| [ 01/02/2011 – 04:36 PM ] |
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WEST BANK, (PIC)– Palestinian Authority security agencies arrested 11 Hamas supporters across the West Bank on Tuesday. A number of other political prisoners are continually being tortured in PA detention centers, sources reveal. Most of the new detainees had been previously held by the PA or the Israeli occupation. They include Mohammed Ahmed Al-Rayyan, one of the first fighters in the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, in the West Bank. Secret documents first leaked by Al-Jazeera revealed tight security coordination between Israeli security agencies and those of the PA. The arrest campaign may be linked with revolutionary protests sweeping Egypt. Reports show PA detention centers are rife with inhumane practices. PA preventative security has bound West Bank preacher Majid Hassan since Thursday, sources say. Hakim Shalalida, who is currently held in the Al-Khalil preventative security detention center, was reportedly spotted for the third time in the Aliya Hospital in Al-Khalil completely immobilized. |