17 feb 2016
Palestinian Authority security forces, on Wednesday, detained 22 Palestinian teachers who took part in a strike demanding the guarantee of teachers' rights, sources in the Palestinian Teachers' Union said.
The sources said that the teachers, two of whom are principals, were detained in raids across the occupied West Bank.
As part of the strike, an estimated 20,000 Palestinian teachers demonstrated in Ramallah, on Tuesday, to call for the implementation of an 2013 agreement guaranteeing teachers' rights.
Most schools in the occupied West Bank shut down completely in protest, while other establishments closed before noon, as teachers gathered in front of the PA cabinet headquarters to demonstrate. The teachers called for the resignation of the head of the teachers' union, Ahmad Sahwil, and for the organization of elections within the teachers' union.
"Teachers are not against the union as a union, but against the behaviors and abuses of the union," one demonstrator, Adnan al-Durubi, told Ma'an News Agency.
Al-Durubi said the average Palestinian teacher's salary did not exceed 3,000 shekels ($767) each month.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the average monthly expenditure of a Palestinian family in the West Bank is $1,333.
In 2013, the Palestinian teachers’ union signed an agreement with the government which guaranteed a significant increase on teachers' basic salary.
However, three years after a lengthy teachers' strike over unpaid salaries, the Palestinian Authority has yet to make good on its promise to increase wages.
The teachers have called on the Palestinian government to comply with the increase agreed on in 2013, as well as a secure university education for teachers' children, reforms in retirement legislation, and promotions and bonuses based on experience.
The teachers detained Wednesday were identified as Ibrahim Izzat al-Asafra, Basil Dudin, Kinan Audah, Yousif Abu Ras, Bilal Jawabra, Muhammad Abu Ajamiya, Izzat Manasra, Mahmoud Shrouf, Anis Abu Zahra, Qays Abu Zahra, Muhammad Abu Iram, Ayman al-Asa, Mire Nassar, Muhammad Hamdan Farikh, Amir Burouq, Tariq Samar, Alaa Jayyusi, Sadiq al-Qarut, Munir Abu Thiab, and Ammar Shahrour.
The two principals were identified as Ziad Ali Darabee and Hasan Zayid.
The sources said that the teachers, two of whom are principals, were detained in raids across the occupied West Bank.
As part of the strike, an estimated 20,000 Palestinian teachers demonstrated in Ramallah, on Tuesday, to call for the implementation of an 2013 agreement guaranteeing teachers' rights.
Most schools in the occupied West Bank shut down completely in protest, while other establishments closed before noon, as teachers gathered in front of the PA cabinet headquarters to demonstrate. The teachers called for the resignation of the head of the teachers' union, Ahmad Sahwil, and for the organization of elections within the teachers' union.
"Teachers are not against the union as a union, but against the behaviors and abuses of the union," one demonstrator, Adnan al-Durubi, told Ma'an News Agency.
Al-Durubi said the average Palestinian teacher's salary did not exceed 3,000 shekels ($767) each month.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the average monthly expenditure of a Palestinian family in the West Bank is $1,333.
In 2013, the Palestinian teachers’ union signed an agreement with the government which guaranteed a significant increase on teachers' basic salary.
However, three years after a lengthy teachers' strike over unpaid salaries, the Palestinian Authority has yet to make good on its promise to increase wages.
The teachers have called on the Palestinian government to comply with the increase agreed on in 2013, as well as a secure university education for teachers' children, reforms in retirement legislation, and promotions and bonuses based on experience.
The teachers detained Wednesday were identified as Ibrahim Izzat al-Asafra, Basil Dudin, Kinan Audah, Yousif Abu Ras, Bilal Jawabra, Muhammad Abu Ajamiya, Izzat Manasra, Mahmoud Shrouf, Anis Abu Zahra, Qays Abu Zahra, Muhammad Abu Iram, Ayman al-Asa, Mire Nassar, Muhammad Hamdan Farikh, Amir Burouq, Tariq Samar, Alaa Jayyusi, Sadiq al-Qarut, Munir Abu Thiab, and Ammar Shahrour.
The two principals were identified as Ziad Ali Darabee and Hasan Zayid.
14 feb 2016
The family of the Palestinian doctor Qassam Qafisheh, 28, affirmed on Saturday his continuation of open hunger strike for the fourth day in the Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence jails.
The family called on all human rights institutions and official authorities to urgently intervene to work on his immediate release. In an exclusive statement to the PIC reporter, the family said that their son Qassam has to sit for practice examination, so that he can work in medicine profession, next Monday which is held only once a year.
The family revealed that their son was arrested based on no charges and that he will be brought to court Sunday morning. PA intelligence agents broke into the home of captive Qafisheh, searched it thoroughly and spoiled its contents before arresting him. He was summoned by the same forces one week prior to his arrest. Doctor Qafisheh was released from Israeli jails on January, 06, 2016 after he had served eleven-month imprisonment term.
The family called on all human rights institutions and official authorities to urgently intervene to work on his immediate release. In an exclusive statement to the PIC reporter, the family said that their son Qassam has to sit for practice examination, so that he can work in medicine profession, next Monday which is held only once a year.
The family revealed that their son was arrested based on no charges and that he will be brought to court Sunday morning. PA intelligence agents broke into the home of captive Qafisheh, searched it thoroughly and spoiled its contents before arresting him. He was summoned by the same forces one week prior to his arrest. Doctor Qafisheh was released from Israeli jails on January, 06, 2016 after he had served eleven-month imprisonment term.
12 feb 2016
Dr. Qassam Qufaisha has been on hunger strike in the Palestinian Authority’s jails for the past three days in protest at his illegal detention, his father Khamis said.
The father said in his Facebook page on Friday that PA intelligence agents broke into his son’s home on 9/2/2016 and took him away after wreaking havoc on his house.
Dr. Qassam was previously held in Israeli occupation jails and was released in early January 2016 after serving 11 months in captivity.
The father said in his Facebook page on Friday that PA intelligence agents broke into his son’s home on 9/2/2016 and took him away after wreaking havoc on his house.
Dr. Qassam was previously held in Israeli occupation jails and was released in early January 2016 after serving 11 months in captivity.
10 feb 2016
Palestinian Authority intelligence agents abducted Dr. Qassam Qufaisha from his home in the southern suburb of al-Khalil city on Tuesday night.
The PIC reporter in the city said on Wednesday that the agents wreaked havoc on the doctor’s home, a former detainee in Israeli occupation jails.
The report said that the agents savagely searched the house before confiscating his mobile phone and computers then taking him away.
Qufaisha’s mother suffered a nervous breakdown following the savage search by the PA intelligence agents, he added.
The PIC reporter in the city said on Wednesday that the agents wreaked havoc on the doctor’s home, a former detainee in Israeli occupation jails.
The report said that the agents savagely searched the house before confiscating his mobile phone and computers then taking him away.
Qufaisha’s mother suffered a nervous breakdown following the savage search by the PA intelligence agents, he added.
8 feb 2016
The Nablus court on Sunday ruled for releasing the Palestinian academic and author Abdul Sattar Qasem after he has been held for five days in custody.
Qasem’s wife told a PIC journalist that the judge approved the attorney’s appeal to release the detainee on bail. Earlier, on Thursday, the court extended Qasem’s remand for 15 days and refused to release him on bail.
Dr. Qasem was arrested from his home on Tuesday at the request of the attorney general on account that a lawsuit was filed against him due to his incitement against the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, during an aired interview.
Qasem had called in an interview with the Quds TV Channel for the implementation of the PA’s basic law, which limits the presidential term to four years. He further called for implementing the revolutionary law of the Palestine Liberation Organization which criminalizes collaboration with the Israeli occupation.
Qasem’s wife told a PIC journalist that the judge approved the attorney’s appeal to release the detainee on bail. Earlier, on Thursday, the court extended Qasem’s remand for 15 days and refused to release him on bail.
Dr. Qasem was arrested from his home on Tuesday at the request of the attorney general on account that a lawsuit was filed against him due to his incitement against the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, during an aired interview.
Qasem had called in an interview with the Quds TV Channel for the implementation of the PA’s basic law, which limits the presidential term to four years. He further called for implementing the revolutionary law of the Palestine Liberation Organization which criminalizes collaboration with the Israeli occupation.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has executed one of its former members for what it deemed “behavioral and moral violations.”
Al-Qassam said, on its Arabic Twitter account, that its military and Sharia prosecution executed the Palestinian Mahmoud Roshdi Eshteiwy on Sunday, February 7, at 4 p.m., for what it only described as “his admitted behavioral and moral violations.”
Al-Qassam Brigades has previously executed many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but was always clear about the specific nature of the causes surrounding these executions, which typically occur when the accused parties are involved in collaborating with the Israeli army and security devices, and especially when such a collaboration led to Israeli assassinations of fighters.
Capital punishment laws in occupied Palestine are largely inherited from Jordan and Egypt, and date back to the British Mandate period in the region, while executions carried out by armed groups are not based on verdicts issued by criminal courts, and defendants are denied legal representation.
Many Palestinian human rights groups have repeatedly denounced the executions, including those against Palestinians convicted in courts, and have demanded an end to capital punishment.
Al-Qassam said, on its Arabic Twitter account, that its military and Sharia prosecution executed the Palestinian Mahmoud Roshdi Eshteiwy on Sunday, February 7, at 4 p.m., for what it only described as “his admitted behavioral and moral violations.”
Al-Qassam Brigades has previously executed many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but was always clear about the specific nature of the causes surrounding these executions, which typically occur when the accused parties are involved in collaborating with the Israeli army and security devices, and especially when such a collaboration led to Israeli assassinations of fighters.
Capital punishment laws in occupied Palestine are largely inherited from Jordan and Egypt, and date back to the British Mandate period in the region, while executions carried out by armed groups are not based on verdicts issued by criminal courts, and defendants are denied legal representation.
Many Palestinian human rights groups have repeatedly denounced the executions, including those against Palestinians convicted in courts, and have demanded an end to capital punishment.
1 feb 2016
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Monday 16 Palestinians during a large-scale raid campaign across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
The Israeli TV Channel 7 quoted an IOF report as saying that 16 “wanted” Palestinians were arrested at dawn today for allegedly carrying out anti-occupation attacks. In Nablus, three youths were arrested after Israeli forces stormed a number of towns and villages.
Two ex-prisoners were among the reported detainees, the PIC reporter pointed out. A number of local homes including ex-prisoners’ homes were violently stormed and searched during the raid.
Three other arrests were carried out in Tulkarem, while at least one young man was detained in Jenin. Three more arrests were reported in al-Khalil while another young man was detained in Beit Fujar town near Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, a group of settlers brutally attacked Palestinian-owned homes in the Old City in al-Khalil under the protection of Israeli forces, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes with locals. Israeli forces also stopped the construction of a Palestinian house in Beit Ummar north of the city and confiscated the building materials.
On the other hand, PA Preventive Security Service summoned the ex-detainee Suleiman Qawasmi, who spent more than ten years in Israeli jails, and the ex-detainee and political analyst Hisham Sharabati, who spent around twenty years behind Israeli bars, for investigation.
The Israeli TV Channel 7 quoted an IOF report as saying that 16 “wanted” Palestinians were arrested at dawn today for allegedly carrying out anti-occupation attacks. In Nablus, three youths were arrested after Israeli forces stormed a number of towns and villages.
Two ex-prisoners were among the reported detainees, the PIC reporter pointed out. A number of local homes including ex-prisoners’ homes were violently stormed and searched during the raid.
Three other arrests were carried out in Tulkarem, while at least one young man was detained in Jenin. Three more arrests were reported in al-Khalil while another young man was detained in Beit Fujar town near Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, a group of settlers brutally attacked Palestinian-owned homes in the Old City in al-Khalil under the protection of Israeli forces, which led to the outbreak of violent clashes with locals. Israeli forces also stopped the construction of a Palestinian house in Beit Ummar north of the city and confiscated the building materials.
On the other hand, PA Preventive Security Service summoned the ex-detainee Suleiman Qawasmi, who spent more than ten years in Israeli jails, and the ex-detainee and political analyst Hisham Sharabati, who spent around twenty years behind Israeli bars, for investigation.
23 jan 2016
PA Intelligence forces violently stormed Saturday morning a number of local homes in Bani Hassan town west of Salfit and arrested four local youths.
The arrests were carried out after local protesters sprayed slogans condemning PA crackdown on resistance operations against Israel, and accusing PA intelligence Chief Majed Faraj of high treason.
The detainees were brutally attacked during their arrest.
Faraj stated in a recent interview with the US magazine Defense News that the PA security forces had frustrated 200 resistance operations against Israel during the current intifada (uprising) in the occupied territories.
The arrests were carried out after local protesters sprayed slogans condemning PA crackdown on resistance operations against Israel, and accusing PA intelligence Chief Majed Faraj of high treason.
The detainees were brutally attacked during their arrest.
Faraj stated in a recent interview with the US magazine Defense News that the PA security forces had frustrated 200 resistance operations against Israel during the current intifada (uprising) in the occupied territories.
14 jan 2016
A military court in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, sentenced four Palestinians to death for collaboration with Israel, Palestinian security sources said.
Security sources told Ma’an News Agency that the Hamas-run military court tried three suspects in absentia, all of whom were sentenced to death, as well as a fourth from the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, in Gaza City, who was sentenced to execution by hanging.
The sources said that the charges of collaboration included spying on fellow Palestinians, handing over vehicle and residence information to Israeli officials, and obtaining arms with the intention of assassinating Palestinian officials.
Under Palestinian law, willful, premeditated murder and treason as well as collaboration with the enemy -- usually Israel -- are punishable by death.
All execution orders are supposed to be approved by the president before they can be carried out, but such approval is sidestepped by Hamas, who does not recognize the legitimacy of Fateh leader and PA President Mahmoud Abbas. European Union missions based in the occupied Palestinian territory condemned, in August of 2015, the use of capital punishment by Palestinian leadership.
The EU called on authorities in Gaza -- run by the Hamas movement -- to refrain from enforcing capital punishment on the grounds that the practice is cruel, inhumane, fails to deter criminal behavior, and denies citizens human dignity.
In August 2014, 18 suspected collaborators were killed by Hamas when the group announced a crackdown on Palestinians alleged to be working with Israel.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) at the time reported over 160 death sentences had been issued by Palestinian courts since 1994. Over 80 percent of the sentences were carried out in the Gaza Strip, the remainder taking place in the occupied West Bank in courts run by the Palestinian Authority.
Security sources told Ma’an News Agency that the Hamas-run military court tried three suspects in absentia, all of whom were sentenced to death, as well as a fourth from the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, in Gaza City, who was sentenced to execution by hanging.
The sources said that the charges of collaboration included spying on fellow Palestinians, handing over vehicle and residence information to Israeli officials, and obtaining arms with the intention of assassinating Palestinian officials.
Under Palestinian law, willful, premeditated murder and treason as well as collaboration with the enemy -- usually Israel -- are punishable by death.
All execution orders are supposed to be approved by the president before they can be carried out, but such approval is sidestepped by Hamas, who does not recognize the legitimacy of Fateh leader and PA President Mahmoud Abbas. European Union missions based in the occupied Palestinian territory condemned, in August of 2015, the use of capital punishment by Palestinian leadership.
The EU called on authorities in Gaza -- run by the Hamas movement -- to refrain from enforcing capital punishment on the grounds that the practice is cruel, inhumane, fails to deter criminal behavior, and denies citizens human dignity.
In August 2014, 18 suspected collaborators were killed by Hamas when the group announced a crackdown on Palestinians alleged to be working with Israel.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) at the time reported over 160 death sentences had been issued by Palestinian courts since 1994. Over 80 percent of the sentences were carried out in the Gaza Strip, the remainder taking place in the occupied West Bank in courts run by the Palestinian Authority.
5 jan 2016
Internal Security Services Arrest 2 Activists in Gaza, PCHR Concerned and Calls upon Attorney General to Follow up and Clarify Arrest Circumstances to Public Opinion.
On Sunday, 03 January 2016, Palestinian Internal Security Services (ISS) arrested two social media activists identified as journalist Ayman Ghazi Mustafa al-'Aloul (44), Editor in Chief of Arab Now Agency, and Ramzi Subhi Hasan Herzallah (27), who works in a currency exchange shop.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned that the arrest might be on grounds of practicing their right to the freedom of opinion and expression. PCHR also calls upon the Attorney General in Gaza to follow up and clarify the circumstances to the public opinion.
According to PCHR's investigations and families of the arrested persons, at approximately 17:30 on Sunday, 03 January 2015, an ISS force headed to al-'Aloul's house in al-Sabrah neighborhood and confiscated two laptops after asking for all the laptops from which al-'Aloul logs in his Facebook account.
The force then took al-'Aloul to Ansar Security Compound for interrogation. It should be noted that he is so far under arrest. All of that happened without showing a search or arrest warrant.
In the meantime, another ISS force arrested Herzallah from his house in al-Wehdah Street in the center of Gaza City. The force confiscated a laptop, PC set and a cell phone belonging to Herzallah. All of that happened without showing a search or arrest warrant from the Attorney General as well.
PCHR is concerned over the two arrests and stresses that:
· The right to the freedom of opinion and expression is guaranteed under Article 19 of the 2003 Palestinian Basic Law (PBL) and freedom of criticism is guaranteed by law and international standards;
· The ISS should respect the 2001 Criminal Procedure Code, especially the articles relevant to the necessity of issuing a search or arrest warrant from the Attorney General for the purposes of arrest, searching property and confiscating personal belongings.
The warrant should also include the charges and reasons for searching if the arrest is accompanied by search; and
· Laptops are personal items, so confiscating and searching them is considered a violation of the right to privacy that is protected by Article 32 of the 2003 PBL. Thus, confiscating or searching private devices should be done upon a decision from a judicial body.
PCHR also stresses its firm position towards practicing freedoms and calls upon:
1. The Attorney General to immediately intervene to follow up the situation of the activists in cooperation with the ISS and reveal the arrest circumstances to the public opinion;
2. Security services in the Gaza Strip to respect the law especially Criminal Procedure Code; and
3. Security services in Gaza to respect the right to freedom of opinion and expression, right to privacy and right to due process.
Public Document
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For more information please call PCHR office in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on +972 8 2824776 - 2825893
PCHR, 29 Omer El Mukhtar St., El Remal, PO Box 1328 Gaza, Gaza Strip. E-mail: pchr@pchrgaza.org, Webpage http://www.pchrgaza.org
On Sunday, 03 January 2016, Palestinian Internal Security Services (ISS) arrested two social media activists identified as journalist Ayman Ghazi Mustafa al-'Aloul (44), Editor in Chief of Arab Now Agency, and Ramzi Subhi Hasan Herzallah (27), who works in a currency exchange shop.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned that the arrest might be on grounds of practicing their right to the freedom of opinion and expression. PCHR also calls upon the Attorney General in Gaza to follow up and clarify the circumstances to the public opinion.
According to PCHR's investigations and families of the arrested persons, at approximately 17:30 on Sunday, 03 January 2015, an ISS force headed to al-'Aloul's house in al-Sabrah neighborhood and confiscated two laptops after asking for all the laptops from which al-'Aloul logs in his Facebook account.
The force then took al-'Aloul to Ansar Security Compound for interrogation. It should be noted that he is so far under arrest. All of that happened without showing a search or arrest warrant.
In the meantime, another ISS force arrested Herzallah from his house in al-Wehdah Street in the center of Gaza City. The force confiscated a laptop, PC set and a cell phone belonging to Herzallah. All of that happened without showing a search or arrest warrant from the Attorney General as well.
PCHR is concerned over the two arrests and stresses that:
· The right to the freedom of opinion and expression is guaranteed under Article 19 of the 2003 Palestinian Basic Law (PBL) and freedom of criticism is guaranteed by law and international standards;
· The ISS should respect the 2001 Criminal Procedure Code, especially the articles relevant to the necessity of issuing a search or arrest warrant from the Attorney General for the purposes of arrest, searching property and confiscating personal belongings.
The warrant should also include the charges and reasons for searching if the arrest is accompanied by search; and
· Laptops are personal items, so confiscating and searching them is considered a violation of the right to privacy that is protected by Article 32 of the 2003 PBL. Thus, confiscating or searching private devices should be done upon a decision from a judicial body.
PCHR also stresses its firm position towards practicing freedoms and calls upon:
1. The Attorney General to immediately intervene to follow up the situation of the activists in cooperation with the ISS and reveal the arrest circumstances to the public opinion;
2. Security services in the Gaza Strip to respect the law especially Criminal Procedure Code; and
3. Security services in Gaza to respect the right to freedom of opinion and expression, right to privacy and right to due process.
Public Document
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For more information please call PCHR office in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on +972 8 2824776 - 2825893
PCHR, 29 Omer El Mukhtar St., El Remal, PO Box 1328 Gaza, Gaza Strip. E-mail: pchr@pchrgaza.org, Webpage http://www.pchrgaza.org
4 jan 2016
Hamas security forces on Sunday detained Palestinian journalist and satirist Ayman al-Aloul in the Gaza Strip, his wife told Ma'an.
His wife said that al-Aloul was arrested from their home by Gaza's internal security service, who also confiscated her and her husband's mobile phones and laptops.
Al-Aloul is best known for the outspoken satirical reports he publishes on Youtube, using both formal and colloquial Arabic to draw attention to the difficulties of life in the Gaza Strip.
He also works as a news editor for Arab Alaan (Arabs Now) news agency, and reports for the Iraqi al-Furat (Euphrates) television channel.
During the 2014 Gaza war, al-Aloul received significant attention for a video report he published in response to the "Ice Bucket Challenge," in which people posted videos of themselves pouring a bucket of icy water over themselves on social media to draw attention to ALS disease.
Al-Aloul in his report said that there was not enough water in Gaza to take part in the social media phenomenon and no way to make it cold, and so instead he poured a bucket of rubble over his head to highlight the destruction of Gaza.
Separately on Sunday, Facebook activists reported that Hamas security forces had detained another young activist identified as Ramzi Hirzallah.
The past two years have seen a significant rise in the number of violations against Palestinian press freedoms.
In its last biannual report, Palestinian press freedoms watchdog MADA said that the first half of 2015 had seen "an unprecedented rise" in violations against journalists in the West Bank and Gaza by Palestinian authorities.
The watchdog reported that the first half of the year saw 110 violations, up from 54 violations in the first half of 2014.
It attributed the significant rise "largely to the 'new wave' of tension between Hamas and Fatah, which was reflected as usual on the reality of media freedoms and freedom of expression."
His wife said that al-Aloul was arrested from their home by Gaza's internal security service, who also confiscated her and her husband's mobile phones and laptops.
Al-Aloul is best known for the outspoken satirical reports he publishes on Youtube, using both formal and colloquial Arabic to draw attention to the difficulties of life in the Gaza Strip.
He also works as a news editor for Arab Alaan (Arabs Now) news agency, and reports for the Iraqi al-Furat (Euphrates) television channel.
During the 2014 Gaza war, al-Aloul received significant attention for a video report he published in response to the "Ice Bucket Challenge," in which people posted videos of themselves pouring a bucket of icy water over themselves on social media to draw attention to ALS disease.
Al-Aloul in his report said that there was not enough water in Gaza to take part in the social media phenomenon and no way to make it cold, and so instead he poured a bucket of rubble over his head to highlight the destruction of Gaza.
Separately on Sunday, Facebook activists reported that Hamas security forces had detained another young activist identified as Ramzi Hirzallah.
The past two years have seen a significant rise in the number of violations against Palestinian press freedoms.
In its last biannual report, Palestinian press freedoms watchdog MADA said that the first half of 2015 had seen "an unprecedented rise" in violations against journalists in the West Bank and Gaza by Palestinian authorities.
The watchdog reported that the first half of the year saw 110 violations, up from 54 violations in the first half of 2014.
It attributed the significant rise "largely to the 'new wave' of tension between Hamas and Fatah, which was reflected as usual on the reality of media freedoms and freedom of expression."
2 jan 2016
Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces in the West Bank arrested two Palestinians and summoned a third for investigation on Saturday.
According to a statement by Omamah website of Hamas Movement in the West Bank, the PA intelligence forces in Bethlehem rounded up an old man called Abdullah al-Arouj, 65, from Janata village. He is the father of prisoner Ismail al-Arouj and brother of al-Qassam Brigades leader Taha al-Arouj.
The PA forces arrested the man despite his old age and heart disease in addition to his suffering from diabetes and blood pressure, and in absolute disregard to the fact that he was going to undergo a surgery next week.
In Nablus, the PA preventive forces detained engineer Amjad Bani Fadel, 25, after storming his home in Aqraba town. He was previously held in PA prisons for several times on grounds of his political affiliation.
In Qalqilya, the PA intelligence forces summoned the ex-detainee Mohammad al-Aqra, 31, after failure to arrest him from his home. He has been recently released from Israeli jails after serving two years.
Captive Aqra spent a total of eight years in Israeli jails and was repeatedly held in the PA prisons. He is an activist of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
On the other hand, Israeli forces arrested Muath Harsha, a university student from Qaffin town in Tulkarem. He has been recently released from PA jails after seven months in captivity.
Harsha was severely tortured in prison and was detained despite court decisions for his release. He was held in the PA prisons for ten times and twice in Israeli jails. He has registered in university since 2006.
According to a statement by Omamah website of Hamas Movement in the West Bank, the PA intelligence forces in Bethlehem rounded up an old man called Abdullah al-Arouj, 65, from Janata village. He is the father of prisoner Ismail al-Arouj and brother of al-Qassam Brigades leader Taha al-Arouj.
The PA forces arrested the man despite his old age and heart disease in addition to his suffering from diabetes and blood pressure, and in absolute disregard to the fact that he was going to undergo a surgery next week.
In Nablus, the PA preventive forces detained engineer Amjad Bani Fadel, 25, after storming his home in Aqraba town. He was previously held in PA prisons for several times on grounds of his political affiliation.
In Qalqilya, the PA intelligence forces summoned the ex-detainee Mohammad al-Aqra, 31, after failure to arrest him from his home. He has been recently released from Israeli jails after serving two years.
Captive Aqra spent a total of eight years in Israeli jails and was repeatedly held in the PA prisons. He is an activist of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
On the other hand, Israeli forces arrested Muath Harsha, a university student from Qaffin town in Tulkarem. He has been recently released from PA jails after seven months in captivity.
Harsha was severely tortured in prison and was detained despite court decisions for his release. He was held in the PA prisons for ten times and twice in Israeli jails. He has registered in university since 2006.
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