person:khalil assaf

  • Official: PA forces regularly conduct politically motivated arrests
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    BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority police regularly detain people in the West Bank due to their political affiliation, an official said Sunday.

    Khalil Assaf, a member of the subcommittee on civil liberties formed after the West Bank-Gaza unity government was sworn in in June, told Ma’an that regardless of the committee’s formation, none of its recommendations have been implemented.

    “Every day people are being detained in the West Bank because of their political affiliation, though in most cases they are released within days,” Assaf said.

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    Critics of the US-backed PA often decry the night raids conducted by Palestinian police to arrest dissenting politically active individuals, stressing that they are carried out in a manner nearly identical to the raids conducted by occupying Israeli forces.