This policy has been pursued as a moral response to a deplorable government, without much regard for its effectiveness.
The official reason for refusal of access was cited as being 'in line with the policy according to which Israel does not facilitate visits to the Gaza Strip which will strengthen Hamas, a terror organization designated as such also by the European Union.' This decision is deplorable and without foundation.
Michael Howard, a former Conservative leader, described the raid and Mr. Green's arrest as deplorable, and entirely without precedent in modern parliamentary annals.
Many of us barely bat an eye at the nonstop stream of stories about people behind bars being physically or sexually abused by guards and being forced to live and work in deplorable conditions, often without access to basic medical care or adequate food.
Writer defens some of Nixon's maladroitness, and expects him to learn from mistakes, but adds that the nation's affairs are in a deplorable state, and that without firm, large-minded leadership, the outlook for the next 3 1/2 years is less promising.
Most are being held without charges, under deplorable humanitarian conditions, including medical negligence, in unsanitary surroundings, subjected to routine beatings, position torture and strip searches.
Six months ago, refugees were "living practically without any assistance in absolutely deplorable and catastrophic conditions," said Samuel Hanryon, press manager for Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières.
As the father of a young woman who was detained without due process under deplorable conditions from Tuesday until Thursday evening during the Republican convention, I was saddened and disappointed by the virtually exculpatory response in your editorial.
"The other lamentable aspect of this case is the horror of some of the so-called screening camps which, in my judgement, now present a state of affairs so deplorable that they should be investigated without delay," said Col Young.
