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GENEVA | Representatives of world parliaments on Thursday criticized Israel, Cambodia and 19 other countries for their treatment of lawmakers.

The chairwoman of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s human rights committee, Rosario Green, urged Israel not to deport Palestinian lawmakers Mohammed Abu Teir, Mohammed Totah and Ahmed Abu Atoun after they were released recently from prison.

The three were ordered expelled from Jerusalem for links to Hamas. But Ms. Green, a former Mexican foreign minister, said the expulsion violates the lawmakers’ human rights.

Ms. Green’s panel also called a Cambodian defamation case against opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua a “complete travesty of justice.”

Mu Sochua faces up to six months in prison after refusing to pay a court-ordered fine for defaming Cambodia’s prime minister.

Other countries scrutinized by the committee for their treatment of lawmakers included Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Colombia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Iraq, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Burma, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Zimbabwe.

SUDAN

2 foreign aid workers expelled from Darfur

KHARTOUM | Sudan has expelled two foreign employees of the International Organization for Migration working in the country’s Darfur region, the agency said Thursday.

The expulsion order comes days after the International Criminal Court charged Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur.

Lt. Gen. Bashir reacted similarly last year when the court issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of crimes against humanity in Darfur. After that charge was announced, Gen. Bashir expelled 13 foreign aid organizations - most of which were working in Darfur - compounding the humanitarian crisis in the region.

Gen. Bashir has refused to recognize the court or cooperate with it.

NETHERLANDS

Dutch lawmaker forms anti-Islam group

THE HAGUE | An anti-Islam lawmaker in the Netherlands is forming an international alliance to spread his message across the West in a bid to ban immigration from Islamic countries, among other goals.

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