Israel under pressure to release Belfast journalist

The Israeli authorities are coming under increasing pressure to release a Belfast journalist who was arrested at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

Israel under pressure to release Belfast journalist

The Israeli authorities are coming under increasing pressure to release a Belfast journalist who was arrested at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

40-year-old Sean O'Muireagain, a reporter with the Irish language daily Lá, was apparently arrested following a tip-off from British intelligence in the mistaken belief that he was a dissident republican paramilitary.

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