Alaa al-Masharawy, a reporter for the Jerusalem-based “Al-Quds” daily newspaper, was detained by Palestinian police on 9 April at the Erez checkpoint near the border with Israel. Also on 9 April, police arrested Muhammad Jahjouh, a freelance cameraman, at his home in the Shatti refugee camp. On 10 April, members of Military Intelligence detained cameraman […]
Alaa al-Masharawy, a reporter for the Jerusalem-based “Al-Quds”
daily newspaper, was detained by Palestinian police on 9 April at
the Erez checkpoint near the border with Israel. Also on 9 April,
police arrested Muhammad Jahjouh, a freelance cameraman, at his
home in the Shatti refugee camp.
On 10 April, members of Military Intelligence detained cameraman
Amer Shriteh, a stringer with CBS, as he was filming a protest by
Islamic Jihad activists. Shriteh was held for over seven hours
before being released.
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