Dit heeft opvallend genoeg weer erg weinig aandacht in de media gekregen, zoals veel misdaden van Hamas. Het is bovendien geen geisoleerd incident, maar onderdeel van een campagne waarin journalisten worden beperkt en de mond gesnoerd. Veel Palestijnse journalisten zijn de afgelopen jaren al opgepakt en geintimideerd in de Gazastrook. Dat een Westerse journalist werd opgesloten komt niet snel voor; de laatste keer was Alan Johnston van de BBC, die in maart 2007 werd ontvoerd en na drie maanden vrijkwam.
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Last update - 22:17 14/02/2010
British journalist detained by Hamas in Gaza
By News Agencies
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1149688.html
British journalist detained by Hamas in Gaza
By News Agencies
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1149688.html
Freelance filmmaker Paul Martin taken into custody at trial of Palestinian militant charged with revealing secrets.
Hamas security forces arrested a British man in Gaza on Sunday, British and Hamas officials said.
Authorities in Gaza arrested British filmmaker Paul Martin Sunday as he arrived to testify at the trial of a militant accused of giving information to "hostile parties," Palestinian security officials said.
Martin, described as a freelance documentary filmmaker, was handcuffed and taken into custody for 15 days as he arrived at the Gaza City courthouse where the trial was taking place.
"We are urgently looking into the matter and following up with the responsible people so we can sort this matter out on the consular level," said Fadi Adeeb, a spokesman for the British consulate in Jerusalem.
"We are urgently looking into the matter and following up with the responsible people so we can sort this matter out on the consular level," said Fadi Adeeb, a spokesman for the British consulate in Jerusalem.
Martin had several weeks ago interviewed a Palestinian militant for an item which aired on a foreign television station.
Hamas, which administers the Gaza Strip, charged that during the interview the militant had revealed secrets harmful to "Palestinian security," and placed him on trial.
A judge ordered the Martin to be taken into custody and held for two weeks, said the spokesman of the Abu Rish Brigades, who only gave his nom de guerre, Abu Ahmed.
Hamas police spokesman Ehab Ghussein said Hamas security forces have obtained confessions that Martin violated Palestinian law and the security of the state. He did not explain further.
Martin is reportedly being held in Gaza's central prison.
Hamas is eager to improve its image in the West and has generally not interfered with the work of foreign journalists since seizing control of Gaza in 2007.
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