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Israel orders Hamas legislator held for six more months

06/01/2010

Salfit- Ma’an – Israel has extended the detention of Abdul Jaber Fuqaha, a Hamas-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from Ramallah first arrested in 2006.

Hamas PLC members issued a statement condemning the order to hold Fuqaha in administrative detention for another six months.

The order was the third such order, according to Hamas.

The lawmakers said Fuqaha was not charged with any crime. Fourteen Hamas legislators are still in Israeli prisons, including seven in administrative detention.

Israel seized dozens of Hamas officials in June 2006 following the capture of Isreali soldier Gilad Shalit.

In March Israel detained ten more top Hamas officials, including lawmakers, from the West Bank.

Also on Wednesday Hamas said that the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority arrested three members of the Islamist movement in the West Bank.

January 6, 2010 - Posted by | Civil Liberties, Illegal Occupation, Subjugation - Torture

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