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<p>UK Official Development Assistance does not provide financial assistance or assets
to support the Palestinian Authority (PA) agencies implicated in the Human Rights
Watch report and continues to have a no contact policy with Hamas in its entirety.
The report has made some serious and concerning allegations about human rights violations
by the PA and we have immediately raised our concerns with the Palestinian Ministry
of Interior. We continue to urge the PA to respect human rights, to ensure complaints
of mistreatment or arbitrary detention are properly investigated and to continue to
improve the performance of the security sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence
(MOD) currently delivers training courses and supports the development of training
institutions across the Palestinian Authority security sector. Participants from two
agencies referenced in the report, the Preventative Security Organisation and General
Intelligence Service, have attended courses delivered by the MOD and by training institutions
that are supported by the MOD. These courses serve to reinforce accountability, responsible
governance and a common approach to the upholding of human rights and human rights
law.</p>
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