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Israeli police arrest Palestinian head of High Follow-Up Committee

9 November 2023 08:34 GMT

Israeli police arrested Mohammed Baraka, the head of the High Follow-up Committee, an umbrella group representing Israel's Palestinian citizens, on Thursday.

According to local news reports, he was arrested in Nazareth while taking part in planning a protest against the war in Gaza and calling for a ceasefire. 

Earlier this month, leading voices amongst Palestinian citizens of Israel denounced what they called "punitive policies" by authorities enforced against them in the aftermath of the war in Gaza. 

MPs and members of the High Follow-Up Committee accused police of silencing dissenting voices against Israel's bombing of Gaza.

At the time Baraka explained that the committee had established an emergency department to provide services for people in 13 different areas, including legal help, arbitrary arrests and detained protesters.