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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Concern At Desecration Of Burial Sites

Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg has revealed to French minister Brice Hortefeux, his concern at the desecration of  Jewish and Muslim graves in Strasbourg.

"I was deeply disturbed to learn of the desecration of 37 graves in the Muslim section of Strasbourg cemetery on 24 September. Sadly, this despicable act is not the only one of its kind. Four Jewish or Muslim cemeteries have been vandalised this year in the greater Strasbourg area alone", the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner writes in a letter to Hortefeux, French Minister of the Interior, Overseas France and Local Authorities.