Sunday, July 07, 2002

Palestinians Arrest Human Rights Activist
Palestinian “Btselem” (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) activist, Khaider Ghanem from Rafiah, was arrested by the Palestinian Preventative Security Force in Gaza, last Wednesday. No reason has been given for the arrest.

Considering Btselem’s main function is looking out for Israeli human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza, this is rather strange, unless someone had something serious to hide.