Mediocrates
02-03-2011, 11:53 AM
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142116
Hamas police in Gaza beat and detained journalists who took part in a sit-in protest Monday in support of the upheaval in Egypt. The police also compelled the journalists to sign a paper promising not to take part in unlicensed rallies, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency reported.
The police initially wanted the journalists and others who were detained to pledge that they would "abide by law, order and conventions." Tahseen Al-Astal, a member of the secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists' Union, told Ma'an that the journalists refused to sign such a commitment, saying they broke no laws.
Six journalists were assaulted by police during Monday's sit-in protest, Al-Astal said. He quoted testimony from Al-Ayyam reporter Asma Al-Ghoul, who said police hit her on the head and face, and pulled her by the hair.
But only the ones who support the Egyptian uprising (you know, the one that freed thousands of Hamas terrorists from prison....)
Hamas police in Gaza beat and detained journalists who took part in a sit-in protest Monday in support of the upheaval in Egypt. The police also compelled the journalists to sign a paper promising not to take part in unlicensed rallies, the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency reported.
The police initially wanted the journalists and others who were detained to pledge that they would "abide by law, order and conventions." Tahseen Al-Astal, a member of the secretariat of the Palestinian Journalists' Union, told Ma'an that the journalists refused to sign such a commitment, saying they broke no laws.
Six journalists were assaulted by police during Monday's sit-in protest, Al-Astal said. He quoted testimony from Al-Ayyam reporter Asma Al-Ghoul, who said police hit her on the head and face, and pulled her by the hair.
But only the ones who support the Egyptian uprising (you know, the one that freed thousands of Hamas terrorists from prison....)