Posts Tagged ‘West Bank’
October 13th, 2010
Palestinian activist Abdullah Abu Rahma
has been sentenced to a year in prison for incitement by an Israeli military court. He is a leading organiser of the weekly protests against the separation barrier that Israel has built in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The protests started
over five years ago and the activist has already served 10 months of his sentence on remand. The events are normally non-violent, but
occasionally confrontations occur. Supporters claim the barrier is necessary to keep out suicide bombers. Protesters view it as an attempted land grab. The
International Court of Justice and the
Israeli Supreme Court have both declared parts of the wall unlawful.
July 13th, 2010
The Palestinian authorities have prevented three newspapers from being distributed in
Gaza territories for the second day in a row. The ban comes only days after the Israeli authorities lifted their own year and a half ban on the papers.
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) quoted Palestinian sources as saying that the authorities require daily newspapers printed in the West Bank to agree not to print anything critical of Hamas. The newspapers are still waiting for an official announcement as to why they have been banned.
MADA strongly condemned the action and demanded that the authorities allow all journalists to work freely in the area.
May 4th, 2010
Twoal-Jazeera reporters were
prevented from covering a demonstration in the West Bank on Friday by the Israeli military. They were detained for four and a half hours before being released and told to never return. Cameraman Majdi Bannoura and assistant Nader Abu Zer were arrested trying to videotape the weekly protests on the separation barrier being erected in Bil’in by Israel.
July 30th, 2009
The Palestinian intelligence service have arrested freelance journalist Mustafa Sabri in Qalqilya city north of the West Bank having only been released from preventative security prison a few days before. He has been arrested and interrogated many times without being charged. Read more
here
July 21st, 2009
Al-Jazeera has resumed its broadcasts in the West Bank, after a ban on it was lifted by the Palestinian Authority. Last week’s ban came after a guest on the station accused Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of collaborating with Israel to have Yasser Arafat killed. Read more
here
June 19th, 2009
Palestinian Authority security officials have seized and erased video footage shot by news service Al Jazeera on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Hebron. The erased footage dealt with a prisoners death in a Hebron detention centre and alleged torture. Read more
here
January 20th, 2009
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.
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