(Middle East Eye-UK) Shatha Hammad - Palestinian activist Nizar Banat died during a raid by Palestinian Authority security forces on his home in the Hebron area on Thursday. His family said he had been beaten. Banat had been arrested several times in the past for his criticism of the PA leadership. His lawyer, Muhannad Karajah, said, "What happened with Nizar Banat is an assassination." He added that torture against political opponents was continuing inside PA prisons.
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