Tag: Arrests
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Palestinians behind bars with no recourse to justice
Christoph Schult | Der Spiegel 23 October 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians are kept behind bars in Israel without charges having been filed and with no access to a fair trial. Not even their lawyers are allowed to look at the evidence. Some governments in the West have expressed their concern, but the Israelis haven’t budged.…
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Leftist gets month in jail for assault
Aviad Glickman | YNet News 21 October 2009 The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court sentenced left-wing activist Ezra Nawi to one month in prison, after convicting him of assaulting police officers and rioting during the demolition of illegal structures near South Mount Hebron in July 2007. Nawi was also ordered to pay a fine of NIS 750…
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Israeli forces step-up campaign against Jerusalemite leaders
Ma’an News 20 October 2009 Two Jerusalem leaders were harassed and interrogated by Israeli forces Tuesday, marking a steep increase in targeted detentions and raids of organizers involved in the Al-Aqsa Mosque sit-ins and demonstrations during the Jewish holidays earlier this month. In the latest incident, Israeli police released senior Fatah official and Jerusalem affairs…
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Filling up Israel’s jails to no avail
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 20 October 2009 The plight of Palestinian activist Mohammad Othman has dominated the agendas of NGOs in the region ever since his detention in late September. However, while his case is at the forefront of their minds, Othman is just one of 11,000 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails,…
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Israeli Soldier indicted for beating Palestinian grassroots leader Mohammed Khatib in Bil’in
Yesh Din 19 October 2009 On October 15, an indictment was filed against an Israeli soldier accused of beating up well-known nonviolent protester and secretary of Bil’in’s Regional Council Mohammed Khatib one month ago (September 15) during a night raid on the village. The organization Yesh Din filed a complaint and demanded that an investigation…