Link [ 06/08/2009 - 11:54 AM ]
QALQILIYA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian authority’s militias in Qalqiliya carried out last night an unprecedented arrest campaign in the ranks of Hamas leaders and supporters in the city and kidnapped about 10 of them.
The Hamas-affiliated Omamah website reported that the militias kidnapped Dr. Hashim Al-Masri, the deputy head of the municipal council, after storming his home in the city.
The militias also broke into the house of journalist Isam Shower and rounded him up along with his guests in a barbaric way.
They also kidnapped six others affiliated with Hamas including leaders and supporters during raids on Qalqiliya villages.
In another context, the Palestinian rights assembly called on Wednesday for forming a legal committee at home and abroad to investigate the death of Sheikh Kamal Abu To’aima after he was exposed to severe torture in PA jails and disclose the circumstances to the public.
In a press release, the assembly also called for prosecuting the people who tortured the victim to death and to put an end to the continuing violations of freedoms and political arrests in the West Bank.
The assembly pointed out that the Palestinian high court had issued on 2/11/2008 a decision to release Abu To’aima, but the security apparatuses refused then to comply with the decision and released him on 3/6/2009 after he was in a critical health condition as a result of his exposure to excruciating torture.
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