More on Political Prisoners
October 31st, 2008 by Tariq
In the shadow of news on never-ending election coverage, SOFA, and fallout from the Syrian raid, Middle East Online offers two pieces on the status of political prisoners around the Middle East. First, from a press conference in Geneva, Iraqi member of parliament Mohammad Al-Dainy, “called on the United Nations to investigate what he said were over 400 secret detention centres in the country controlled by both the government and US-led forces.” Second,”[t]he head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday the imminent release of political prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of Palestinian reconciliation talks in Egypt.”
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