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<dd class="create">Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:00| MEMO</dd>
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<p><img class="caption_news-left" title="Israel detaining a number of journalists without charge or any form of due process." src="https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/images/article_images/articles/abdel-nasser-ferwana.jpg" alt="Abdel Nasser Ferwana" width="250" height="244" border="0" />Israel detaining a number of journalists without charge or any form of due process.</p>
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<p>A human rights researcher has claimed that the Israeli authorities have escalated their crackdown on Palestinian journalists order to &#8220;hide the truth about Israel&#8217;s crimes&#8221;. Abdel Nasser Ferwana said that the crackdown includes &#8220;assaults on journalists, arrests and detentions&#8221;.Mr. Ferwana is a researcher specialising in prisoners&#8217; issues. He has accused the Israelis of detaining a number of journalists without charge or any form of due process. He cited as evidence the arrests of Al Jazeera television&#8217;s Afghanistan bureau director Samer Allaw, who is a Palestinian; Al Quds TV programme coordinator Nawwaf Amer; Shehab news agency&#8217;s correspondent Amr Abu Arafa; Al Aqsa TV&#8217;s Asid Amarna; and Mohamed Bosharat from the governorate of Tobas.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is intended to terrorise and intimidate journalists,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They are being more or less blackmailed into not publishing details of the crimes against humanity committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.&#8221; Nevertheless, he stressed, &#8220;the journalists&#8217; cameras don&#8217;t lie.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ferwana denounced the silence of the international community and international media. He also criticised Rapporteurs Sans Frontières/Reporters Without Borders for not defending Palestinian journalists detained by Israel. &#8220;This encourages the Israelis to persist with this policy and continue to breach international humanitarian law,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2842-israel-cracks-down-on-palestinian-journalists-qto-hide-the-truthq">Source</a></p>
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