Palestinian photographer held incommunicado by Israelis
| Publisher | Reporters Without Borders |
| Publication Date | 3 July 2013 |
| Cite as | Reporters Without Borders, Palestinian photographer held incommunicado by Israelis, 3 July 2013, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/57b5b289c.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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July 3, 2013
Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Mohamed Al-Azza, a Palestinian photographer held incommunicado and without charge in an unknown place of detention by the Israeli authorities for the past three days.
Azza, who works for Palestinian News Network and Ma'an News, was arrested by members of the Israel Defence Forces at his home in Aida refugee camp, 2 km north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on 30 June.
Family members and his lawyer said he was hit several times and sustained injuries at the time of his arrest.
Azza was hospitalized after being hit in the face by a rubber-coated bullet fired by an Israeli soldier while covering an IDF incursion into his refugee camp on 8 April. According to the information obtained by Reporters Without Borders, the IDF had been looking for him ever since his release from hospital.
