Israel - Israeli authorities urged to release Palestinian cartoonist

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Reporters Without Borders condemns Palestinian cartoonist Mohamed Sabaaneh's arbitrary arrest by Israeli authorities on his return from Jordan on 16 February and his continuing detention. An Israeli military court decided today to hold him for another nine days. The press freedom organization calls on the Israeli authorities to publicly say what he is charged with and to let him see a lawyer. A cartoonist with the daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sabaaneh is also head of public relations at the (...)

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