EU Commission refuses to release secret Gaza funding reports, citing no public interest, as UN raises genocide concerns
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Nikolaj Nielsen
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The European Commission refused to release 17 secret documents related to funding reports on Gaza, claiming no overriding public interest in their disclosure. This refusal came on the same day the UN human rights office called out genocide in Gaza. The decision was signed by Michael Karnitschnig, acting head of the commission's Middle East branch, and highlights tensions between EU transparency obligations and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza where over 70,000 people have been killed.
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bskyEU Commission refuses to release secret Gaza funding reports, citing no public interest, as UN raises genocide concernseuobserver.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledWe have examined whether there could be an overriding public interest in disclosure, but we have not been able to identify such an interest.
On the same day that the UN human rights office called out genocide in Gaza, the European Commission told me there was no public interest in releasing 17 documents on funding reports it wants to keep secret on the enclave.
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