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Friday, October 23, 2009

PFLP leader sentenced to additional 6 months of isolation in Israel

Ma'an
An Israeli military court in Beersheva extended the isolation of PFLP Secretary General and PLO member Ahmad Sa’adat on Thursday, as the Palestinian political leader remains in the Negev prison facility.

According to a group lobbying for his release, the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, the leader has already spent six months in isolation...... he has also been denied family and legal visits for the last three months Full story
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