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Arrest & Detention
Detention of Palestinian political leaders
Israel has long used the dention of Palestinian political leaders as a means of repressing the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Before and during 2005 and 2006 municipal elections, Israel conducted sweeping arrest operations in the West Bank, detaining many candidates and those already elected into office -- most of them from the Islamic opposition parties. Israel was the subject of condemnation after administratively detaining a large number of ministers elected to the new Palestinian legislative council in the summer of 2006, many of whom are still in Israeli detention.
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| Photographs of arrested Palestinian lawmakers are displayed on their empty chairs as other lawmakers attend a special parliament session at the Palestinian Legislative Council in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 3 July 2006. That day, the Palestinian parliament held its first session since Israel arrested 64 top Hamas officials, including eight Cabinet ministers and twenty lawmakers, the previous week in the West Bank. (MaanImages/Mushir Abdelrahman) |
Detention of Palestinian political leaders
PCHR Condemns the Kidnapping of the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister, PCHR (20 August 2006)
PHCR Condemns the Detention of the Speaker of the PLC, PCHR (6 August 2006)
Deafening silence from Ireland and the European Union on arrest of elected politicians and incursions into Gaza condemned, Michael D. Higgins (30 June 2006)
Israeli Forces Carry out Sweeping Arrests of Palestinian Officials, Al-Haq (30 June 2006)
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Carry Out Reprisals against Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank, PCHR (29 June 2006)
Sa'dat kidnap boosts Olmert's election campaign, Rifat Odeh Kassis (17 March 2006)
A Parliament of Prisoners, Toufic Haddad (4 February 2006)
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