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MP Abu Tir sentenced to administrative detention

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13/09/2011, Palestinian Information Center
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Banished Jerusalem MP Muhammad Abu Tir has been sentenced Monday to six months in administrative detention in a ruling by an Israeli military court ...

Hunger, arrests and broken promises on Prisoners Day

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18/04/2011, Palestine Monitor
On Prisoners’ Day, the Palestinian Authority arrested Hafez Amar, a Palestinian activist marching to the Israeli prison of Ofer, according to the Sawt Al Manara Facebook page ...

PA prisoner goes on two weeks of hunger strike

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03/04/2011, Ahlul Bayt News Agency
RAMALLAH (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Friday marked two weeks since Abdul-Hakeem Suleiman Hamdan, 37, has gone on hunger strike as he demands his release from the prisons of the Palestinian Authority security services ...

ICHR Condemns the Assault on Protesters in Gaza and Demands an Investigation into the Incident

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16/03/2011, ICHR
On 15/3/2011 security agencies in the Gaza Strip used force to disperse protesters who were gathering in Al-Kateeba Square in Gaza city calling for Palestinian unity, injuring and detaining dozens of them in blatant violation of the Palestinian Basic Law and the Law of Public Assemblies number (12) of 1998 which ensures the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and freedom of press ...

Union: Police chief issues warrants over incident with son

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26/02/2011, maannews
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police issued arrest warrants for university security guards who refused to allow a commander's son to enter campus, a union said Saturday ...

More detentions in Ramallah at rally for Egypt

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02/02/2011, maannews
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police beat back protesters with clubs and detained at least two at what witnesses described as a spontaneous rally and show of support for the Egyptian people as chaos hit Cairo streets ...

Islamic Jihad: PA responsible for assault on leader

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23/01/2011, maannews
JENIN (Ma’an) – The Islamic Jihad movement said Saturday that Palestinian Authority security services were responsible for an assault by masked men against Sheikh Khadr Adnan, one of the movement’s West Bank leaders ...

PA: Hamas cell planned attack on Ramallah

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23/12/2010, maannews
RAMALLAH (AFP) -- Palestinian police said Wednesday they uncovered a Ramallah-based Hamas cell that stockpiled weapons intended for use against Palestinian security forces ...