Posted on 05/13/2015 4:45:55 AM PDT by SJackson
Following Fatah loss during student elections at Bizreit University, 25 students have been arrested or questioned by PA security forces.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to crack down on Hamas supporters within its borders, and is also targeting student leaders of a Hamas-aligned group at Birzeit University
The crackdown began after a Hamas victory and Fatah defeat in student elections at the Palestinian university last month.
Al Jazeera reported Sunday that PA security forces quickly began detaining and questioning students associated with the winning Hamas group. Two representatives were arrested, while over a dozen more were interrogated.
One student, Jihad Saleem described his ordeal to Al Jazeera, recounting how he was "blindfolded, deprived of sleep, held in stress positions and denied communication with his lawyer" for 24 hours, before being released.
"They wanted to know how the Islamic bloc won the elections...how Hamas' supporters had funded the election campaign on the campus. They wanted me to describe the structure of the student organization, and whether I had connections to leadership in Gaza."
"I told my interrogators that it was my right to be politically active and that it was beyond their mandate to detain me," Saleem added.
While PA security forces confirmed "students were detained," they did not specify on what allegations, only stressing all actions were in accordance with the law.
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If they vote the wrong way, of course you arrest them. It's not like they're going to hold elections any time soon. Until they do, who do you negotiate with? After they do, you deal with a terror state.
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