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Friday, January 29, 2010

MADA condemns Malsin deportation

Ma'an
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) strongly condemned Israel's deportation of Ma'an News Agency's chief English editor last week.

....MADA said it considered "this act as a serious breach" in freedom of expression, and called on the International Federation of Journalists to intervene.

Malsin was detained at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on 12 January 2010. He was interrogated for eight hours in a detention hall during which time he had no access to a lawyer or to his consulate.

He was denied entry into the country for "failing to cooperate" with Israeli security personnel, and because he had authored news stories "inside the territories" and articles "criticizing the State of Israel."......    Full story
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