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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Israeli troops ban mother from visiting detained son

Ma'an
Israeli troops banned the mother of detained Iyad Nassar from visiting her son in prison on Wednesday, holding her ...for several hours before releasing her.

...left the family home at dawn to visit her son and upon her arrival at At-Taybeh checkpoint was detained and isolated for three hours.

“My mother is 56 years-old and suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, in addition to heart problems... subjected to a strip-search by a female soldier who confiscated a bag of clothes that she had intended to bring to her son.

Iyad Nasser, 29, was sentenced to 33 years... Full story
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