APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem- 28 May 2021. Palestinian journalists take part in a protest against the Israeli attacks on their colleagues in Jerusalem old city.
SOUDBITE:Journalist Anas Ghaneim
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Two Palestinian journalists were arrested by Israeli security forces in Jerusalem yesterday and were placed in administrative detention today, bringing the total now held administratively by the Israelis to 13. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Israel’s misuse of administrative detention to hound Palestinian reporters.
A week ago, on 21 May, an Israeli judge ordered an 11-day extension to the administrative detention of another Palestinian journalist, Alghad TV cameraman Hazem Nasser, who was arrested at an Israeli checkpoint at the entrance to the West Bank town of Tlkarm on 12 May as he was returning from Nablus, 40 km to the south, where he had been filming clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian residents. His family told RSF they don’t know what he is charged with.
Ahmad Azaizeh, a blogger who freelances for various outlets including Bokra.net, a local news site, was arrested at his home in Nazareth, in northern Israel, on 12 May after covering clashes between Palestinian citizens and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem, and was placed in administrative detention for “inciting hatred.” A subsequent order was issued extending his detention until 17 May, but he was not released when that order expired
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