Philadelphia Daily News · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 10 June 1988
CP-1988-018
Palestinian Reporters, Writer Arrested
Students, Army Clash; West Bank Schools May Close Again
Daily News Wire Services, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERUSALEM — Israel arrested two Palestinian reporters and a writer in a continuing crackdown on Arab journalists, Arab newspapers reported today… Ahmed Hassan Hawari, 17, was killed when he was shot in the head by an Israeli officer in the village of Sebastiya near Nablus.
The army said he was about to throw a cement block at troops from a terrace when he was shot… The east Jerusalem newspaper Al Shaab said the army arrested Bader Taleb Yassin Meky, a sports reporter for the paper, at his home in Jericho.
Al Ittihad, another Arabic-language paper, said Samir Subayhat, a freelance reporter from the West Bank town of El Bireh, and Muhammad Ayub Abu-Hadrus, a writer and teacher from the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, were seized at their homes. A spokesman for the army said he could not confirm the reports or explain why the writers were arrested.
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, an Arab human rights organization.”
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"Palestinian Reporters, Writer Arrested," Philadelphia Daily News, 10 June 1988, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1988-018. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1988-018
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