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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Prison rule sees women barred from bringing small children to lawyers meetings

Ma'an
...Last week, Fatima Az-Zak was informed she would have to leave her five-month-old son in her prison cell during her visit with a lawyer from the group "Jerusalem Soul." When the lawyer learned of the reason Fatima was unable to make the visit, he protested with the prison administration at the Shalom facility.

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