mercoledì 1 agosto 2007

Deposed Hamas government investigating attacks on press freedom

Gaza - Ma'an – 31/07/07. The deposed Hamas government said Tuesday that it is taking action against members of their security forces who blocked the delivery of the major Palestinian newspapers to the Gaza Strip.

Abu Hashish, Undersecretary in the deposed ministry of information said that the government does not condone the actions of the Executive Forces in this case. He stressed that individual commanders in the Executive Forces, not the government, were responsible, and that his ministry is working to sanction the perpetrators.

The Executive Forces met widespread condemnation for preventing deliveries of Al Ayyam, Al Quds, and Al Hayyat Al Jadeedah newspapers in the Strip Monday, allegedly because they printed defamatory articles about Hamas. There were also reports that Executive Forces troops stormed news paper offices in Gaza.

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