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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Israel may prevent Palestinian prisoners from writing high school exams

Ma'an
Ramallah - Ma’an - Israeli prison authorities have yet to give the go ahead for Palestinian prisoners to write the high school matriculation exams, the Tawjihi, said Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqi’a on Tuesday...

...This year there are 1,821 Palestinian prisoners registered to take the exams, and officials from the Ministry of Prisoners Affairs have requested permission to have the tests administered. Israeli officials, however, have given no answer to requests, saying they are awaiting approval from Israeli Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch.

...Qaraqe said any attempt to prevent the prisoners from writing the tests would be seen as a great provocation and would be “in contravention of the Geneva convention.” Full story
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