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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sammy Gecsoyler

UN special rapporteur will contribute to ‘Gaza tribunal’, Jeremy Corbyn says

Jeremy Corbyn stands in a crowd holding a placard
Corbyn takes part in a Stop Starving Gaza protest in London last month. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

A UN special rapporteur will contribute to a two-day “tribunal” being held by Jeremy Corbyn into Britain’s “role in war crimes perpetrated in Gaza”, the former Labour leader has said.

Corbyn, who is campaigning for a new political entity with the working title Your Party, said the event would take place in early September. His private member’s bill for an official inquiry into UK involvement in the Israel-Gaza war was blocked by the government at its second reading in July.

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