Palestinian Reporters, Writer Arrested

Students, Army Clash; West Bank Schools May Close Again

Transcribed from the clipping

Names those seized: Bader Taleb Yassin Meky, a sports reporter for the East Jerusalem paper Al Shaab, arrested at his home in Jericho; Samir Subayhat, a freelance reporter from El Bireh; and Muhammad Ayub Abu-Hadrus, a writer and teacher from Khan Younis. "At least 30 journalists have been arrested and 20 of them have been jailed without charges or trial for up to six months, according to Al Haq."

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"Palestinian Reporters, Writer Arrested," Philadelphia Daily News, 10 June 1988. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1988-018. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1988-018

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