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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Al-Quds University lecturer detained near Jerusalem

Ma'an
Israeli forces detained Al-Quds University lecturer and Fatah affiliate Sa'eed Yaqin, according to the detainee's wife and witnesses.

The detention took place in the Jerusalem village of Beit Duqu, north-west Jerusalem. "A large number of Israeli solders broke into our home at dawn, forces us out, and thoroughly searched it," said Yaqin's wife.

......Sources at Al-Quds University expressed dismay over the arrest, citing that reasons for Yaqin's detention remain unknown.

Yaqin is a lecturer in Political Science. Full story
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