Head of Palestinian group Al-Haq barred from entering France

Head of Palestinian group Al-Haq barred from entering France Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Thu, 04/16/2026 - 12:58 Shawan Jabarin was scheduled to attend key briefings at the French parliament, foreign ministry and the Council of Europe Shawan Jabarin, the director of Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq, in the organisation's office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on 24 August 2022 (Abbas Momani/AFP) Off The head of Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq has been refused a visa by France , preventing him from attending key briefings at the French parliament, French foreign ministry and the Council of Europe. Shawan Jabarin was expected to appear before the European Parliament's human rights committee in Strasbourg on Tuesday and was scheduled to meet with officials at the French foreign ministry on Thursday. However, the general director of Al-Haq, which is based in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, had his visa application denied by authorities in Europe and France for the second time since September, when the US sanctioned the Palestinian group.