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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Hamas raids journalism union

Hamas security forces have raided and shut down the headquarters of the Palestinian Journalists Union in Gaza.

Union leader Abdelnasser al-Najar said that one of the
Hamas officers informed board members that it would be closed until further notice.

The union is dominated by the secular Fatah movement, which Hamas drove out of the Gaza Strip when it seized power in June 2007.

Najar, who is based in the West Bank town of Ramallah, said the raid was the latest in a series of "violations of the rights of the media" in Gaza. Some 25 media outlets have been shut down since the Hamas takeover.

Sources: AFP/Haaretz

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