Israel detains four journalists in four days, CPJ says
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Committee to Protect Journalists
Four journalists were detained by Israeli authorities during the first four days of November, two of whom remained in custody on 4 November. The Committee to Protect Journalists cited arrests, alleged mistreatment and possible administrative detention, according to its statement.
Four journalists were detained by Israeli authorities during the first four days of November, and two of them remain in detention, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The arrests and detentions involved Samer Khuwaira, presenter at Radio Hawa, Montaser Nassar, an Al Jazeera correspondent, Abed Abu Shehadeh, presenter of the Arab48 podcast, and Hazem Nasser.
Samer Khuwaira was arrested at his home in Nablus on 2 November and could face administrative detention without charge, according to his lawyer, quoted by the CPJ. Montaser Nassar was detained for several hours on 3 November in Dura, near Hebron, while Abed Abu Shehadeh's detention was extended until Sunday 8 November by the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Magistrates' Court, according to his wife.
Hazem Nasser was detained for several hours on 4 November at a military compound near Tulkarem, less than two weeks after his release from prison, where he had spent more than two years under administrative detention. The CPJ called for the release of imprisoned Palestinian journalists and an end to detentions targeting the press, said its regional director, Sara Qudah.
