(RSF/IFEX) – Hossam Abou Alan, a Palestinian photographer who freelances for the news agency Agence France Presse (AFP), was arrested on 18 September 1997 at an Israeli army control post between Hebron and Jerusalem. Alan, who lives in Hebron, in the West Bank, managed to contact the AFP office at the moment of his arrest […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Hossam Abou Alan, a Palestinian photographer who freelances for
the news agency Agence France Presse (AFP), was arrested on 18 September
1997 at an Israeli army control post between Hebron and Jerusalem. Alan, who
lives in Hebron, in the West Bank, managed to contact the AFP office at the
moment of his arrest and explained that the soldiers took him in for
questioning because he had taken a picture of a tank.
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tank could constitute an offence
released and that journalists who work in the occupied territories can
freely exercise their professional rights
Appeals To
His Excellency Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Office of the Prime Minister
3 Kaplan Street
Hakirya
Jerusalem 91007, Israel
Fax: +972 2 664 838 / 697 7839 / 3 691 7915Director
Government Press Office
Fax: +972 2 244 448 / 233 386David Valilan
Government press spokesman
Jerusalem, Israel
Fax: +972 2 664 838
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