Tag: Bil’in
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Bil’in Cameraman in Court Tomorrow
by the ISM media team, October 16th Emad Bornat, the Reuters cameraman and video-journalist who was kidnapped by Israeli forces after a demonstration in Bil’in on October 6th, has been in detention now at Ofer military prison for 10 days. Emad was due to have a hearing yesterday to determine his bail conditions after the…
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AP: Israeli army “accused of attacking journalists”
Associated Press The Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association on Thursday accused the IDF of “unprovoked violence against journalists” after two Palestinian journalists were beaten up and one of them detained in the West Bank. “In both cases there is no evidence that either colleague was doing anything other than pursuing their journalistic duties,” the FPA…
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Journalists Join with Villagers of Bil’in in Solidarity With Emad Bornat
by Ash For more pictures, see this blog entry. Palestinians along with international and Israeli peace activists gathered this morning along with cameramen from different press agencies in solidarity with Emad Bornat. Emad Mohammad Bornat of the village of Bil’in, video photographer for Reuters and documentary film maker, was arrested on Friday October 6th, 2006…
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Bil’in to Demonstrate in Solidarity With Cameraman held by Israel
UPDATE, Thursday 12th, 6.30pm: The military judge at Ofer refused to release Emad into house arrest at the home of someone in Bil’in, insisting that an alternative be found outside the village. For now, Emad remains in an Israeli prison. The next hearing is on the 15th. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At midday, Friday the 13th…
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Israeli Holidays Impede Palestinian Freedom of Movement
by Tom Hayes, October 11th I visited the village of Bil’in, close to Ramallah, on Saturday. The villagers had asked for an international presence in the village after the IOF had arrested Emad, a Palestinian cameraman who works for Reuters on Friday after the weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall, which will separate the villagers…