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<p>Ramallah – PNN &#8211; The Palestinian Center for Development and Media  Freedoms (MADA) issued on Tuesday its monthly report documenting  violations against journalists in the Palestinian territories.</p>
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<p>According  to MADA there were 17 violations against journalists and two  against journalist&#8217;s property. MADA reported that the offenses were  committed by both the Israeli army and the Palestinian security services  in West Bank and Gaza, all in clear violation of the right to freedom  of expression under both Palestinian Basic Law and the Universal  Declaration of Human Rights.</p>
<p>The 19 December violations matched the 20  and 19 violations in October and November, respectively. Compared with  figures from last year, violations have more than doubled this  winter: just 7 violations were reported in December 2009.</p>
<p><strong><em>Palestinian Security Service Violations and Updates:</em></strong></p>
<p>• The Al-Jazeera English crew were detained by government police in the Gaza Strip.<br />
• Palestine  Public TV’s Fouád Jaradeh was summoned for investigation by the  Internal Security Service and questioned whilst blindfolded for 7 hours.<br />
• A’lam radio presenter Samer Ruweishid was arrested by the  Palestinian Intelligence Services in Hebron city; he remains in custody.<br />
• Quds TV program coordinator Nawaf Al-Amer was repeatedly summoned  for investigation by the Palestinian Preventative Service in Nablus  city.<br />
• Quds TV correspondent Mamdouh Hamamreh and cameraman Akram  Alnatshe were arrested following a raid on The Pal Media agency’s  headquarters in Hebron.<br />
• Quds TV correspondent Mamdouh Hamamreh and  Pal Media cameraman Abdul Ghane Natshe were followed and apprehended by  the Palestinian Preventative Service following a report on Christmas  celebrations in Bethlehem.<br />
• Columnist Ala’ Rimawi was released by the Palestinian Security Service on the 12th of December after 42 days of detention.<br />
• Freelance  journalist Sami Alási was released by the Palestinian Security Service  on the 21st of December after 23 days of detention.</p>
<p><strong><em>Israeli Occupation Forces Violations and Updates:</em></strong></p>
<p>• A’lam radio presenter Samer Rweishid was summoned for interrogation about his new job by the Israeli Intelligence Service.<br />
• Alhayat  Aljadedah newspaper photographer Muheeb Barghouti and Palestine Public  TV cameraman Najeeb Sharawneh were prevented from covering the events of  the weekly Nabi Saleh march near Ramallah by Israeli forces.<br />
• Al-Quds  newspaper photographer Mahmud A’lian was beaten by Israeli forces  during his coverage of a solidarity march to Qalandia checkpoint.<br />
• Israeli  settlers damaged the tires of vehicles belonging to Reuters, Pal Media  agency, and the photographer of a French agency Nasser Al-Shoukhi in  Hebron.</p>
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<p><a href="http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=9381&amp;Itemid=64">PNN &#8211; Palestine News Network &#8211; MADA: 19 Violations Committed Against Journalists in December</a>.</p>
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