Friday, October 30, 2009
Bethlehem University Student is Blindfolded, Handcuffed, and Taken to Gaza by Force
IMEMC
Berlanty Azzam, 21, was arrested yesterday while crossing from one part of the West Bank to another – just because her address in the Israeli-controlled Population Registry is registered in the Gaza Strip. The Military Legal Adviser's Office promised not to remove her to Gaza pending a court petition this morning by Gisha challenging the removal.
Despite the promise, Berlanty was blindfolded, handcuffed, and taken to Gaza by force late last night.
..."Since 2005, I refrained from visiting my family in Gaza for fear that I would not be permitted to return to my studies in the West Bank", says Berlanty Azzam. "Now, just two months before graduation, I was arrested and taken to Gaza in the middle of the night, with no way to finish my degree." Full story