Update 8 (republished 13 january 10)

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as published before, but with more great news:

BOTH JAMAL AND MOHAMMAD HAVE BEEN RELEASED!!!

Jamal was released yesterday and Mohammad today at 6 pm. They are currently busy giving interviews and reuniting with friends and family.

two articles on Jamal’s release:

WARONWANT

PALESTINE MONITOR

Update 7 (8 Jan. ’10): Press Release Amnesty International

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Amnesty International: ‘Israeli detention of Palestinian activists must end’

8 January 2010

The Israeli authorities must immediately release, or bring before a fair trial, three Palestinian human rights activists detained in Israel following their protests against the construction of the West Bank fence/wall, Amnesty International said on Friday.

In a letter sent to Ehud Barak, Israeli Defence and Deputy Prime Minister on Thursday, Amnesty International expressed concern that Jamal Juma’, Abdallah Abu Rahma and Mohammed Othman were prisoners of conscience, held for legitimately voicing their opposition to the fence/wall…READ MORE

You can join Amnesty in calling on Israel to release Jamal, Abdallah and Mohammad, go to this link

Update 5 (5 January 2010)

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On Monday January 4, at a military hearing in Ramallah, an Israeli court extended the detention of human rights activist Jamal Juma’ for a further three days. Despite being held for 20 days, no charges have yet been brought against Jamal.

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