Israeli police attack #African_immigrants protesting detention
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Israeli plainclothes police arrest an African asylum seeker near parliament in Jerusalem on December 17, 2013 during a protest against detention at an “open” prison. (Photo: AFP - Menahem Kahana)
Nearly 200 African asylum seekers demonstrated Tuesday in Jerusalem against their detention at a new Israeli prison, which is unlocked during the day, from which they walked out two days earlier. At least two of the protesters were injured when police attacked the demonstration outside parliament, an AFP correspondent said. The men had left the Holot prison in southern region of Occupied #Palestine on Sunday night and made their way to the city on foot and by bus. read (...)
