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The family of the Palestinian activist says it will seek international intervention if justice for his death is ignored. “This is an international issue because the international community is funding the PA and instead of them spending the money on schools, hospitals etc, the money is going towards repression.” ‘Tribal reconciliation’ Family friend Hisham Sharabati, a human rights advocate with …

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Banat lived the hardship of the Palestinian people and spoke with their pain, defying constant attempts to silence him. Having denied the Palestinian people their right to voice their dissatisfaction with the political elite through the ballot box, the PA faced growing public frustration. Banat’s death tells us that the PA knows it has completely lost legitimacy, but it is …

Demonstrators in Ramallah chant ‘the people want the fall of the regime’ and urge Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to ‘leave’. Hundreds of Palestinians have gathered in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to demonstrate against President Mahmoud Abbas, hoping to inject new momentum into a protest movement sparked by the death of an outspoken critic in the custody of …

Activist Nizar Banat’s death ‘unnatural’: Palestinian Authority

PA justice minister says activist Banat subjected to physical violence, his death in custody is an exceptional case. The Palestinian Authority justice minister and head of the investigation committee into the death of activist and dissident Nizar Banat says Banat was subjected to physical violence and his death was “unnatural”. In an interview with the official Palestine TV, Mohammed al-Shalaldeh …

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