groups, is alleging that while the police chief and his deputy bore the brunt of public criticism at the time of the rallies, they were acting on orders from the office of President Abbas. The report said the purpose of the crackdown was to deny demonstrators their right to protest and that undue force was used to accomplish that purpose.