Index on Censorship has received a report that Al-Ahram Weekly‘s correspondent in the West Bank, Khalid Amayreh, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service last night following a interview with Al-Quds TV station in which he accused the PSS of preventing Palestinians in the west bank from organising massive pro-Gaza demonstrations.
It is believed that Amayreh is being detained in the Moqata’a prison in Hebron. His family has not yet been allowed to visit him.
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Reporter held by Fatah
Index on Censorship has received a report that Al-Ahram Weekly‘s correspondent in the West Bank, Khalid Amayreh, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service last night following a interview with Al-Quds TV station in which he accused the PSS of preventing Palestinians in the west bank from organising massive pro-Gaza demonstrations. It is […]
20 Jan 09
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