🇵🇸 Journalist Ali Abunimah has been released from detention by Swiss authorities and deported from the country after being held for three days, the American-Palestinian journalist said on Monday evening.
Abunimah, the executive director of the online news site Electronic Intifida, was detained by Swiss authorities on Saturday ahead of a planned speaking event in Zurich, sparking condemnation by activists and UN experts.
“This is after three days and two nights in a Swiss prison cut off from communication with the outside world, in a cell 24 hours a day with one cell mate, not even permitted to contact my family.”
He said he was accused of “offending #Swiss law”, without being given any specific charges. The #journalist said he believed his crime was “being a journalist who speaks up for #Palestine and against Israel’s #genocide”.
Via @MiddleEastEye_TG
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#ElectronicIntifada
Abunimah, the executive director of the online news site Electronic Intifida, was detained by Swiss authorities on Saturday ahead of a planned speaking event in Zurich, sparking condemnation by activists and UN experts.
“This is after three days and two nights in a Swiss prison cut off from communication with the outside world, in a cell 24 hours a day with one cell mate, not even permitted to contact my family.”
He said he was accused of “offending #Swiss law”, without being given any specific charges. The #journalist said he believed his crime was “being a journalist who speaks up for #Palestine and against Israel’s #genocide”.
Via @MiddleEastEye_TG
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#ElectronicIntifada