Palestinian Journalist Jailed for "Insulting" Abbas

(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh from Bethlehem was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for "insulting" PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Facebook. Hamamreh, who works for Palestinian Al-Quds TV, shared a photo on Facebook that compared Abbas to a man who played the role of a French spy in a popular Syrian TV series.


2013-03-29 00:00:00

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