Renowned British-Palestinian surgeon and Palestinian rights advocate Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah has been vindicated following an attempt by pro-Israel lobby group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) to have him suspended from practicing medicine.
The original complaint was made by UKLFI to the General Medical Council (GMC), the body which regulates doctors in the UK. UKLFI claimed Dr Abu Sittah, who has given evidence to the UK war crimes division and the international criminal court, was “unfit” to practise medicine over alleged social media posts. Dr Abu Sittah argued before the Tribunal that the complaint was political in nature, he was not the author of a number of the posts he was accused of publishing, and that translations provided of posts in Arabic were substantially inaccurate. The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) asserted that the smears from UKLFI were “designed to bring Dr Abu Sittah’s distinguished reputation into disrepute” and “undermine” his “rights to freedom of expression”. ….more
