Israel - RSF concerned about journalist held without charge since November

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is worried about Palestinian journalist Mohamed Al-Qiq's detention by the Israeli authorities for the past eight weeks without a trial or formal charge for supposedly “inciting violence.” A reporter for the Saudi Islamic TV station Al Majd, Al-Qiq, 23, was arrested at his Ramallah home in the West Bank on 21 November. He is currently held under a six-month “administrative detention” order issued on 20 December. The Israeli security forces used violence to enter (...)

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